A while back I shared a few hobbit-style homes people had built, but my favorite so far has to be the Low-Impact Woodland Home that Simon Dale and his family built in Wales:
Being your own (have a go) architect is a lot of fun and allows you to [...]
Posted by Chris in Architecture, Art, Environment, Fun, World on August 25th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Make that drool-inducing gorgeous photos of places I’d love to see in person. EcoGeek (now added to my regular feeds) has a fun piece on green roofs. Not just solar tiles or recycled materials, though; these roofs are actually green, with grass and other plants.
It’s not just for hobbits anymore. The logic of green roofs [...]
Posted by Chris in Architecture, Art, Environment on August 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This makes me happy. There’s a whole blog, Paleo-Future.Com, that focuses on images of the future that people in the past have held. Lots of Disney stuff, of course, but other very fascinating pictures, videos, and other resources.
Posted by Deana in Alien Invasions, Architecture, Art, Beauty and Fashion, Blog, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Culture, Fun, History, Kitchen Sink, Oddly Enough, Science fiction, Technology on April 24th, 2007 | No Comments »
Here’s something to ponder: is an eco-friendly palace an oxymoron? From The Register:
The Prince of Wales has been given the green light to build an eco-friendly house, rumoured to be a “starter home” for Prince William once he gets married.
In a more functional than palatial move, a 200-litre rainwater reservoir will collect and recycle [...]
Posted by Chris in Architecture, Environment, News on January 31st, 2007 | No Comments »
I have no idea what this is, but I went ahead and ordered it. Should be entertaining, I think.
[Editor's note: Deana did fieldwork in Rocamadour, a small town in France known as a pilgrimage destination.]
Posted by Deana in Academia, Architecture, Fun, Literature, Religion, Shopping, Travel, You have got to be kidding on July 14th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
A recent “Guardian story”:http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1418173,00.html provides insight into what our new US “exurbs”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exurb look like to the UK:
“As US towns sprawl into the countryside, creating anonymous zones dominated by soulless malls, one of Britain’s leading historians asks if it could happen here…”
Scariest quote:
“After a closely fought referendum, Phoenix, a city of 3.5 million (roughly half [...]
Posted by Chris in Architecture on February 20th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
As I was fixing my Hobbit breakfast (four waffles, cream cheese, banana, and tea), I thought once again about Bag End. Each time I see the Bag End scenes from Fellowship of the Rings, I think, “I want to live there.” Today, I thought, “Has anyone tried to build a house like that?”
The [...]
Posted by Chris in Architecture, Art, Oddly Enough on February 4th, 2005 | Comments Off
