“I did not want to spend all our time sustaining it.” A prefab property seemed like the obvious choice, maybe a Michelle Kaufmann or a Rocio Romero. Both designers provide a contemporary aesthetic, with relatively predictable pricing. But trucking a prefab property into …
Who else but two architects would forgo drywall for recycled oriented strand board, stamped side out? Or make countertops from bamboo flooring suspended between frosted glass? They also took a chance and removed the joists and floorboards between two …
“bamboo flooring” – Bing News
 Gotham Gazette |
Building a Better Buildings Department
Gotham Gazette The Department of Buildings had issued 13 violations for this Manhattan site where a 2008 crane collapse killed seven people. The tragic deaths this month of two veteran ironworkers at a West 83rd Street construction site were a … |
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Living off the grid in the Snowies
Billings Gazette The couple lives off the grid, without electricity, running water, refrigeration or flush toilets. But that's not to say they live without the trappings of … |
 Royal Gazette |
Going green and learning to live off the grid
Royal Gazette Going green is more than a buzzword and more than living off the grid (means you live in a self-sufficient way in terms of energy, water, heat and other … |
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'Renovate Right' rule aims to cut lead exposure
Green Bay Press Gazette An effort to reduce lead poisoning incidents came in April when Wisconsin adopted federal … |
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Work to begin on YMCA branch in Pittsburgh's Hill District
Pittsburgh Post Gazette The new Shop 'n Save down the street, which is expected to open a few months before the Y, is also expected to be green-certified. … |
 Business Gazette |
Going for the green
Business Gazette "If it comes down to two companies with similar products, it might make a difference to consumers that one competitor is green-certified and another is not … |
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Right off the grid
Montreal Gazette … Sweetnam-Holmes and team at EcoCité Developments have built what they believe is the first entirely off-the-grid condo development in Canada. … |
 Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com |
From Sears catalog and kit to home in Scotts
Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com They'd driven past the red house, but they had no idea it had been a 1928 Sears kit home, a Mitchell, one of 370 designs offered in the Sears Roebuck … |