and that would be “NakedBoard”, up close and personal…. a 100% recycled building material created out of tetra paks, poly-coated cups, and milk cartons. manufactured in des moines, iowa by ReWall, a company making recycled construction materials.
tubohotel!
check out this hotel where the tubes, er, rooms, are built from recycled concrete tubes. stay at the tubohotel and learn tubo-speak! “located in Tepoztlan – center of good vibrations, birthplace of Quetzalcoatl, center of the “Tepozteco Nation.” See mountain, climb mountain, bounce down mountain. If you can’t find something to do here, you are seriously activity-challenged.” at only about $43/nite, that’s tubo-tastic!
(via jetson green)
alternative building material, hemp! cannabric, hempcrete, hemp plaster, hemp insulation. cannabric is architect monika brummer’s product, but check out steve allin’s hemp building website, as well as the international hemp building assoc
how can you not love an organization that supports energy conservation, sustainability, smart-growth, systems thinking in design, and a higher quality of life?!? check out the passive house institute:: us for more info
time lapse video documenting the construction of a 30-story hotel built in a mere 360 hours! the pre-fab building was built in 15 days by the broad group, a chinese company.
check out other time lapse videos of their projects at http://www.youtube.com/user/differentenergy?feature=watch
“alfenzbrucke”, by marte.marte architekten
“alfenzbrucke”, by marte.marte architekten
fernau & harman’s snell/sander’s house, santa ynez, ca. c. 2011
