Mark Twain had a garden shed; he called it “the loveliest study you ever saw…octagonal with a peaked roof, each face filled with a spacious window…perched in complete isolation on the top of an elevation that commands leagues of valley and city and retreating ranges of distant blue hills.[...]
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November 5th, 2009 - 6:00 am § in Architecture, Building
Garden Sheds Are an Explosion of Architectural Experimentation
September 15th, 2009 - 8:00 am § in Architecture, Building
Colossal Green Volcano Building Rises in Italy
A jaw-dropping feat of architecture has risen in the Italian city of Nola, just a stone’s throw away from the cataclysmic Mt. Vesuvius. Designed by Renzo Piano, Vulcano Buono is an epic cone-shaped commercial center crowned with a gorgeous sloping green roof. Piano’s “good volcano[...]
August 19th, 2009 - 4:39 am § in Architecture, Building
Inside Outside megashow in Ludhiana
The Inside Outside Mega Show (IOMS) in Ludhiana that promotes green housing concepts, is the largest event on interior design, furniture and furnishings, building and construction industries. The four-day-long show is a recognized ...
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August 19th, 2009 - 4:39 am § in Architecture, Building
Home Sweet Green Shipping Container: How Recycled ISO Containers …
Did you ever think of a shipping container as green housing? Folks are turning used shipping containers into affordable housing units. Green building just got easier.
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August 19th, 2009 - 2:17 am § in Architecture, Building
Salt Spring Island Eco-Living & Home Tour Roundup
We spent Sunday, August 16th 2009, visiting eco houses on Salt Spring Island's 2009 Eco-Living & Home Tour and what we saw was enough to remind us that ...
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August 18th, 2009 - 6:13 pm § in Architecture, Building
Easton to get $1 million for ‘green‘ fix-ups
Until now, ''green housing has been dominated by the well-to-do who are building on greenfields,'' Mowrer said, noting that rehabbing existing buildings is ...
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August 18th, 2009 - 2:23 pm § in Architecture, Building
Clean Energy 101: Are solar and wind clean energy?
Most photo voltaics (solar electric panels) are made primarily from silica, which is not considered hazardous and does not emit GHG (green house gases). ...
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August 18th, 2009 - 2:23 pm § in Architecture, Building
Housing drought over for Mescalero Apache
The tribal housing authority provided the balance of the infrastructure money. Green housing details on the 1325-square-foot, 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom homes ...
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July 2nd, 2009 - 11:17 am § in Building
Self Sufficient Living
Living self sufficient means putting the effort in to do it right the first time, saving you hassles down the track. It doesn't mean expensive, it means quality.
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Thermal mass
Rammed earth has a very high density, and as a result is a perfect material to use for thermal mass. Not only is it very effective in keeping a home warm in the winter and regulating heat in the summer, it looks great!
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