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Buildup To Greenbuild: The Architourist and 5 Views of a Green Toronto

September 30, 2011

30,000 green building professionals are coming to Toronto for Greenbuild in October; this series will try to explain Toronto to them.

Dave LeBlanc, the Architourist in the Globe and Mail, interviews four talented green architects and me in his build…

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Solar Decathlon 2011: Team California

September 29, 2011

Photo credit: Michelle Kaufmann

Michelle Kaufmann judged this year’s Solar Decathlon and here are some of the photos she took at the event which took place at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park.

Spending time in this home as a juror for the Solar…

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Solar Decathlon 2011: Ohio State

September 29, 2011

Photo credit: Michelle Kaufmann

Michelle Kaufmann judged this year’s Solar Decathlon and here are some of the photos she took at the event which took place at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park.

Spending time in this home as a juror for the Solar…

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Zem Joaquin, Founder of Ecofabulous.com (Podcast)

September 29, 2011

Even if the label of “maven” is painfully over-applied, there are people who still deserve it. Zem Joaquin, the stylish polymath behind Ecofabulous.com, is one of those few. Zem has been on the editorial side of mags like House and Garden, Domino, and…

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Buildup To Greenbuild: A Conversation with superkül Meg Graham

September 28, 2011

photo by Ben Rahn / A-Frame Inc.

30,000 green building professionals are coming to Toronto for Greenbuild in October; this series will try to explain Toronto to them. Today: another conversation with an interesting Toronto architect.

TreeHugger foun…

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Solar Decathlon 2011: Canada

September 28, 2011

Photos by Michelle Kaufmann

Michelle Kaufmann judged this year’s Solar Decathlon and here are some of the photos she took at the event which took place at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park.
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Solar Decathlon 2011: Illinois

September 28, 2011

Photos by Michelle Kaufmann

Michelle Kaufmann judged this year’s Solar Decathlon and here are some of the photos she took at the event which took place at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park.

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Solar Decathlon 2011: Maryland

September 28, 2011

Photos by Michelle Kaufmann

Michelle Kaufmann judged this year’s Solar Decathlon and here are some of the photos she took at the event which took place at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park.

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Bicycle Helmets Decorated by Artists Auctioned for a Park

September 28, 2011

Photo: madisonbell

These have to be the artiest bicycle helmets in town. Decorated by hot British artists such as Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn (above) and Peter Blake, it’s all for a good cause.

The helmets are one of a kind and created for an auction t…

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Living Wall Is A Map of Central Park

September 27, 2011

Images credit Parker Urban Greenscapes

Don’t know how I missed this the first time around. In 2009, LTL Architects designed offices for the The Open Planning Project (TOPP) in New York. The highlight is an 84′ long walnut bookshelf that is a map of …

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