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Read the rest of LEED Platinum ‘Shoebox House’ Achieves Style and Sustainability on a Budget Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy star", airPlus Certified, eco design, epa, Gabriel Browne, green design, leed platinum home, Marcia Meckler, Praxis Design, rainwater collection, santa fe, Scott Rothstein, Shoebox House, Sketch up, sustainable design, United [...]

Designers Tõnis Kalve and Ahti Grünberg find a fresh new life for reclaimed wood in their series of “Derelict” tables and chairs. The project explores the process of establishing an equilibrium between precision and imperfection by combining industrial-scale production processes with reclaimed worn wood. The imperfect yet highly precise designs are created while carefully considering [...]

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If you watch home improvement-type shows, you may have seen a water-efficient bathroom renovation on the DIY Network‘s latest episode of “Bath Crashers” with designer and contractor Matt? Muenster.  The episode — From Brown to Green — was filmed in a home in Eden Prairie, Minnesota and features a prominent flash of green color backing [...]

Earlier this year we reported on the opening of the stunning Salvador Dalí Museum located in St. Petersburg, Florida. The museum is home to the world’s largest collection of Dalí works, and since its debut this past April, the dazzling venue has already welcomed over 300,000 visitors. With its clean minimalist lines juxtaposed against a sparkling [...]

Carbon nanotubes are becoming increasingly popular in modern electronics — they are more electrically conductive than copper, lighter than plastic, stronger than steel, harder than a diamond and thinner than a human hair. But as production of carbon nanotubes ramps up — currently up to hundreds of tons produced every year — increasing amounts of [...]