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Produced from one of our most precious resources, recycled paper panels and partitions are a trend we're seeing everywhere. These imaginative products are charming and colorful, adding texture to the walls of a sustainable space. Read more: Green Trends … [Read more...]
We recently came across a fabulous example of glamorous interior design that doesn't take itself too seriously on World Architecture News and just had to share! It's the Chocolate Lounge at the Dublin Airport, and it is revolutionizing the airport snack. Waiting in airports is certainly not high on most people's lists of "fun things to do," but thanks to … [Read more...]
Las Vegas has a reputation as an exciting, dramatic town, and the scandal surrounding the Harmon Hotel certainly lives up to that image. According to a recent article in Architectural Record, MGM Resorts International is attempting to move forward with plans to demolish the hotel, designed by Foster + Partners, due to "serious structural defects " and … [Read more...]
You’ve probably heard of the Slow Food movement, the trend that emphasizes traditional dishes and encourages the cultivating of food plants that are native to their particular region. It's the opposite of fast food, in other words. This has in turn helped spawn a small, but growing similar movement applied to architecture-- the Slow Home … [Read more...]
So much attention in the world of interior design is devoted to the grownups. It's certainly gratifying to create an elegant living room, a showcase dining room, or an impressive corporate reception area. But it's also so enjoyable getting in touch with the child within to create fun and functional kids' rooms. Below is a baby's room Leslie Saul & … [Read more...]
For this week's GREEN TIP, we've assembled a few sites we have stumbled upon recently that have some great tips and ideas for those who are looking for alternative ways of commuting and for saving energy: From InHabitat- An article about a MIT study on bike commuting: With bike sharing and committed bike lanes on the rise, it seems like biking … [Read more...]
Construction is expected to begin next year on what is being touted at the most environmentally friendly building in the world. It's an expansion of Google’s corporate headquarters in Mount View, California. German firm Ingenhoven Architects won the competition for the project. Google has never built its own space, instead renting or purchasing … [Read more...]
Here in New England, historic preservation is practically a religion. Virtually every city, town and hamlet has established guidelines for preserving homes and buildings that have more than average historic significance. Of course, New England has had lots of time to accumulate a history-- at least by American standards. Now it seems Californians-- in the … [Read more...]
Via Time.com It's a dirty secret: the biggest renewable energy business in the U.S. isn't solar or wind or electric cars. It's plain old corn ethanol. Thanks largely to generous government subsidies, the U.S. produced 10.6 billion gallons of ethanol in 2009. That was enough to displace the need for 364 million barrels of oil, but study after study has … [Read more...]
Ever since the end of the Second World War, rising prosperity in America has prompted desires for ever larger homes. But that trend appears to have turned the other direction with size of the average American home becoming smaller. This comes from the white paper, The Small Spaces Trend, commissioned by Kleber and Associates. The average size of the … [Read more...]
The results are in, and Barbie presumably will soon break ground on her new dream house. The design submitted by Ting Li and Maja Paklar has been named the winner of the Architect Barbie Dream House Design Competition. We are especially thrilled about this here at Leslie Saul & Associates because Ting Li was an intern here at LS&A when she was a … [Read more...]
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