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Interior Screening

by Build LLC from Build Blog  (design blog) — 07-01-2009 07:36
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[Photo by BUILD LLC] BUILD recently completed a penthouse project in downtown Seattle which makes use of interior screens to define space, maintain privacy and accentuate light.  Some new materials and methods are put to work and you may find it [...]

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U.S. Designates Land In 6 Western States For Solar Energy Production

by The Author from Sincerely Sustainable  (green blog) — 07-01-2009 07:36
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The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced yesterday that it plans to designate over 1,000 square miles of federally owned land in the West for solar energy development. The 24 areas of land under consideration could generate 100,000 megawatts of [...]

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Tantalizingly Close

by admin from ModFruGal  (modern blog) — 06-30-2009 10:21
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My life in the fishbowl is, thankfully, almost over.  Let’s be clear, I am not ungrateful for the hardworking men who have brought me this amazing transformation…but with no window treatments anywhere here and 12 people crawling all over your [...]

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Sadly, the Usonian buildings were not saved

by admin from Meanwhile Back At the Ranch  (modern blog) — 06-30-2009 10:21
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Read all about it here. I think the important thing going forward is to educate legislators on these buildings. My understanding is the buildings didn’t “fit into their plan” but if a victorian or other historic structure was in the way, [...]

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Cheers, it's a Kegerator!

by jules (noreply@blogger.com) from ikea hacker  (finish blog) — 06-30-2009 10:20
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Take inspiration and Gro.

by jhammond (noreply@blogger.com) from Exclusively Blog - Modern Furniture and Design Blog  (design blog) — 06-30-2009 10:20
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USGBC Finally Makes Building Performance Requirement For LEED Certification

by The Author from Sincerely Sustainable  (green blog) — 06-29-2009 14:49
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While the stated goal and intent of the LEED program has always been to provide an independent third-party certification of a built structure's green or sustainable attributes, the awarding of the certification level itself has never been contingent on [...]

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LamiDesign IBU Building System - not a house, a platform

by lavardera (noreply@blogger.com) from LamiDesign Modern House Plan Blog  (modern blog) — 06-29-2009 12:59
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Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? About 200m+ Climate Refugees

by The Author from Sincerely Sustainable  (green blog) — 06-29-2009 11:09
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Though there is a willfully ignorant segment of the U.S. population that has no problem ignoring the very real and imminent environmental dangers climate-change poses to the entire world, there is one consequence of a much warmer planet that may finally [...]

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neocon09 - allsteel wins best of show for new desk system

by lavardera (noreply@blogger.com) from workalicious  (other blog) — 06-29-2009 11:08
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