Remodeling & Design

Remodeling & Design

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  • Ecology-studying artist lives aboard gently bobbing egg-shaped pod

    Tue, Jun 18, 2013 11:28 AM by Matt Hickman

    With the exception of British artist Stephen Turner, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who can claim that their place of residence and work is a giant floating wooden egg moored on a riverbank.

  • North Minneapolis neighborhoods to get 100 green homes in next 5 years

    Mon, Jun 17, 2013 12:01 AM by Matt Hickman

    Minneapolis' foreclosure-ravaged northern neighborhoods will be the site of 100 affordable, green single-family homes built over the next five years on city-owned vacant lots.

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  • From Shard to shoebox: Renzo Piano does micro-housing

    Sat, Jun 15, 2013 1:03 PM by Matt Hickman

    Renzo Piano, the architect behind Europe's tallest skyscraper, has long been preoccupied with minimalist living. Now, he's completed his first micro-home, a 'technically perfect and aesthetically attractive refuge' named Diogene.

  • Block party: BIG unveils plans for LEGO House in Denmark

    Tue, Jun 11, 2013 1:51 PM by Matt Hickman

    Sustainability-obsessed starchitect Bjarke Ingels reveals the design for LEGO House, a garden-topped 'experience center' to be built in the plastic brick company town of Billund, Denmark.

  • 'How a Living Building Comes to Life' [Infographic]

    Thu, Jun 06, 2013 5:15 PM by Matt Hickman

    Skanska offers a fantastic, infographic-based explanation of why the world's toughest green building standard, the Living Building Challenge, is so difficult to obtain (and how they obtained it).

  • What ancient Roman concrete could teach modern builders

    Thu, Jun 06, 2013 1:06 PM by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily

    The Romans' use of salt water concrete is more durable than current concrete, and it's greener, too.

  • Dad cuts commute, joint-custody shuffle with downsized digs [Video]

    Tue, Jun 04, 2013 4:54 PM by Matt Hickman

    A Sonoma County father finds the best way to cut his daily commute along with a carbon-intensive joint custody situation is to buy a townhome directly next to his ex-wife and cut a hole through a shared wall.

  • Green building students aim to go beyond the Gold (and Platinum)

    Tue, Jun 04, 2013 2:37 PM by Matt Hickman

    A student team from Ontario's Endeavour Centre set out to be build a self-reliant, solar-powered spec home and wind up creating Canada's Greenest Home in the process.

  • 'Wheel House': A perpetually rolling micro-home for acrobats [Video]

    Fri, May 31, 2013 4:52 PM by Matt Hickman

    Talk about a mobile home ... One part nautical-styled circus caravan, one part barf-inducing micro-home, 'Wheel House' is the dizzying creation of acrobatic British performance duo, Acrojou.

  • In Maryland, tiny houses that are a little bit Tolkien, a little bit Thoreau

    Thu, May 30, 2013 1:24 PM by Matt Hickman

    Based in the wilds of western Maryland, bespoke tiny home specialist Hobbitat creates stunning, small-sized dwellings using primarily reclaimed and recycled materials.

  • Beijing micro-house is built from stackable, Tetris-esque blocks

    Wed, May 29, 2013 6:30 PM by Matt Hickman

    Sure, Tetris is totally awesome at keeping idle hands and brains preoccupied. But who knew that the Moscow-borne video puzzle could inspire a micro housing concept?

  • Sandy-scarred NYC beaches serve as model for rebuilding

    Tue, May 28, 2013 11:52 AM by Denise Chow, LiveScience

    Architects came up with a design for so-called modular buildings, which are structures that are put together from prefabricated sections.

  • Green home upgrades that pay you back [Infographic]

    Tue, May 28, 2013 9:43 AM

    A smart roof and radiant floors are just some of the ways you can renovate your home and reap the benefits of energy savings.

  • MIO at ICFF: Same great green design philosophy, intriguing new products

    Thu, May 23, 2013 6:31 PM by Matt Hickman

    Celebrating 10 years in business, MIO breaks out a fresh slew of 'green desire'-sparking products including customizable stools and lampshades that can be arranged in over 36 configurations.

  • XTOOL: A milk crate-based storage stool from the Garden State

    Wed, May 22, 2013 12:54 PM by Matt Hickman

    Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Newark-based Combo Colab returns to the Designboom Mart at ICFF with a clever, milk crate-based stackable storage stool dubbed XTOOL.

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