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Reclaimed Wood Desks Feature Vintage Soda Crates as Drawers
Koff Designs has been making reclaimed furniture in Brooklyn with love for years. Now they’re using vintage soda crates as magazine drawers for their tables – adding a special touch to their
INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Seven Questions With Architect Steven Holl
Steven Holl is one of the most celebrated and well-respected architects working today. His architectural work is widely recognized and covers extensive ground ranging from museums, educational
NYC Assemblyman Proposes City-Wide Cigarette Recycling Program
Approximately 176 million pounds of cigarette butts are discarded in the United States every year. Usually they end up on the ground or in a landfill and leach their toxic chemicals into the water table.
Laser-Equipped Airplane Creates 3D Solar Map of New York City
Last month a low-flying airplane airplane equipped with a laser embarked upon two weeks of stealth missions over New York City. Not your average covert operation, these 9 six-hour flights were made in the
NYC’s $220 Million Governors Island Park Unveiled!
This week New York City officially unveiled it’s finalized plan for a $220 million renovation of Governors Island! Starting in 2012, construction will begin on what could become one of the coolest
New York City Asks Residents to Propose More Pedestrian Walkways
In a stunning win for walkers everywhere the New York City Department of Transportation announced yet another round of the NYC Plaza Program. The program is an attempt to close current roadways to
Melrose Commons Earns First LEED Neighborhood Honors in NYC
In 1994 an Urban Renewal Plan threatened to price out the residents of Melrose Commons in the South Bronx. In an effort to keep their neighborhood, the residents formed a community group aptly named Nos
Jean Nouvel Unveils Reflective LEED Certified Skyscraper in NYC
French architect Jean Nouvel recently unveiled a shining new LEED Certified skyscraper on 11th avenue in New York City. The building features a stunning facade composed of 1,700 different panes of glass
Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal Gets Superfund Status
The EPA announced this week the addition of 10 hazardous waste sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. One of the sites added to the NPL is the super-famous and now Superfunded
New York City: Share a Cab with a Stranger to Save Emissions
Starting this Friday your taxi ride in New York City might get a little cheaper. The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission just announced that they are launching a taxi share program where riders will be
Urban Umbrellas to Replace NYC Sidewalk Sheds
Another successful NYC design competition! New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced that Young-Hwan Choi’s “Urban Umbrella” design won the urbanSHED design contest to
Habitat for Humanity and NYC Team Up for LEED Certified Affordable Housing
41 families in the Brownsville neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York are celebrating the first weeks of the new year in new green homes. On a lot on Atlantic Avenue that once held 12 townhouses, Habitat for
Cooper-Hewitt Receives 600K to Continue Design for the Other 90% Exhibit
The Rockefeller Foundation just awarded the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City $600,000 to make its 2007 Design for the Other 90% exhibition into an ongoing series. Inhabitat reported
New Urban Garden Room at LEED Platinum One Bryant Park in NYC
HEY NYC READERS! If you’re in New York City right now, don’t miss your chance to see an amazing, larger than life living installation at the Urban Garden Room that’s taken root at One
THE PERFECT $100,000 HOUSE
Who wouldn’t love to go on a 14,000 mile cross-country trip in search for the perfect $100,000 house? While it may sound like the impossible quest, that’s exactly what Karrie Jacobs, founding
NYC: Foodprint NYC
What: Foodprint NYC Where: Columbia University’s downtown Studio-X space, 180 Varick Street, Suite 1610, NY, NY 10014 When: February 27, from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Cost: Admission is free An event hosted in
NYC: The Green Shows
As New York City Fashion Week kicks off so will the Green Shows, a simultaneous all green week of runway shows at the Village Green, 311 East 11th Street. Designers include Vaute Couture, Theives, Joann
Project H founder Emily Pilloton on the Colbert Report!
Emily Pilloton, the founder of Project H will be on the Colbert Report on Comedy Central Monday January 18th. Project H Design is a non-profit that connects the power of design to the people who need it
NYC: The New School, AFTERTASTE 4 Symposium
The School of Constructed Environments at Parsons presents AFTERTASTE 4, a symposium examining the current environmental and economic pressures on interior design. Organized around the theme “Moving
NYC: The New School, Building Energy Positive
The School of Constructed Environments at Parsons presents Building Energy Positive, an exhibition showcasing examples of new solar building technologies. These projects represent multi-year research
NYC: Green Cup Challenge, Deadline for Entry
Created by schools for schools, the Green Cup Challenge is the first and only student-driven interschool energy challenge. The GCC invites all schools to measure and reduce electricity use and Greenhouse
NYC: Lecture on The Future of Solar Technologies
There will be a lecture on the future of solar technologies at the New York Academy of Science (NYAS) on January 14th 2010 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This symposium, hosted by the Soft Materials Discussion
NYC: How to bring electric vehicles to New York City
A panel lecture entitled “The Road to Widespread Adoption of Electric Vehicles” will be happening at the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) on February 11th, 2010 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The
NYC: Lecture on Green Building Solutions
A lecture will take place at The New York Academy of Sciences called “Green Building Solutions: What’s Working? Achieving Energy Efficiency with Simple Technologies” on Wednesday January
NYC: Learning Landscape Playdate
Project H Design NYC will be having a kickoff playdate on January 17th from 1 to 4 p.m. at a to-be-announced location. Come together for an afternoon of playing, test out their new portable landscape and
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