Remodeling & Design

Remodeling & Design

Get the latest news in green certification and home design, plus eco-friendly remodeling tips.

  • Let's get physical: JF Kit House is powered by exercise

    Thu, May 02, 2013 3:48 PM by Matt Hickman

    In homage to aerobics goddess Jane Fonda, a people-powered micro-home is erected atop a rooftop in Brussels. And while the fitness-fueled abode has since been disassembled, the burn lives on.

  • Cargotecture to shelter homeless, solve housing crisis in British resort town

    Thu, May 02, 2013 11:35 AM by Matt Hickman

    To remedy a mounting affordable housing crisis and provide shelter to residents transitioning out of homelessness, authorities in the seaside resort town of Brighton look toward retrofitted shipping containers.

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  • EV living: Honda breaks ground on net-zero concept home

    Mon, Apr 29, 2013 1:53 PM by Matt Hickman

    In a project that links net-zero energy home building with electric vehicle ownership, Honda breaks ground on a super-efficient demo home on the campus of UC Davis.

  • Green home goodies for National Bike Month '13

    Mon, Apr 29, 2013 9:00 AM by Matt Hickman

    With National Bike Month just around the corner, behold 10 cycle-centric items for around the house ranging from bowls to bookends to wall-mounted bottle openers.

  • Creative reuse abounds in restoration of forsaken Barcelona home [Video]

    Fri, Apr 26, 2013 2:00 PM by Matt Hickman

    A Barcelona design duo work impressive DIY restoration magic on a long-abandoned residence-turned-storehouse-turned-apartment. Just mind your step when exiting the shower-kitchen sink combo.

  • Green of the crop: AIA lists top 10 sustainable buildings of 2013

    Thu, Apr 25, 2013 5:19 PM by Matt Hickman

    The 2013 COTE Top Ten Green Projects list has been published by the AIA. Here's a look at a few projects ranging from a net-zero live/work space to a petite, student-designed prefab that made the cut.

  • Kitchen remodeling for wheelchairs

    Thu, Apr 25, 2013 10:48 AM by Networx.com

    Counter height, the width of the kitchen, and sink accessibility all matter when remodeling a kitchen for someone who uses a wheelchair.

  • Is this real? Hyper-crowded Hong Kong apartments go up, up, up ...

    Thu, Apr 25, 2013 9:00 AM by Catie Leary

    In 'Architecture of Density,' photographer Michael Wolf captures stunning urban vistas of one of the most populated cities on Earth.

  • A walk in the Bjarke: Architect unveils green roof-topped mini-city

    Wed, Apr 24, 2013 5:00 PM by Matt Hickman

    A team led by Bjarke Ingels Group is named the winner in a bid to design a massive mixed-use development outside of Paris. Naturally, ski runs, renewable energy and a monster of a green roof-cum-park are all involved.

  • Italian firm invites inmates to help create prototype micro-dwelling unit

    Tue, Apr 23, 2013 5:28 PM by Matt Hickman

    Meet the newest micro-dwelling on the (cell) block: Freedom Room is an innovative and low-cost micro-housing prototype designed in collaboration with inmates from an Italian penitentiary.

  • Meet Robin Wilson, an interior designer with an eye for sustainability

    Tue, Apr 23, 2013 1:12 PM by Jeanette Mulvey, BusinessNewsDaily

    An eco-friendly interior designer discusses her passion for helping people realize their green home dreams.

  • The plushest peak you ever did see: Three Bad Seeds' nature-inspired pillows

    Thu, Apr 18, 2013 5:55 PM by Matt Hickman

    Don't have travel plans for entry fee-free National Park Week? Bring the great outdoors into your home with Three Bad Seeds' line of wilderness-inspired pillows handcrafted from repurposed scrap fabrics.

  • Dwell on wheels: Vintage trailer reborn as low-impact mobile abode

    Wed, Apr 17, 2013 8:00 PM by Matt Hickman

    Squeeze on in for a tour of the COMET ('Cost-effective Off-Grid Mobile Eco Trailer'), a carpenter ant-ravaged 1960s Avalon camper transformed into a solar-powered mobile abode by tiny house devotee, Mariah Coz.

  • Reimagining the row house: The Baltimore Carbon Challenge winners

    Tue, Apr 16, 2013 8:00 PM by Matt Hickman

    In Baltimore, the U.S. Forest Service co-hosts a home design contest that highlights the versatile, CO2-trapping wonders of wood while also contributing to an on-the-mend neighborhood's recovery.

  • 3 ways to build a pallet wall

    Mon, Apr 15, 2013 6:20 PM by Networx.com

    Cheap meets industrial chic in these DIY projects.

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