Remodeling & Design

Remodeling & Design

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

  • Furniture made from cow poop and dirt shows at Milan Design Week

    Mon, Apr 15, 2013 8:30 AM by Matt Hickman

    From Tel Aviv-based sustainable designer Adital Ela comes Terra, a line of compostable stools and lampshades made from agricultural waste, compressed soil and manure.

  • Algae-powered apartment complex blooms in Hamburg

    Thu, Apr 11, 2013 2:32 PM by Matt Hickman

    BIQ House, a 15-unit net-zero energy apartment complex clad with an algae-filled bio-adaptive shell, is completed in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the International Building Exhibition.

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  • Back to basics aboard a 'floating caravan log cabin' in London [Video]

    Mon, Apr 08, 2013 6:42 PM by Matt Hickman

    Faircompanies steps aboard the funky, width-challenged floating abode of thrift store-scouring stylist Emma Freemantle that's one of many narrowboat homes moored along the banks of London's Regent's Canal.

  • Mixed-use shipping container development coming to St. Louis

    Mon, Apr 08, 2013 10:40 AM by Matt Hickman

    St. Louis may soon be getting its first reused shipping container structure in the form of a mixed-use infill development in Forest Park Southeast's Grove business district.

  • NYC proves to have big appetite for tiny apartments

    Fri, Apr 05, 2013 8:02 PM by Matt Hickman

    With one micro-apartment development in the pipeline, NYC’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development announces that a request for proposals for similar projects isn't too far behind.

  • How to strip veneer without power tools

    Thu, Apr 04, 2013 5:16 PM by Networx.com

    You won't believe how easy it is. Now get yourself to a thrift shop pronto.

  • Student-built tiny house features manure-based heating system [Video]

    Tue, Apr 02, 2013 4:30 PM by Matt Hickman

    SpacesTV tours a 227-square-foot abode designed by students at Vermont's Yestermarrow Design Build School that boasts plenty of space-saving storage and a rather intriguing heating system.

  • Tiny house movement skewered by 'Portlandia'... kind of

    Tue, Apr 02, 2013 4:30 PM by Matt Hickman

    While a 'Portlandia'-inspired video short lampooning the tiny home trend is certainly spot-on and snicker-worthy, IFC's tour of an honest-to-goodness Portland micro-dwelling is where the real laughs are.

  • Last remaining Frank Lloyd Wright hotel to be moved to Vegas Strip

    Mon, Apr 01, 2013 8:30 AM by Matt Hickman

    A developer plans to move the only surviving hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright from Mason City, Iowa, to Las Vegas. A topless, Wright-themed musical revue is also in the works.

  • Junked jeans reborn with Scandinavian-style recycled denim rugs

    Fri, Mar 29, 2013 10:41 AM by Matt Hickman

    Trendy and spendy Swedish clothier Nudie Jeans continues its mission to give worn-out old pants a second lease on life with Post Consumer Recycled Denim Rugs.

  • Room and billboard: Prefab dwelling attached to massive blank canvas

    Thu, Mar 28, 2013 3:31 PM by Matt Hickman

    Perched above Mexico City's trendiest shopping district, Julio Gomez Trevilla's Billboard House is obscured by an eye-popping mural created by the petite prefab dwelling's artist-in-residence.

  • Cubed, cantilevered and clutter-free: Inside South London's Slip House [Video]

    Wed, Mar 27, 2013 2:53 PM by Matt Hickman

    Amongst Brixton's sea of Victorian terrace houses stands a bold infill project wrapped in transparent glass and topped with vegetation. The owner/architect of the super-modern, ultra-green abode gives a tour.

  • Iceberg apartments ahead! Isbjerget development completed in Denmark

    Tue, Mar 26, 2013 12:45 PM by Matt Hickman

    On the redeveloped waterfront of Aarhus, Denmark, rises an award-winning apartment complex that residents shouldn't have much of an issue providing driving directions to: 'Take me to the Iceberg!'

  • Traditional Canadian guest bunkhouse goes prefab with Bunkie Co.

    Tue, Mar 19, 2013 11:02 AM by Matt Hickman

    Two Ontario firms team up to create a charming sleeping cottage concept that, thanks to the use of a CNC router, is more akin to a giant piece of furniture than an actual small-scale structure.

  • Maximize space by letting it all hang up

    Mon, Mar 18, 2013 7:01 PM by yerdle

    Feel like you've used up your available space? Consider your walls and even ceilings a whole new area to conquer.

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