When architecture becomes art, that’s when things get really interesting. Balaam House is a futuristic house design by Archefield that encompasses urban and natural with its unique combination of zinc aluminium, concrete, timber and raw battening. A cantilevered pool at the home’s entrance its piece de resistance – not that it’s easy to choose just [...]

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Caravan by Kevin Van Braak is customized caravan that opens out to provide a grassy area. He stripped an old trailer down to the metal, cut it up, hinged the pieces and and can simply tow it into place, park and unfold it. Caravan can bring a touch of country living to anywhere it’s needed.

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Environmentally friendly car usually look ugly, but a car being is released that doesn’t look like a cardboard box and is actually stunning. Designed by Austin-based automotive design and manufacturing company Ronn Motor’s, here comes the mighty Scorpion, a hydrogen fuel injected hybrid.

This innovative car utilises the new ‘hydrogen on demand’ technology, which generates water [...]

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Garden offices are a well-established industry in the UK; Shedworking has some tips from Lynn Fotheringham of British garden office builderInsideOut Buildings for making them green. They are points that could apply to any kind of building; some of them cost a little more, but when you are building something small, the incremental cost is [...]

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Talented and eco-minded furniture maker Cliff Spencer seeks out reclaimed wood to repurpose into his clean-lined custom designs. One of his regular salvaging grounds is Napa Valley, where he reclaims oak staves discarded by commercial wineries. White Oak staves are used during the fermentation process to impart flavor when wine is aged in steel vats [...]

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The manufacturers of Trex recycled decking help lighten the landfill load by using 100% eco-conscious materials: 50% recycled and reclaimed plastic and 50% reclaimed wood. According to the company web site, Trex is “one of largest plastic bag recyclers in the United States. … about 1.5 billion per year.” In addition, this environmentally responsible company [...]

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Thanks to pre-planned packages by High Country Gardens, it doesn’t take a green thumb or a degree in horticulture to plant a water-wise landscape. Twelve plans, with highly descriptive monikers such as Sunset Over Gray and Blue, The Jumbo Waterwise Garden and The Xeric Aroma Garden, offer a wide variety of solutions

And if xeriscaping conjures [...]

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