MANILA, Philippines Imagine vegetation that will solve your leaking roof deck. Imagine planting greeneries on vertical structures such as building façades, screen walls, walkways, linkways or feature walls, thereby enhancing its elegance. Imagine using lamps that could save you up to 80 percent on energy costs and last up to 10 times more than incandescent bulbs. Imagine using fire-retardant, heat-insulating mortar that is seven times more resistant to heat transmission than cement plaster. Imagine all that, and now look how close reality could be at the 14th Philippines World Building and...
At 90, Arcosanti architect Paolo Soleri still teaching, speaking
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Print heathervescent CORDES JUNCTION - With a characteristic twinkle in his eyes, Paolo Soleri, world-renowned architect and creator of Arcosanti turned 90 years old Sunday - the summer solstice....
Map submitted not approved by gram sabha
The Times of India
The Times of India
16 Jun 2009, 0512 hrs IST, TNN Text: PANAJI: The sarpanch of Cansaulim, Arossim and Cuelim (CAC) village panchayat has failed to submit the revised draft...
A Builder of Castles Made of Trash
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
By DENNIS NISHI View Full Image Kirsten Jacobsen Michael Reynolds builds self-sufficient 'earthships' that generate their own power. Full name: Michael Reynolds Age: 63 Current position: Founder of Earthship Biotecture...
Los Osos home is dream setting for a seaside wedding
The Tribune San Luis Obispo
The Tribune San Luis Obispo
Although they lived in the San Francisco Bay area, Robert and Marilyn Wills had always enjoyed the Central Coast. They had...
ISNA 2009: Uzma Mirza presents her work on 'Faith, Sustainability and Green Architecture'
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Email Print Uzma Mirza, AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, architect, artist, writer, philanthropist, and visionary, will be presenting some of her work at the ISNA Annual Convention is Washington, DC this coming weekend....
Auto-ban: German town goes car-free
The Independent
The Independent
The Germans may have given the world the Audi and the autobahn, but they have banished everything with four wheels and an engine from the streets of Vauban - a model brave new world of a community in the country's...
German town Vauban bans cars
Belfast Telegraph
Belfast Telegraph
The Germans may have given the world the Audi and the autobahn, but they have banished everything with four wheels and an engine from the streets of Vauban – a model brave new world of a community in the country's...
Iris Cherisse's Articles
The Examiner
The Examiner
Showing: Most recent articles Block 37 retail opening fall, 2009 Monday, June 29th, 2009 Block 37, located in the Chicago loop, has certainly had its ups and downs and many wondered if it would ever be completed....
EcoTuesday event, June 23rd The role of "open source" technology in global sustainability
The Examiner
The Examiner
Comment RSS Print I EcoTuesday: The Role of Open Source Techology in Global Sustainability...
Nature seen in a bilious shade of green
The Guardian
The Guardian
As an exercise in raising awareness of the planet's plight, this exhibition fails on almost all levels...



