The Daily Green caught up with Grant Miller, green developer of the Village on Sewanee Creek, which is nestled in the scenic mountains of southeast Te...
Dornob Design | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green
More than just its composite materials, however, built-in grooves are designed to funnel water for gardening or even long-term underground storage....
Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green
Every kid fantasizes about living in a tree house, but some people are making that childhood fantasy into an all grown up reality. Have a look at this...
Warren Berger | Posted 10.27.2009 | Style
There's a lot of soul-searching going on among designers. Many have begun to grapple with the question: What is the role for design in a world that is no longer quite as "fabulous" as it once was?
Paula Wallace | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
There's a lot of talk about sustainability these days, and that's a good thing. It's good to grab the low-hanging fruit, like hybrid cars, community gardens, and low-flow plumbing. But real sustainability is systemic and seismic.
AP | DAN NEPHIN | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green
PITTSBURGH — The next big thing in green building design might be to turn an existing idea on its side. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. recent...
Dornob | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green
What if you were not just allowed to spill things on your nice central living room coffee table ... but were actually encouraged to do so? The key is ...
Fast Company | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green
The Vertical Village, which contains residential, hotel, and entertainment facilities, features a massive solar array on its southern side that automa...
Ecofabulous | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
Guest post from Ecofabulous Ever since Jack Johnson turned "reduce, reuse, recycle" into something you hum on your morning commute, people have been ...
treehugger.com | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green
From chairs made of reclaimed window blinds to furniture made from old water towers, the idea of taking something old and defunct and breathing new li...
inhabitat.com | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green
Today Germany's historic Hamburg-Harburg Harbor announced the development of a sustainable ECO CITY that combines industry, entertainment and pedestri...
Dornob | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green
If location, location and location are what drive your visions of a dream tree house design or luxury hillside wood home then look no further: fire to...
Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green
The designers who contributed to the Google Phone, Mike and Maaike are in the preliminary process of coming up with the ATNMBL (autonomobile). To be r...
dornob | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green
In increasingly dense urban areas, sometimes the only way to build is up. And with a movement to grow more food locally and to add more green to our u...
treehugger.com | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green
CPG Consultants has done a lovely job here, all while being sensitive to environmental issues: the building's greenest feature, in more ways th...
AP | ANN LEVIN | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green
NEW YORK — Imagine a forest of bamboo poles in your living room, hollowed out and drilled to allow for stereo speakers, lighting, even bottles o...
dornob | Posted 07.02.2009 | Green
Viewed from above or around, the house blends wonderfully into the landscape - even the gentle curves and straight lines seem to work with the horizon...
Fast Company | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green
We've profiled homes made out of recycled shipping containers before, but Providence, Rhode Island's upcoming Box Office project is a more ambitious a...
Springwise | Richard Friedman | May 22, 2009 8:59 PM | Posted 06.22.2009 | Green
The Indonesian organization was set up earlier this year to tackle the problem of excessive waste in farming areas. From this, the ecological and econ...
NBC New York | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green
Remember the green nuns of New York? The sisters of the Community of the Holy Spirit are taking green living to another level....
Sarah Shetter | Posted 05.22.2009 | Style
You probably can't afford a completely solar powered house or to trade in your car for a bus pass, but you CAN make some very savvy choices to surround yourself with beautiful, environmentally friendly products.
inhabitat | Posted 05.15.2009 | Green
The wheel is of simple construction–just plywood, mesh, fishing line, and sod–but it’s loaded with meaning. On one hand, it’s a playful protes...
nytimes.com | Laura Shin | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green
Now, the company he founded with classmate Gavin McIntyre -- Ecovative Design -- is angling to provide not just a mass-market, organic insulation mate...
Grist | Posted 05.08.2009 | Green
In a news conference today, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg will appear with Bill Clinton to give details of the $20 million retrofit, which will reported...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green
Maybe I've got a case of the Mondays, or maybe this is really annoying. I love design. I love green design. But I don't love when people just innovate...
thedailygreen.com | The Daily Green | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green