This house is so not me - but it literally took my breath away when I saw it. It’s so fresh, so clean cut… it’s just your basic overall slice of house delight.
[via Inhabitat]
According to Inhabitat, where I saw this gem, it has “smog-eating” photo-catalytic concrete
Sometimes I think my taste in homes, which used to […]
Just some quick shots, because I love this little house so much, I’ll never be quiet if I get going. That said, this was built by cobworks.com and cob cottage. Once you see the interior this home just gets better and better. You can check out a multitude of wonderful photos of the home above […]
I posted about this cool new eco podcast over at Tree Hugging Family, but I was thinking that some of my greener Offbeat readers might enjoy it as well. I’m not sure how many of you visit Tree Hugging Family, but today you might want to check out the post I did about the new […]
Who remembers last year’s HGTV Design Star event? I sure do. We had the nice Sparkle Josh visit Offbeat and then no one I liked won. That was exciting. Well Josh was cool, I wasn’t quite so excited about the outcome of the show.
In any case it seems like it’s been simply years since the […]
I think the above is my longest post title ever.
It’s been a long week. The servers here have been funky, although b5 tech has been and is working super hard to get it sorted out (go team!). I’m thinking that Offbeat will actually have some new posts this week. Coolness, right? Still, server issues are […]
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 - […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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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