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A Shipwreck in Indonesia Finds New Purpose as Sustainable Furniture Material...
Brooklyn-based sustainable furniture designers at Uhuru have purchased a 45-year old fishing boat that washed up in a monsoon in Indonesia with plans of transforming the 61-foot vessel into a line of...
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Will You Flock to The Flock House?
Hexagon shaped structures sanctioned by the government that look somewhat like spaceships are popping up in public parks around New York City with inhabitants actually living inside, according to an...
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Four Important Questions to Ask Oneself In Choosing a Sustainable Residence
Builders and city planners are increasingly becoming part of an ever-growing “New Urbanism” movement which promotes sustainable living environments centered around accessible mass transit options, use...
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Car Parts at the Junkyard Transformed into Interesting Furniture Pieces
An Israeli furniture designer with a background as an mechanical engineer takes discarded car parts from junkyards and transforms the pieces into tables, lamps and chairs, according to an article in...
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Old Airplane Parts Take Flight As New Furniture Pieces for Home and Office
Last week we wrote a piece about a company that takes old car parts and upcycles the materials into new furniture pieces. We have now learned of a California-based company that recycles vintage...
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A Perfect Day for a Ride on Your Bike…With Recycled Parts
It’s another sunshine filled day in the tri-state area, one that makes you want to pull the bicycle out of the garage and go for a ride. It is in that vein that we bring you this piece from Build It...
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Sport a New Mercedes-Benz SL R230…Desk
A South African designer has taken the interior of a Mercedes-Benz SL R230 and has recycled it into a fully functioning desk, according to an article on the Woodworking Network. Katie Thompson’s...
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Covetable Castles that Will Make Both Friend and Foe “Green” With Envy
If you are in the market for a mansion or palatial estate, there is no reason these days why these home cannot meet significant sustainable criteria. The Business Insider’s Meredith Galante recently...
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The Ark: A Solar-Powered Houseboat Across the Pond
In a city where the cost of a flat can be bloody expensive, a London-based design team design team looking to fix the lack of adequate, yet sustainable housing has instead taken to the Thames and has...
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The Merging of Prefab, Sustainable Dwellings With Eco-Friendly Transport
We’ve written about houses made out of recycled shipping containers and we’ve also reported on prefabricated, yet sustainable homes. We have not, however, seen the two concepts merged together: an...
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