Posts Tagged ‘Sustainability’
icey_farley
Icey Farley, by the way, if you haven’t seen his blog, today is your lucky day. Photo by Kritikal Kyle
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my last post was: “Seven green new year resolutions” Other posts: What’s Missing Architect Maya Lin’s latest memorial includes film “Unchopping a Tree.” Seven day countdown on kickstarter for The Windowfarms Project posted by Viviane
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Sustainable Homes in the USA
We are proud to be in this fine book and I’m particularly happy that my pictures are getting published all over the place. I’m enjoying photography more and more, as I have been mentioning in this blog. I’m preparing an exhibition… I’ll post about it soon. Anyway, the focus of the book is sustainability. I [...]
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Asphalt to Collect Solar Energy
Is anyone else as excited about this as I am?
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Tags: asphalt, life, science, smatrt thinking, sola, solar energy, Sustainability, sustainable, VV Speaks
Pilates Studio
If the picasa slideshow is not working use this: Pilates studio by MJ Neal, AIA Check the Pilates studio out! It’s open for business. Ann Arnoult is an excellent Pilates instructor and a former dancer at Ballet Austin. This project was built by Living Art, Austin. John and Mike’s building outfit. Update April 22, [...]
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The Pyramids, Cast?
This is pretty cool. We’ve been talking to alternatives to Portland cement for years now, who hasn’t… Here’s a 4,000 yr old idea.
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Farley Foto Flurry
So here’s what you can get for a bit over 150k:-) Again, Kyle is an artist living in Clebourne, Texas. He needed a super economical painting studio where he could live too. Metal superstructure with metal sips; exposed plywood, polycarbonate, galvanized corrugated metal skin. Formed within the slab are a fire pit and a channel [...]
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Some of the first pictures I took before I run out of battery and changed to film camera. The light was really good at sunset so I shot a million rolls… I’ll be updating again. We’re exhausted but happy. Woof, woof, woofa!!!! Oh and WOOFA won “Most Original Doghouse Concept!” yey Just like we like [...]
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Tags: Furniture, Sustainability, VV Speaks, Woofa
Leaving for Houston
… now, but I had to post two quick office pics, taken with the phone. I’m in love! Now, we tung oil everything starting Monday, paint a bit and get the chairs and a few things and move in! In the future, we will have a pivoting plasma screen for presentations and for entertaining the [...]
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Tags: Dreams, Our Office, Sustainability, VV Speaks
We had to move out of the old office before the new one is finished, so it has been quite hectic around here. But, man, are we excited about the new office, or what!!! I can’t wait to post pictures of the work in progress, soon!!! And guess what, Curra’s at Parmer and Mc Neill [...]
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Ask…
… and you shall receive! We’ve been able to turn the A/C off for the last two days. Sleeping with the windows open again. What a concept:-) John Aielli on KUT was talking about the dew point today. Anything below 60, and voila! It doesn’t feel humid! Oh Joy.
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Energy, Energy, Energy
If you are not going to be at home, turn the A/C off, or put it at a higher setting. Since we live in a very shaded house that is also probably sitting on rock, we didn’t have to turn the A/C on until two or three weeks ago… So, it’s a little bit of [...]
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Sprinting Spring
I’ve got to be in some accelerated time warp, school is almost over… it’s time for our Spring Newsletter. Can you believe it! At least, my tomatoes are planted… Now they need to grow, so I can make my gazpacho! (gazpacho stuff) 1. An Artist’s Dream. An Artist’s Barn 2. Live Non-toxic. Build Non-toxic 3. [...]
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