Offbeat Homes

February 21st, 2008

Garbage Warrior: A Film by Oliver Hodge

One determined, yet somewhat disenchanted architect + pounds of garbage + many good deeds + a hard core attempt at social change = slick homes.
Sounds like the movie of the year to me.
Garbage Warrior:

Released in Canada cinemas starting February 15th.
USA TV premier on Sundance Channel - April 1st 2008

Tags: earth shelter, Earthship, garbage warrior, […]

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February 18th, 2008

Who Said Water Tanks Were Boring?

Not me. Well, not anymore. If you’re Paul Morgan Architects then you know plain old water tanks are so last year. Marye, from Kettle & Cup, sent me a heads up about this beautiful home, the Cape Schank House. It’s posted at Materialicious - with a name like that, you know it’s a blog you […]

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February 16th, 2008

Island Wood Structures

Peggy, over at Tree Hugging Family, did this killer post about IslandWood at Bainbridge Island. The whole article is worth a read - it’s an environmental learning center and Washington state’s first LEED Gold project. Very slick. Of course I was most smitten with the structures at IslandWood. Terribly unique, sustainable, and simply amazing.
Metropolis - […]

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February 16th, 2008

Bamboo Living Homes

Bamboo Living Homes is a company that builds and ships bamboo homes - like a container bamboo house. It’s an interesting concept, with some odd building codes mixed in - i.e. it could take you a while to get your permit to actually use one as a home. On the plus side bamboo is a […]

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February 10th, 2008

Sustainable Beauty for Your Sunday Morning

Sustainable Private Residence, Mexico City, Mexico from the ReCURSO team…

You have to see this black stone up close - go here. Pure loveliness.
Tags: black stone, ReCURSO, sustainable houseShare This

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February 6th, 2008

Life Inside A Rock

Would you live inside a big rock? Apparently some will. This summer, this rock home below sold for £100,000; up four times over the asking price of £25,000. Wow; no electricity or water either, I believe.

Read more about the home itself, and see more pictures, at Metro or the Daily Mail, or learn more about […]

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February 3rd, 2008

Residential LEED & the mkSolaire

For the last 2 years, the pilot study rating for residential LEED has been going on. Now the U.S. Green Building Council has the revised residential LEED rating goals and system ready to go. The revised system’s goal is to help architects and designers achieve a whole house approach to green living.
LEED has traditionally […]

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January 22nd, 2008

Earthship Biotecture

Yesterday I mentioned the new Earthship Coffee Table Book that’s coming out soon. Then I noted we should look at some. Frankly, we don’t look at near enough earthship structures here. Not only are they earth-friendly, but some are very unique.

Earthship Biotecture is a company in Taos, NM. They specialize in, what else, earthships. […]

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January 21st, 2008

Earthship Coffee Table Book

So earlier today I posted the new architecture movie, and now a book. It must be media day here. Actually I received an e-mail about this amazing looking book a while ago, but sadly, allowed my e-mail efforts to fall behind.
The New Earthship Coffee Table Book: Part I by Michael Reynolds, looks great. I’m not […]

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January 21st, 2008

Last Call for Planet Earth

Last Call for Planet Earth is a brand new documentary coming out on January 31st. The focus… the environmental effects of building. Very cool. According to Architect Online, the film will premiere in, “Brussels at the European Commission’s Berlaymont Building. Conceived by Belgium-based filmmaker Jacques Allard, the movie features interviews with 12 leading architects around […]

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