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• Miami’s Rediscovery

  
  Life at HOK — Authority: 134
  The HOK Miami office participated in the 23rd annual Festival of the Trees event. It took place at the Coverings Showroom in the warehouse district of Miami, which has earned LEED CI. Over 600 guests attended the festival in which the trees are auctioned off and the net proceeds fund scholarships for FIU’s ...
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• Al Gore Speaks to us, “The Builders,” at Greenbuild

  
  Life at HOK — Authority: 134
  It was a truly an inspiring moment to witness Al Gore speaking to the 30,000+ participants at Greenbuild 2009. He began by mentioning that the “Green” movement is a non-partisan initiative and that he is a retired politician – possibly as a disclaimer or possibly to engage those still living in the mindset of ...
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• The Rooftop Garden Climbs Down a Wall

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 139
  Ken Belson of the New York Times has written an interesting piece about green walls which looks at the green wall as a source of food production. Belson talks to a varied number of designers, universities and manufacturers about the green walls as food production. He also states that at $500 a panel they aren’t ...
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• Blogger at Large: American Safari

  
  Ponoko - Blog — Authority: 496
  the beauty of a cardboard beast I recently visited Yellowstone National Park for the first time, and wildlife was definitely one of the highlights. Those of you who saw the National Park documentary will know how much Yellowstone founder Theodore Roosevelt loved the wildlife and loved to hunt it just as much. ...
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• Kris Kuksi’s Recycled Toy Sculptures Will Scare the Kids

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  The beautiful thing about upcycled materials is that the end results often bear no resemblance to the original items. Such is the case with sculptor Kris Kuksi ’s toy sculptures, which are constructed out of old toys, statues, and mechanical parts. Read the rest of Kris Kuksi’s Recycled ...
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• Canada’s biggest green roof was technically challenging: LA

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 139
  Journal of Commerce reports The biggest living roof in Canada is surrounded by water on three sides, and the marine deck on which the building sits is supported by stilt-like piles. It also features slopes of up to 53 per cent. Bruce Hemstock, of PWL Partnership , a Vancouver landscape architecture and consulting ...
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• WPA 2.0 & WPA 2.0 SE winners announced

  
  World Landscape Architect — Authority: 139
  Carbon T.A.P. // Tunnel Algae Park PORT , Andrew Moddrell and Christopher Marcinkoski, from Chicago and New York for their project, Carbon T.A.P. // Tunnel Algae Park . The jury of Elizabeth Diller, Cecil Balmond, Marilyn Taylor, Walter Hood, Stan Allen, and Thom Mayne was unanimous in its decision citing two ...
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• Los Angeles Without Traffic!

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  It’s a ghost highway in the middle of LA. Not the result of road closures, the apocalypse, a zombie scare, or a massive increase in the price of petroleum, this series of car-less highways are the brainchild of photographer Tom Baker . Curious as to what a traffic-less Los Angeles would look like, Baker went ...
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• Sustainable Development is wealth redistribution

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 446
  Your wealth into a giant green rat hole. I must get 3-4 items a week in my e-mail on sustainable development, buildings, products, and life style, both for my husband (architecture) and me (librarianship and news releases from OSU). As Christians, we are huge supporters of conservation and stewardship of God’s ...
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• Enoki’s Stitch Rug/Wall Hanging

  
  Ponoko - Blog — Authority: 496
  A Stitch in Soup saves Nine??? Adelaide based design firm Enoki started designing A range of oneoff’s rugs in 2000 from 100% NZ wool. Enoki wanted to take this a step further…. In 2008 Judd + Susanna (Enoki) came up with the idea and imagery that has become ‘SOUP’. A series of alphabet symbols ...
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• Kor Unveils Limited Edition Water Vessels that Give Back

  
  The Far Edge — Authority: 142
  With all the controversy and outrage surrounding the presence of BPA in plastic water bottles, KOR has stood by its commitment to encourage individuals to stop buying disposable bottled water with its smoothly styled BPA-free water vessels. This past week they announced a limited-edition series of “ Thirst for ...
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• Kor Unveils Limited Edition Water Vessels that Give Back

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  With all the controversy and outrage surrounding the presence of BPA in plastic water bottles, KOR has stood by its commitment to encourage individuals to stop buying disposable bottled water with its smoothly styled BPA-free water vessels. This past week they announced a limited-edition series of “ Thirst for ...
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• EPA Opens Green Homes Website As Resource For Home Buyers and Prospective Renters Alike

  
  Lexington Urban Blog — Authority: 100
   Home owners, buyers and renters have a new resource for going green indoors and out. The EPA’s new Green Homes Website will help people make their homes greener with tips on reducing energy consumption, carbon footprints, waste generation and water usage, as well as improving indoor air quality.The latest federal ...
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• TreeHugger Reports From Greenbuild 2009

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  Just last week Treehugger joined thousands of designers, builders and architects in Arizona to check out all the latest advances in sustainable building at Greenbuild 2009 . By the time we got to Phoenix, we were 28,000 strong, all standing up and cheering for Al Gore’s speech , a new and different one directed ...
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• The Coming Nuclear Crisis

  
  The Sustainable Dwelling Blog — Authority: 113
  According to MIT’s Technology Review, “ The world is running out of uranium and nobody seems to have noticed. “ “Perhaps the most worrying problem is the misconception that uranium is plentiful. The world’s nuclear plants today eat through some 65,000 tons of uranium each year. Of this, the mining industry ...
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• WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture Competition Announces Winners

  
  The Dirt — Authority: 513
  UCLA cityLAB  announced the winners of its  WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture competition, which claims “whoever rules the sewers, rules the city.” “ Carbon T.A.P.// Tunnel Algae Park ” by PORT architects won the professional competition, and “R_Ignite” and “Aquaculture Canal_New ...
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• Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Could Save You in a Natural Disaster

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  Imagine: a hurricane is barreling towards your house, but instead of hiding in the basement, you can stay safely and comfortably in your living room, all thanks to your X-Flex Blast Protection System wallpaper. It’s not a fantasy; the wallpaper, invented by Berry Plastics in a partnership with the U.S. Army Corp ...
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• Absolute furnishing limited - African furniture company

  
  Nubian Cheetah — Authority: 116
  From Site Absolute Furnishings Limited manufactures a wide range of high quality hotel, office, school; and home furniture as well as home accessories. We have furnished some of the finest homes, hotels and offices in the country. Our beautiful world class furniture is produced in wood, wrought iron, rattan, ...
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• Chrome Hotel’s Swiss Cheese Facade Saves Energy

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  Sanjay Puri Architect ’s new Chrome Hotel features a fresh façade punctuated with holes that allow natural light to stream in while keeping air-conditioning costs to a minimum. The opaque windows were purposefully set throughout the swiss cheese façade to allow ambient natural light to enter, and they also ...
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• All-Electric Peugout BB1 is Part Scooter, Part Car

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  Although the Peugout BB1’s styling may be some of the funkiest design work we’ve seen, it’s causing quiet a stir in the Electric Vehicle world, and for good reason. The BB1 is part scooter , part car, and features two in-wheel electric motors and a solar panel equipped roof . ...
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