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Archive for the ‘Alternative Construction’ Category

September 11th, 2007

Vote for Your Favorite HGTV Design Star & Other News

Design Star news:
Yup folks the end of HGTV Design Star is drawing to an end. Will it be Kim or Todd? Who knows. It’s won’t be Sparkle Josh so it’s hard to care but still he is supposed to be on the final show so that’s exciting. I did vote and you should too. I […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 5 comments

September 6th, 2007

The WIRED LivingHome Installation

So, lame me; I’m a day or so late in reporting this but for some reason I thought the post I read about this project at CNET said that the WIRED installation was happening next week. I was so excited and then later felt this sinking sensation that I had speed read too quickly. […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 3 comments

August 15th, 2007

It’s Sol Fest Time!

Sol Fest XII is happening real soon; as in three days from now (August 18-19). I meant to plug it sooner — but darn it, I’m not going this year so I forgot.
Sol Fest is amazing. If you live close to the Solar Living Institute in Hopland, California or if you’re up for a quick-like […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 5 comments

July 30th, 2007

Home & Dining Channel: Offbeat Style, 3rd Edition

Onward with the great Home & Dining channel posts!
Deborah over at Simply Thrifty covers how to save money. But so do lots of blog. What makes Deb’s blog the best is how she’s always incorporating green-friendly tactics; which of course Offbeat is a fan of (and me). She’s got a great post right now about […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 11 comments

July 25th, 2007

West Coast Green: The mkLotus

In case you haven’t heard, West Coast Green is coming on full force this year.
West Coast Green, the largest residential green building conference in America recently released it’s full line-up of presenters and exhibits for this year’s show taking place on September 20-22, 2007. The show, which will be held in San Francisco, has two […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 6 comments

July 23rd, 2007

Reader Home #1: New Zealand Retreat

This house is not technically a retreat, it’s an individual residence… But it is so nice that I’d retreat to it.
Talia Mana, an Offbeat Homes reader sent me pictures of one of her previous homes located in Whangarei New Zealand. Talia has since sold it but had a hard time doing so. Seemingly folks […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 6 comments

July 19th, 2007

Human Shelter: Air, Water, & Earth

Today we’re going to continue with more of Michael Jantzen’s work. As noted yesterday, it’s hard to pick favorites, but when I first saw Jantzen’s designs, his Wind Shaped Pavilion was the one of the designs that first drew me in. So, I’m sharing that one today. The other design I picked to share […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 6 comments

July 18th, 2007

A Dreamy Mixture of Art & Architecture

This post is going up a tad later than planned. Sorry folks. I was dealing with my own offbeat house, as in so offbeat the health department was going to come close up shop if I didn’t clean. Long story short, here’s me cleaning (la, la, la) and losing track of time.
On a positive note […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 11 comments

July 5th, 2007

Remember When…

I said I was going to go search for the Fuji Television Headquarters because I didn’t believe it was really 25 stories tall? It was only a few days ago, so I’m hoping your answer is an enthusiastic, “Yes.”
I did search. I did find. I’m not altogether convinced it’s the same building. It certainly doesn’t […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 6 comments

June 27th, 2007

From Rugged to Round

I thought after our treehouse adventure that maybe we should move on to something a bit less rugged and a lot more round.
When I was about nine years old my mom took me to meet some friends of hers. They had this huge dome home sitting on a cliff, in in the woods, in […]

By Jennifer Chait -- 8 comments