DESIGN @ Bellevue Community College: September 2008

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

COTE Case Study: Green Residential

Join the design teams of two contemporary, sustainable residential projects to learn how they addressed density and reduced building and ecological footprint through uncommon urban development strategies.
A presentation and tour of the first all 5-star Built Green development in Seattle, by b9 Architects and gProjects, will be followed by a presentation of a Madison Valley urban infill home seeking LEED platinum by Urbanmix and Cascade Built.
Project 1: The Urban CanyonPresenters/Organization: Brad Khouri, b9 Architects; Graham Black, gProjects
Project 2: Alley HousePresenters/Organization: Elizabeth Grace, Urbanmix, James Jenkins from O'Brien and Co.; and Sloan Ritchie from Cascade Built

more info at AIA Seattle

C2's LoVo launch

LoVo stands for low-VOC (volatile organic compounds), which are dangerous additives found in most paints. What sets LoVo apart? A virtually limitless color palate for one, more specifically 496 handcrafted colors (that makes for infinite options!). What's more, LoVo is a luxurious, boutique paint with depth and luminosity.

West Coast Green in San Francisco

Michelle Kaufmann Designs (mkd) answer to modern green housing. In conjunction with Sunset Magazine the mkLotus modular home at West Coast Green in San Francisco went up last week.

Friday, September 26, 2008

SOM Cathedral of Christ the Light Opens

SOM - Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland

inhabitat.com review

New Academy of Science Building in San Francisco

Renzo Piano just opened the remodeled Academy of Sciences building in SF Golden Gate Park

click here to see more

additional reviews at inhabitat.com

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Tropolism.com - A GREAT SITE FOR DESIGN

TROPOLISM

WHAT DOES TROPOLISM MEAN?

Tropolism means Metropolism.com was taken.

Tropolism means believing that cities are the crowning achievement in our civilization. After ultrasuede, of course.

Tropolism means urban life is a glorious mess, as are the buildings and spaces that enable it.

Tropolism means addicted to density.

Tropolism means loving the works of architects, and all the public conversation that surrounds it, while retaining a healthy skepticism for what architects say about their work.

Tropolism means writing about loving works of architects, and about skepticism for what they say.

Tropolism means calling bullshit.

Tropolism means no complaining.

Tropolism means proposing new alternatives.

Tropolism means finding beauty everywhere it exists.

Tropolism means making the hidden city visible.

Introducing Wikia Green

We here at ecofabulous are thrilled to announce the creation of Wikia Green, a dynamic new ecology resource… And our partnership with this new eco-information powerhouse.
Wikia, the leading provider of information on every topic under the sun, has today announced the launch of Wikia Green, a website that will be home to a breadth of information about the ever-evolving eco-world.
Created by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley, Wikia Green was the love child born when Wales met Al Gore, just before Gore received his Nobel Prize. After researching existing green resources, Wales realized that information about green topics was scattered and often overly scientific. Wikia Green took shape from his desire to unite the passion of the green community into one highly accessible resource. He also wanted information to be understandable to eco-neophytes.
Much like Wikipedia—also the brainchild of Jimmy Wales–Wikia Green is a collaborative repository of content that can be instantly updated to reflect the most current information in the rapidly evolving world of eco-consciousness. Unlike a stagnant dictionary definition, Wikia Green will be an incredibly dynamic, user-friendly resource of environmental ideology.
Ecofabulous’ partnership with Wikia Green will allow our readers to quickly find definitions and background information of the topics covered on our website. So when you find yourself scratching your head, wondering what the heck parabens or carbon footprints really are, you can click on our eco-Lingo Made Simple icon for a contextual explanation powered by Wikia Green.

http://green.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_Green