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Remodeling & Design

Remodeling & Design

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

  • composting toilet worms

    Worms clear the air around Canadian toilets

    Thu, Oct 04, 2012 10:48 PM by Michel Viatteau, AFP

    The worm-powered toilet at Quebec's La Providence golf course is the first of its kind in North America.

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  • pvc pipes

    10 clever uses for PVC pipe

    Thu, Oct 04, 2012 2:55 PM by Networx.com

    PVC pipe is especially useful for home organizing projects. If you have some small pieces, you're on your way to an uncluttered house.

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  • Watch: Arkansas 'shotgun shack' family upsizes (just a bit)

    Tue, Oct 02, 2012 1:45 PM by Matt Hickman

    Debra Jordan shares a few remodeling projects at her formerly 320-square-foot home including an upsized 'clubhouse' for her teenage son. Meanwhile, her family's high level of contentment remains unaltered.

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  • Canopea, the winning home in the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe.

    2012 Solar Decathlon Europe: And the winner is ...

    Mon, Oct 01, 2012 11:30 AM by Matt Hickman

    Canopea, an innovate, self-sustaining housing concept from France's Team Rhône-Alpes, cleans up at the 2012 edition of the Solar Decathlon Europe in Madrid.

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  • Grow Community, Bainbridge Island, Wash.

    Grow Community: Evergreen homes

    Fri, Sep 28, 2012 2:00 PM by Matt Hickman

    Thar she grows! The first three model homes at Grow Community, a net-zero energy development centered around gardening and low-impact modes of transportation, are open for tours on Bainbridge Island.

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  • 6 destroyed Frank Lloyd Wright buildings

    6 destroyed Frank Lloyd Wright buildings

    Thu, Sep 27, 2012 6:00 PM by Matt Hickman

    The prolific, scandal-plagued Wright completed more than 400 works in the United States and abroad during his lifetime, so it’s inevitable that some have been destroyed. Take a look at six notable Wright-designed structures that no longer exist.

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  • Haus 96, a passive house condo project in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

    In the shadow of the Barclays Center, a multifamily passive house retrofit

    Wed, Sep 26, 2012 9:00 PM by Matt Hickman

    Just a few blocks away from the controversial new home of the Brooklyn Nets, the country's first multifamily passive house project has officially hit the market. Thank goodness for triple-pane windows, right?

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  • The Richardson Apartments in San Francisco

    In San Francisco, low-impact, low-income housing that makes a huge difference

    Wed, Sep 26, 2012 10:00 AM by Matt Hickman

    The Richardson Apartments — a lauded housing complex for very low-income residents in San Francisco — will be featured in the upcoming exhibition, 'From Idealism to Realism: Celebrating Public Interest Design.'

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  • A SRO in Chicago

    Foreclosed flophouses to get micro-apartment makeovers in Chicago

    Tue, Sep 25, 2012 10:30 AM by Matt Hickman

    In Chicago, a real estate developer extends a helping hand to those displaced by his vision to transform blighted SRO properties into stylish, amenity-filled micro-apartment complexes dubbed FLATS.

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  • Villa Solar, home of the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe in Madrid

    2012 Solar Decathlon Europe: The standings

    Mon, Sep 24, 2012 9:00 PM by Matt Hickman

    With only a handful of contests left to go, frontrunners have emerged in the 2012 Solar Decathlon Europe. No big shocker here, but Germany has once again proven to be a formidable presence.

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  • bare dorm room

    An interior designer's tips for dorm room decorating

    Fri, Sep 21, 2012 12:52 PM by Networx.com

    New lighting, framed art and cool linens can go a long way in transforming a dull space into one that you would want to call home.

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  • Zero Carbon House

    Is the U.K. home to the world's most sustainable house?

    Wed, Sep 19, 2012 4:42 PM by EarthTechling

    The house sports micro wind turbines for power, an air-to-water heat pump and a greenhouse that uses LEDs among other green architecture ideas.

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  • Frank Lloyd Wright's the Robert and Gloria Berger House in San Anselmo, Calif.

    Rare, owner-built Frank Lloyd Wright home for sale in Marin County

    Tue, Sep 18, 2012 3:30 PM by Matt Hickman

    An early 1950s home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built by its DIY-competent owner, hits the market in San Anselmo, Calif. But is the home's famous matching doghouse included in the $2.5M asking price?

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  • solar house at Solar Decathlon Europe 2012

    Solar homes star in Madrid contest

    Fri, Sep 14, 2012 2:13 PM by Ingrid Bazinet, AFP

    Homes competing in the Solar Decathlon Europe 2012 face 10 trials to measure their merits, including energy efficiency, design and comfort.

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  • Nendo's Bird-Apartment in Japan

    Peep show: Voyeur-friendly 'Bird-Apartment' open to tenants in Japan

    Thu, Sep 13, 2012 11:30 AM by Matt Hickman

    Located in a Japanese nature preserve named for the inventor of instant noodles, Bird-Apartment is a 78-unit tenement treehouse where visitors can get up close and personal with its winged residents.

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