The book “150 Best Apartment Ideas” is interesting in that you get hundreds of images of apartments. It is for visual people like architects and designers. Lots of visual stimulation and little text. The book actually should have been called “150 Best MODERNIST FIRST WORLD Apartment Ideas”. After a while the apartments all blended together […]
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One strategy for addressing impacts associated with urban development is to reduce the functional area of developed surface. The European community, and especially Germany, has opted to do so by re-vegetating roofs. Green roofs have been associated with a variety of environmental and economic benefits, including the ability to retain precipitation, filter pollutants, reduce maximum rooftop
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We have been commissioned by a company in Manhattan to do a green roof. The first step was to do an engineer’s report, price analysis and 3D drawings. With that information they will have the ammunition to move the process to the next step of installing the roof. Here is the inspection and drawings. The
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Green Home NYC brought a tour to the Brooklyn Show House the other day and did a great writeup on the visit. It talks about our company’s concept of “Build It Forward”.
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There is this great Zen saying: “Before Enlightenment, fetch water, chop wood. After Enlightenment, fetch water, chop wood.” From the Zen perspective it is an acknowledgment of the “isness” of being, meaning that with enlightenment you see life as it is, free of expectation or judgment. You and life are simply “being” perfectly and the
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A lot of numbers are being thrown around for the cost of green roofs. If you buy a modular grown off site system it can be $45 per square foot. I’ve even heard of systems costing $200/sq.ft. If you install it yourself with the bare minimum of materials off the shelf it can be $5
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Architectural Record Magazine is another publication of the publishing mammoth McGraw Hill Construction. The magazine worships the cult of the architect, that egotistical creature who sees the world as their building block, whose buildings are to be worshiped for their design and the huge amounts of money it took to build them. The magazine, like
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Here is a useful page showing the various sound tests on interior walls. The whole web site actually has a lot of great info. It is by the Green Glue Company, supplier of the best soundproofing materials IMO. Conclusion: Doubling up drywall doesn’t do much for stopping sound. Resilient channels are pretty cheap but it
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BuildingScience.com offers a lot of good material. Like the name implies it is the science of building. Air sealing, wall construction, crawl space insulation etc. It is a good place to go to if you aren’t sure what the best way to seal a window is. They have very objective views on common building techniques.
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Ever wondered who coined the definition of sustainable building? Many people had a good idea what it was but it really became official with the publication of the Brundtland Report. The Report by the Brundtland Commission, titled “Our Common Future”, was published by Oxford University Press in 1987 and laid the definition for sustainable development
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