Category: projects
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DailyLand: Monterey Eco-Resort
In this modern time there is a metric that is often used to describe certain projects: biggest, brightest, first, etc. One that comes with an immediate dubious reaction is ‘greenest’ – which is a subjective and relatively meaningless term, which even with our current certification systems is a moving and meaningless target. One recent project…
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DailyLand: Oxygenator
“Oxygenator“, 2006-2007 by Joanna Rajkowska. Artificial pond with oxygen fountains. “The main element of this project is a pond of about 150m2 surface area, 1,0m deep, written into the existing lawn. On the surface some water lilies, but not too many, some plants placed at the bottom of the pond and constantly being freed from…
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Veg.itecture: VIVA le Rooftops
Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment VIVA… Rooftop Style. Enjoy. British Library Boston Spa Storage Siteby HOK:: image via SpaceInvading Hijauan Saujana Resort :: image via Urban Greenery AD Futures #1: by ICE, Ideas for Contemporary Environments :: image via ArchDaily Kohinoor Skyscraper by Perkins Eastman :: images via Inhabitat Mermaid 2.0 by JDS architects :: images…
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DailyLand: A Square
In an effort to remedy my bursting archives, I’m instituting a new feature called DailyLand (with apologies to ArchDaily, which does the same in much greater depth and detail). Look for one-a-day in brief for the immediate future, which will also allow me to keep up with the great content out there. “Korean photographer Hosang…
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White House, Green Garden
No shortage of speculation about the plans for the ‘farmer-in-chief’ and what this means for some instant credibility to the burgeoning urban agriculture movement. Also, the latest search for the White House Farmer is getting the conversation elevated to a new superstar echelon of uber gardeners. Enough to make conservatives cringe and comment on the…
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The Moss Room
Check out the yummy new project shown off in the latest issue of Metropolis. Back to the California Academy of Sciences building, the Moss Room by Lundberg Design is the subterranean restaurant that fittingly sheathed in a mossy covered green wall. There seems to be a lag between the print and online versions over at Metropolis…
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Transportation Dump
I’ve been doing a ton of research lately on green streets, so that’s cause some focus beyond the general bigger picture of transportation. And with all of the upcoming spending on infrastructure through stimulation – it will be interesting to see how much of this will be green, how much will be grey, or at…
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Eco-Art Dump
In a combination of post overload and just good stuff, I am faced with a dilemma. Dump a bunch of stored up links in mass posting summaries or just plain dump them for good – missing an opportunity to collect some great material in the blog. So in a compromise fitting for L+U, I will…
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Introducing TerraScreen
We’re developing a couple of projects that will utilize green wall systems – and am always on the lookout for possible systems and technologies. In this regard, I was happy to receive a recent email from Shane Pliska, the brains behind a new living wall system called TerraScreen. Spun out of the work of Planterra,…
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Veg.itecture: VIA Olive 8, Joost, Mission, + Busan et.al.
VIA: Vegitecture in Action: As promised, the inevitable death of posts related to Veg.itecture has spun, in this auspicious 50th post, into a new series that will investigate the dual sides of the concept – the VIA and the VIVA, if you will (explained here in detail). For this inaugural installment of Veg.itecture in Action…