Remodeling & Design

Remodeling & Design

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

  • Active House USA, a green prototype home to be built outside of St. Louis

    Active aggressive: Holistic green home building movement coming to America

    Wed, Mar 28, 2012 12:38 PM by Matt Hickman

    Construction of America's first Active House — a European green building standard that emphasizes indoor air quality, sustainable materials and energy balance — will soon commence in Webster Groves, Mo.

  • Cave homes in Yan'an

    Chinese cave homes: So hot right now

    Tue, Mar 27, 2012 2:18 PM by Matt Hickman

    The Los Angeles Times reports on a 'reasonable option' for many Chinese homeowners and renters in the Shaanxi province seeking both solace and energy-savings: Cave homes.

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  • Animal house: Silicon Valley expat builds tiny retreat inside of old barn

    Mon, Mar 26, 2012 9:00 AM by Matt Hickman

    For computer programmer Loren Amelang, happiness equals a small wood stove, an assortment of dried foods, a Tandy Model 100 notebook computer and an old sheep barn in the California backcountry.

  • silhouetted worker throwing old roof shingles

    The best building materials to salvage and reuse

    Thu, Mar 22, 2012 4:16 PM by Networx.com

    You probably figured that someone would want those old bricks. But did you know that roofing and concrete can be ground into gravel?

  • Pitch no more: Floating portable tree houses offer alternative to tents

    Wed, Mar 21, 2012 4:01 PM by Matt Hickman

    From the U.K. comes the Tentsile, a tent/hammock hybrid that allows wilderness adventurers and backyard campers to socialize and sleep high above the ground — and safe from snakes.

  • mounted deer heads below string of red lights

    The great debate: Animal head decor

    Tue, Mar 20, 2012 6:57 AM by Networx.com

    Do hunting trophies belong in the homes of non-hunters? Here's what a few interior designers have to say.

  • parking deck with colored lights

    What do all the LEED certifications mean?

    Tue, Mar 20, 2012 6:49 AM by Networx.com

    Buildings earn points for qualities including innovation, design, location, water efficiency and indoor environmental quality.

  • Texas man obsessed with White House builds mini-Oval Office in home

    Thu, Mar 15, 2012 9:14 AM

    Video: Ron Wade built a mini replica of the Oval Office in his Longview, Texas, home. It took 2.5 years to design, eight months and 250 workers to build. The cost? $250,000.

  • VU35: Media storage that's ready for its close-up

    Wed, Mar 14, 2012 11:24 PM by Matt Hickman

    For eco-minded cineastes who don't mind if their choice in media storage overshadows their actual film collection comes a collapsible shelving unit handcrafted from planks of wood and upcycled 35mm film.

  • Eddie's House, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed doghouse

    Frank Lloyd Wright doghouse rebuilt and on tour

    Tue, Mar 13, 2012 8:45 PM by Matt Hickman

    One of Frank Lloyd Wright's decidedly lesser-known works, a 1956 doghouse designed for a black Lab named Eddie, has been reconstructed complete with leaky roof.

  • Make It Right makes it halfway

    Mon, Mar 12, 2012 9:00 AM by Matt Hickman

    As Make It Right passes the halfway mark with 76 affordable green homes built in New Orleans, the foundation throws a fundraising fête to help ensure that the remaining 74 are completed by the end of 2013.

  • sunroom with concrete floor, skylights

    Thermal mass in passive solar design

    Fri, Mar 09, 2012 12:44 PM by Networx.com

    The big question in passive solar design is exactly how much thermal mass to install.

  • EcoPERCH, a prefab treehouse from Blue Forest

    EcoPERCH: A ground level treehouse retreat

    Wed, Mar 07, 2012 1:14 PM by Matt Hickman

    Luxury treehouse outfitter Blue Forest unveils EcoPERCH, a curvy and wood-clad prefab retreat that doesn't necessarily need to be elevated high above the forest floor in accordance to Ewokian building codes.

  • Alley House 2, a LEED Platinum prefab home in Seattle

    Evergreen homes: Alley House 2

    Tue, Mar 06, 2012 2:20 PM by Matt Hickman

    When describing March's featured 'Evergreen home,' resisting alliteration is futile: A magnificent, modern modular home in Madison Valley that's currently on the market for over half a million.

  • Nature-City by WORKac

    Nature-City: Suburban housing for agrarians at heart

    Mon, Mar 05, 2012 12:44 PM by Matt Hickman

    Conceived for the MoMA exhibit 'Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream,' the Nature-City development in Oregon is a response to the question: 'What if we could live sustainably and close to nature?'

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