Tag: Green Building - Page 13
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Urban Multifamily Passivhaus in Malmö is Cool and Modern
Kjellgren Kaminsky Architects demonstrate how Passive Houses can fit right into an existing neighborhood, and meet the tough standard in a cold climate.
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Officina Roma: A Villa Entirely Built Out Of Trash
It wasn't built in a day, but a week is pretty fast for 24 high school students.
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Prefab and Preservation, Together At Last at Dovecote Studios
How many buttons does this push? Haworth Tompkins drop new steel box into old brick walls.
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Architect Andrew Maynard Builds a Hill. And a House.
I honestly don't know how he gets away with some of the things that he does.
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Beautiful, Tiny Shed Office Uses Clever Tricks to Maximize Space
By carefully designing for usability, natural light and storage, this architect's tiny home office feels much bigger than it actually is.
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Amazing Expanding House Pops Out of Single Trailer
Clever design folds out of narrow, road-ready trailer, complete with decks and solar panels on top.
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I am enjoying / BuildingGreen's Haiku Contest / Enter or Read Them
The Green website crosses National Poetry Month with National Architecture Week and comes up with a clever idea.
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Timberblock Framing Is A Strange Hybrid of Wood and Foam
Getting decent insulation ratings with the look of logs comes at a price.
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Programmer Creates Mad Max-Style DIY Solar, Off-Grid Home
Having lived in a tiny house inside his sheep barn, Loren Amelang decided to build a solar, off-grid home. The result was this bizarre looking structure.
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Five Things you Should Know Before you Start your Next LEED Project
The LEED rating system has dominated green building over the last decade. With LEED 2009 as the only option you can use now, and LEED 2012 around the corner, here are 5 things you should know before you decide to go green with the USGBC.
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How Biophilia Can Improve Our Lives - Part IV
Biophilia is the Therapy of the Future
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From Meat Packing Plant to 93,500 s.f. Off-Grid Vertical Farm and Brewery
A piece of Chicago's industrial heritage is going to be converted into a futuristic farm and food production facility, running on 100% renewable energy.
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Gorgeous New Tree House Hotel in Thailand Offers a Green Retreat from Bustling Bangkok
Just a 30-minute ride on public transportation outside the Thai capital, travelers will find a cluster of jungle tree houses where they can breath clean air, explore a lush landscape, and sleep under the stars.
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They're Baaack: Average House Size Shoots Up To Highest Ever As McMansions Return
The 1% are the only people who can qualify for a loan, and they like big houses.
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How Biophilia Can Improve Our Lives - Part III
Our mental and physical health is directly connected to biophilia so why aren't more people using it to shape society?
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How Biophilia Can Improve Our Lives - Part II
Series on the how Biophilia can Improve Our Lives. Part II deals with Understanding Biophilic Application
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How Biophilia Can Improve Our Lives - Part I
Biophlia is showing us that loving nature is deeper than our emotions, it's genetic.
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Does it Make Sense To Use Photovoltaics To Heat Water?
Three Years ago I said "Solar Hot Water First. Then Photovoltaics." I may have been wrong.
