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Contemporist 2012-05-25 18:01:36
London-based designer Marc Trotereau has created the WireShade lighting. . Description by the designer: The wireshade project is an interpretation of the making and the use of the lampshade. The traditional making of a lampshade is a flexible and relatively easy process based on brazing metal rods. Marc Trotereau decided to adapt this way of making by creating a jig, which gives the possibility to braze …


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Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish) 2012-05-25 18:00:57
Mirador Monumental 5 de Mayo - TEN arquitectos © Patrick Lopez JaimesEsta semana en nuestra serie de Plataforma Fotógrafos, les queremos mostrar el trabajo y una breve entrevista al fotógrafo  mexicano Patrick López Jaimes, quien se dedica a retratar arquitectura de manera profesional desde hace poco, sin embargo a estado tras el lente la mayoría de su vida. Patrick es arquitecto …


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ArchWeek Tweets 2012-05-25 17:56:51
archweek: Designing the Neighborhood Retail Center - #architecture #planning #community & #neighborhoods... http://t.co/gbdkxYE3


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Triple Pundit 2012-05-25 17:08:45
Back in the waning days of the GW Bush administration, the EPA approved a permit issued by the State of Indiana, long known for its laxity in environmental affairs, to BP, to expand a refinery used to distill petroleum from Canadian tar sands oil. But that's all over now.


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WebUrbanist 2012-05-25 17:00:19
[ By Marc in Fixtures & Interiors & Furniture & Decor. ] Adventuring under the sea has a dangerous and classic appeal. These images of incredible submarine-themed rooms and decor are the perfect inspiration for a crazy decorating adventure in one’s own home. (Images via smarthomearchitecture) The most intriguing …


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Developments - WSJ 2012-05-25 16:52:27
When Lehman Brothers led a leveraged buyout of apartment-company Archstone valued at $22 billion in 2007, it had a code name for the deal: “Project Easy Living.” Ever since, it’s been anything but.


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Climate Progress 2012-05-25 16:23:31
First the bad news from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Thanks to a huge jump in Chinese emissions, “global carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached a record high of 31.6 gigatonnes (Gt) in 2011.” The worse news is that, ?The new data provide further evidence that the door to a 2°C trajectory is about to close,? according to IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol. Why does that …


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Triple Pundit 2012-05-25 16:07:11
Last month Whole Foods introduced more fruits and vegetables certified by Oakland-based Fair Trade USA. Fair trade watermelon will be an ethical treat this summer.


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Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish) 2012-05-25 16:00:38
Interface nos presenta este mes la nueva línea de alfombras modulares : Exposed, en donde el dibujo expone una textura  que explora una idea totalmente nueva acerca de lo que un patrón orgánico puede ser, toda la diversidad y complejidad de la naturaleza.Una de las principales preocupaciones de Interface es su cuidado por el medioambiente, y lo hace a través de su programa ReEntry ® 2.0, …


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Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish) 2012-05-25 16:00:03
© Marcel Van Der BurgArquitectos: Pasel.Kuenzel Architects Ubicación: Rotterdam, Holanda Equipo: R. Pasel, F. Künzel, S. Wolff Cliente: Privado Año: 2012 Fotografías: Marcel van der Burg Esta notable villa urbana, diseñada por los arquitectos holandeses Ralf Pasel y Frederik Künzel, se encuentra en el sitio de una antigua zona industrial, en el corazón de la ciudad holandesa de Leiden. La idea espacial de esta residencia urbana se basa pantallas de madera de …


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Climate Progress 2012-05-25 15:38:06
"Activists" offered $50 to wear pro-coal shirts. Apparently unable to find real activists, the coal industry paid astroturfers $50 to wear pro-coal t-shirts at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing yesterday. The EPA hearings, held yesterday in Chicago and Washington, D.C., were focused on the agency’s first-ever carbon standards for new power plants. The industry has adamantly opposed these standards, as well as standards on …


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Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish) 2012-05-25 15:30:09
Este mes Kitchen Center nos presenta varios modelos especialmente diseñados para cocinas pequeñas, donde es primordial el aprovechamiento de espacios para mesones de trabajo considerando también la importancia del diseño en los artefactos para un adecuado funcionamiento.Kitchen Center nos presenta estas soluciones especiales para espacios pequeños como cocinas americanas o de departamentos. Debido a esto, estas cocinas generalmente son cocinas abiertas, …


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Green Inc. 2012-05-25 15:24:21
Western North Dakota has had serious growing pains since it became an oil mecca.


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Developments - WSJ 2012-05-25 15:07:02
Here is a look at real-estate news in Friday's WSJ.


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Triple Pundit 2012-05-25 15:06:21
In many urban environments and college towns, people don't own laundry machines. La Machine du Voison ("The Neighbor's Machine") aims to connect those who do with those who need one.


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Triple Pundit 2012-05-25 15:06:19
This was a good week for Apple. The company announced that ?all three of our data centers will be coal free, which is an industry first for anybody of our size.? However, this could actually have been a great week for Apple if the company took its CSR a little bit more seriously.


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Plataforma Arquitectura (in Spanish) 2012-05-25 15:00:58
Tenemos el agrado de presentarles el llamado a Concurso de Ideas para la costanera de Valdivia. Éste se trata de un concurso completamente abierto, donde podrán participar arquitectos y equipos multidisciplinarios liderados por arquitectos de todo Chile.El concurso tiene como objetivo el mejoramiento de la costanera integrándola a la ciudad, generando espacios para la diversidad, el esparcimiento, además de potenciar a …


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Climate Progress 2012-05-25 14:37:56
by Jessica Goad Alaska is a very important area for U.S. fossil fuel development. But, somewhat paradoxically, rural Alaska and its 250 Native villages are facing an energy crisis: Residents are forced to burn diesel for electricity; a gallon of gas sells for around $10 in some communities; and gasoline and diesel have been barged in from as far as Russia. An event …


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Triple Pundit 2012-05-25 14:05:09
A repair cafe is a place you take your old, broken-down items, buy a cup of coffee, and get your things fixed so that you can continue using them.


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Climate Progress 2012-05-25 13:51:12
by Daniel J. Weiss Big polluters and their Congressional allies have created a new straw man to knock down with the invention of the so-called ?War on Coal.? It is a multi-million dollar disinformation campaign funded by Big Coal polluters to protect their profits and distract Americans from the deadly effects of air pollution on public health. However, with the number of coal …


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