July 18, 2011
Photo: Fung + Blatt Architects.
This is the second in a series of five homes and gardens in the Silverlake and Echo Park neighborhoods that I visited as part of Dwell on Design’s self-guided tour of East Side Los Angeles … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable
Tags: sustainable architecture
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July 7, 2011
Passing a yin-yang floor mosaic that leads to the front door. Photo: Robin Horton.
On a warm Saturday at the end of June, armed with a GPS, I navigated around the labyrinth of Los Angeles freeways and surface streets for … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: Garden Art, sustainable architecture, urban gardens
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December 17, 2010
When Beijing’s sky-high rental prices made it impossible for him to find a place he could afford, recently graduated architect, Dai Haifei, 24, hatched the idea of making his own mobile egg-style shelter. At a cost of 6,427 yuan ($964), … Read More…
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening
Tags: eco-friendly, renewable materials, sustainable, sustainable architecture
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