Tag: Vegetation

  • Mosstika’s Edina Tokodi Invades NYC with Living Green Enviro-Graffiti

    New York City-based artist collective, Mosstika, has been utilizing their guerilla tactics in an effort to “evoke the call of man back to nature.” Believing that our relationships to territories would be more balanced if we all had our own gardens, Mosstika artists bring together nature and art in the creation of touchable, living art…

  • GreenRock Permeable Pavement Showcased at VISION House Los Angeles

    Recently, Green Builder Media released a video of its president, Ron Jones, being shown the permeable pavement solution from GreenRock as demonstrated by Mark Sapiro, Co-CEO of Structure Home at VISION House Los Angeles. VISION House Los Angeles is a demonstration home that was developed by Green Builder Media in partnership with Structure Home to…

  • EcoNest Intensive Workshop Teaches Green Building with Clay, Straw, and Timber

    The Oregon-based EcoNest Company is the manifestation of an holistic design concept that being implemented in the construction of homes using straw-clay walls, earth plasters, and non-toxic, natural finishes. The concept as a company encompasses Paula Baker-Laporte, FAIA and Robert Laporte, and has grown to become a resource for home building workshops and seminars, design…

  • SHADE is Solar Home Adapting for Desert Equilibrium

    Team ASUNM, a collaborative effort between Arizona State University and University of New Mexico, has come together to address the inefficiencies of urban sprawl and to create a model for sustainable desert living that has been dubbed SHADE (Solar Home Adapting for Desert Equilibrium), which is an entry in the Solar Decathlon 2013 competition that…

  • House in the Mountains Features Green Roofs and 2013 AIA Housing Award

    High in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the roof planes of this guesthouse are both meadow and super-insulated envelope, blending structure into scenery to be nearly imperceivable from a road above the site while preserving the view from the main house. New York architectural firm GLUCK+ has designed the “House in the Mountains” for which…