Tag: Paris - Page 4
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In Paris, IKEA Makes Waiting for the Bus a Pleasure
This week, Parisians and visitors to the city taking the bus will have a very different experience while
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Newly Freed from Height Limits, Paris Skyline Ready to Rise
One of the striking things about Paris is that, for a major city whose metropolitan area includes nearly 12 million people, there are very few buildings more than five or six stories tall. Since 1977, soon
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In the Richest Area of Paris, a Subsidized Housing Development Is Under Fire
In the 16th arrondissement of Paris, around the corner from the Villa Montmorency, the super-chic
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French Artist Turns 'Garbage With Talent' Into Beautiful Lighting (Photos)
Those old rusty colanders, kettles, pots and pans of yours have hidden talents. That's according to Parisian craftsman, artist and bricoleur extraordinaire Garbage, a.k.a. Gilles Eichenbaum, who refurbishes old, seemingly
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Green Highlights from the 2010 Paris Motor Show
Photos: all Alex Davies except 2 by Jaguar and Lotus Green Cars in France The 2010 Paris Motor Show, known as the Mondial de l'automobile de Paris in French, just closed its doors after being open from October 2nd to 17th. From a green point of view, it
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10 Futuristic Electric Cars From the Paris Motor Show (Slideshow)
Attracting car enthusiasts from all over the world October 2-17, the 2010 Paris Motor Show, had a lot of highlights -- every major automaker, and many more smaller ones, had their best work on display. But walking through the show's
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In Paris and Milan, Sparkling Water Flows For Free
Here's a novel way to get city dwellers off the bottle - the bottled water, that is. Local water utility Eau de Paris has constructed a public fountain in the Reuilly Gardens that has chilled and sparkling water coming from
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Sheds Grow On Pompidou Centre in Paris
The Pompidou Centre is one of the most remarkable buildings of the 20th century, with extraordinary engineering. But what would you expect from Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers in partnership? This spring it sprouted
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Big-City Bees Healthier, More Productive
While their country cousins' populations collapse, bees in Paris are thriving as having a rooftop hive becomes de rigueur for hotels and restaurants seeking an in-house source of home-grown
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Paris Plans Hydropower Turbines Under Four Seine Bridges
At the opposite end of the population scale from the remote Alaskan village now powered entirely by a hydrokinetic river turbine, Paris wants in on the hydropower without dams act. As The Guardian reports, the
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Ritzy Parisian Boulevard Goes Rural as French Farmers (and Their Cows) Take Over Champs-Elysees
Visitors to the fashionable Champs Elysees in Paris this weekend encountered something other than the usual chic cafes and luxury shops: cows, sheep, pigs, grass, and farmers
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Students Build 33 Foot High Tower Entirely of Cardboard
It seems you can build just about anything out of cardboard. Fabrizio of the Italian design magazine Abitare shows us a 10 meter (33 foot) high tower, built by the Institut fuer Konstruktion und Gestaltung at Leopold
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Fabulous AW10 Fashion Week Highlights From Around The Blogosphere
It has been another fabulous season for ethical fashion and all of us green bloggers are delighted to see the ethical designers' collections going from strength to strength. From New York to London to Paris there have been some truly desirable fashion
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Firth Stuns in Bamboo Suit at "A Single Man" Premiere
We have been following Livia Firth's Green Carpet Challenge on Vogue since inception, and we were delighted with her latest look: a tailored bamboo suit by TreeHugger favorite, Linda Loudermilk. As the wife of English Actor Colin Firth, Livia is making
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'Build Paris on Paris' & Other Good Ideas for Growth
Dense urban centers are good; sprawling suburbs are bad. Put in the simplest terms, that's what the
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Thieves and Vandals: Vélib is Still Under Siege
Photo: Flickr, CC Tragedy of the Commons? Vélib, the Parisian bike-sharing program, is great. But it would be incorrect to pretend that tout est parfait dans le meilleur des mondes (lit. transl.: everything is perfect in the best of worlds). Vandalism
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Pop-Up Prefab Plopped on Paris Roof
Architect Pascal Grasso has dropped a restaurant onto the roof of Le Palais de Tokyo in Paris. It is called the Module Electrolux and it is certainly a room with a view.
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Paris Planning New Urban Airport Like New York and Toronto
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