11:29 am in architects, kitchens, lifeedited, materials, materials monday by TreeHugger
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Granite counters have been all the rage for a decade, but now
it has come to this, an entire kitchen made of granite. I think it is incredibly ugly and probably ridiculously expensive, But seeing this image, and a recent discussion about counter choices for Graham Hill's
LifeEdited project, reminded me of some research I had done into countertops a while back.
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3:32 pm in bedrooms, brazil, Design & Architecture, kitchens, small spaces by TreeHugger
Photo: Evelyn Muller.
Although
interior design events in Latin America are always full of huge museum rooms thought for impossible houses, it's good to see the trend of
small spaces popping up in places like
Buenos Aires and
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11:40 am in brazil, Design & Architecture, kitchens, sao paulo, small spaces by TreeHugger
Photos: Courtesy of architects Ana Lucia Salama and Gerson Dutra de Sá.
In order to understand why would a Brazilian want to have a space themed around the British monarchy, you have to take into account this room was prepared for
Casa Cor design event in Sao Paulo, which began around the much talked about
William and Kate's royal wedding.
That said, architects
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10:17 am in designers, kitchen, kitchens, wayback machine by TreeHugger
We recently did a very brief history of the fitted kitchen in
Is It Time To Rethink the Built-In Kitchen?. For those who want a bit more information, Core77 has produced six parts of a history of the kitchen, starting with the work of Catharine Beecher (sister of
Harriet Beecher Stowe), who was one of the first to lay out a kitchen for ergonomic efficiency. More in
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12:49 pm in kitchens, less is more, new york by TreeHugger
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Tina Roth Eisenberg, the
Swiss Miss, shows a field kitchen from
Kanz Outdoors and thinks it would come in really handy while she renovates her apartment. But one has to consider whether this kind of kitchen design doesn't make sense all the time, whether we haven't got carried away with our built-in kitchens. There is something appealing about a kitchen desi...
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11:30 am in Design & Architecture, designers, kitchen, kitchens, small spaces by TreeHugger
All Images Courtesy of Goran Bjelajac
On TreeHugger, we've featured some pretty crazy ways to space, from
showering in the living room to
hiding your bed on the ceiling. But what about the kitchen? How to pack the fridge, sink, dishwasher, counter, and oven into a tight space? The answer, it turns out, is to fold them up.
But is it still a kitchen?...
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10:22 am in Design & Architecture, energy efficient, kitchen, kitchens, lifeedited by TreeHugger
Photo credit Danby.
As with
ovens, so with fridges -- manufacturers make smaller models, but seemingly not with the tiny home in mind.
Most small fridges are meant for dorm rooms or dens, and emphasize in their designs ice and cold drinks rather than practical needs, great design, or a smaller footprint. For Graham Hill's
LifeEdited apartment renovation project in Manhattan, a full fridge and freezer combo is the desirable option -- here are the...
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