11:29 am in architects, kitchens, lifeedited, materials, materials monday by TreeHugger

Image credit
Neolith
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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3:16 am in artists, arts, bees, birds, Cattle, crafts, Culture & Celebrity, Design & Architecture, designers, exhibits, materials, rivers, science, Science & Technology, spain by TreeHugger
Photo Credit: Gerard Moliné
When I entered the
Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery space, made up of thick earthy colours and rough textures. I wasn't sure what exactly I was looking at until
Gerard Moliné himself told me the story of how, when he was 7 years old in his village in the Catalan country side, he placed
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10:30 am in carbon sequestration, design, green building, materials, wood by TreeHugger
Stair at Art Gallery of Ontario by Frank Gehry; Image credit Wood Works Ontario
Tim Wall at
Discovery News adds another "R" to our growing list (we are up to
ten):
Reconsider our choices of building materials. He points us to a new study published in
Carbon Management that looks at the full life-cycle ana...
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10:03 am in designers, materials, netherlands, recycled consumer goods by TreeHugger
Photos: Vij5 website
From
do-it-yourself cat litter to
hand-rolled jewelry beads and
mulch, newspapers can offer versatile options for re-use after they've been read. From Dutch designer
Mieke Meijer comes what she calls "NewspaperWood," which can actually be made into furni...
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