Eco-friendly design

Every day is Earth Day

Physician and well-known author Lewis Thomas wrote, “We owe our lives to the sun…How is it, then, that we feel no gratitude?”  Earth Day is a perfect time to give back to Mother Nature by starting a new Earth-friendly habit.  You can make a big difference, even if you don’t do anything big—it’s the little [...]

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Made in America design

Will you be searching for more products that are “Made In America” next year? The media has been recently running stories about products made in North America rather than those created in some far distant land with cheap labor. The comment is made that the purchase of goods made in the US and Canada is [...]

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Dream wing house in Malibu, CA work in progress by architect David Hertz

Wing house, as a work in progress, has many plans for implementation of environmental features. The sole fact that an entire 747 is being used to construct a main residence and 6 ancillary structures, is environmentally sustainable in that the material being used is 100% post-consumer waste, and the plane has already been engineered so that [...]

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RE:Green : Guidelines

REGREEN:Guidelines For Sustainable Residential Remodeling and Renovation The Strategy Library offers suggestions on the greenest alternatives. This is, perhaps, the heart of REGREEN, offering more than 200 (and growing) green design tactics. They are listed by the familiar and proven LEED categories—innovative design process, sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and [...]

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Before, during and after…

  While most clients love to enjoy the fabulous interiors we create, I believe that most designers love to live in the ‘during’ phase. Personally, as a designer, I enjoy the process the most. Not the final product when I have to turn the project over to it’s rightful owner, but the construction phase where [...]

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Opposites attract

The juxtaposition of opposites poles, poses in our minds such a contradiction that it actually appeals to us. This loft apartment -overlooking Biscayne Bay and the very islands that Cristo draped in his famed fucsia tropical silk fabric- can take such stands and marry in a perfect blend the exotic old world carved wood doors [...]

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buzz word: Eco-friendly

Of the 30 invitations across my desk this weekend, the new term of choice is ECO-friendly. This particular company sells gorgeous artisan enhanced wood accessories and furniture all which are true conversation and conservation pieces. Examples shown are elegantly handmade by craftsmen who are best described as artists. Some pieces are made from wood that [...]

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