9:22 am in brazil, decorating, Design & Architecture, gardening by TreeHugger
Photos: Rosenbaum.
Building on the great response their
awesome vertical garden with recycled plastic bottles received, Brazilian design studio
Rosenbaum has come up with another vertical garden for their latest Lar doce lar project (a segment at a popular TV show where they remodel houses of low-income families).
This time they used hanging flowerpots attached to the wall, giving an interesting illusion...
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3:18 am in appropriate technology, compact fluorescent light bulbs, cool but ugly, decorating, Design & Architecture, energy efficiency, incandescent bulbs, interiors, LED, lighting, Science & Technology, spain, Take Action by TreeHugger
Photo: Petz Scholtus
On a recent trip to the south of Spain, I visited the beautiful Cathedral of Seville, amongst the largest of all medieval and Gothic cathedrals, in terms of both area and volume.
According to Wikipedia, the interior is the longest nave in Spain, and is lavishly decorated, with a large quantity of gold evident. Also evident are the
CFLs propped upon time-honoured lighting fixtures......
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9:44 am in 100 mile diet, bathroom, composting, decorating, Design & Architecture, designers, dining room, energy efficiency, food, Food & Health, food miles, green building, interiors, leed, local food, materials, recycled building materials, restaurant, shelving, spain, storage, toilets by TreeHugger
Image Credit: Fastvínic
The other day I had a delicious
local sandwich in the fabulous new space
Fastvínic in Barcelona. It seems the Catalan capital has finally got a place where
fast slow food meets good design (and not hippyness). What's on the menu? Sandwiches. What's around you? Beautiful <...
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5:15 am in architects, architecture, buildings, crafts, decorating, Design & Architecture, designers, energy efficiency, green building, interiors, less is more, materials, prefab, prototypes, recycled, recycled building materials, small spaces, spain, urban life, wood by TreeHugger
Image Credit: 5º Pino
Here is the last part of from this beautiful collection of wood design from Spain, put together by
Confemadera. Check out the privious posts about
a fun wooden bicycle and the stunning heritage ceilings from the South, and
last week's Fab Lab House and micro-islands along the Spanish coast. This week it's about wooden graffiti, 3D wood typographies and energy-efficient modular prefab h...
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