[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
The American housing industry is a mess, with homebuilding back to 1991 levels, in the last banking and lending crisis. But one sector is shining: green building is up to between 6% and 10% of the market this year, up from 2% in 2002 . According to an NAHB/ McGraw-Hill study, people buying green […]
Housing in San Francisco is expensive, and one way to make units cost less is to make them smaller, particularly if there is restrictive zoning and you can get more units in the same building envelope. Now they have squeezed units down to 250 square feet, smaller than most hotel rooms. George Hauser, the architect, […]
Daily Mail photo found at Mixx
Maybe you caught sight of the 60 rather spectacular mono rimmed Light Wheels spinning around at the Olympics Closing Ceremony in Beijing on the weekend. And these weren’t the only homage that the Olympics paid to the bike. It was the first Games where BMX (bicycle motocross) was a sport […]
Passing the LEED Exam
Last Thursday I took–and passed–the LEED accreditation exam. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and is a performance-based rating system for green buildings established by the U.S Green Building Council. It has come to be accepted as the benchmark for green building, and covers all aspects of […]
Michael Phelps’ swimsuit may not look too comfortable, but what about a T-shirt made of Coke bottles? The idea is hardly new, but it’s never been put on so many backs before: every athlete at the Games in Beijing received a recycled plastic t-shirt from the Coca-Cola, in a bid to spread the word about […]