FairCompanies /Screen capture For those who are thinking about downsizing to a smaller house, but not necessarily a really tiny home , there are some inspiring ideas to be seen in this remodeling of a ” shotgun house ” — a long, narrow and hall-less housing type found primarily in the southern United States (so-called because you could supposedly shoot a bullet straight through i… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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madaroni via Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 There are now 7 billion people sharing our little blue marble*, you and I included. That means 7 billion people who get hungry, need space, and disagree with things that the other 6.999999999 billion people say…. Photo Credit: Neil Chambers Will sustainability be part of the fashion industry in 5 to 10 years ? © C + T Architectures Overlooking the port of Marseille, one of largest cities in France, used to sit an abandoned grain silo. Situated in a neighborhood slated for renovation, the emblematic and highly visible Arenc Silo, built in 1926-7, faced demolition Fair Companies /Video screen capture From a young man building a tiny house so he can live mortgage-free to an off-grid home built for $2,500 , we’ve featured some pretty impressive tiny house stories on TreeHugger before. © Verdes y Colores Located five minutes from the San Jose international airport in Costa Rica, Verdes y Colores is a mix of shop and museum which aims to combine responsible shopping with education to give more meaning to sustainable product design…. Read the full story on TreeHugger © Qubique It seems that finally somebody managed to take furniture fairs to another level. Not only is Qubique held at the re-used airport Tempelhof in Berlin, it also traded boring lectures for high quality products and shows this week. Image Credit Resolution 4 Whenever I write about the work of Resolution 4 I have to run for cover, from the complaints about showing “trophy homes for investment bankers driving a Hummer packed full of over-privileged kids.” So it is nice to be able to show one that is only 832 square feet, designed for a cheesemonger and an actress. OK, it is a second home and it is a poolhouse, but it turned out to be as much as they needed. |
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