Solid discovery: a surprisingly elegant steel and concrete vase
The Keene Sentinel
Such items can be found via IntoConcrete, a Chicago-area designer, manufacturer and e-tailer of finely made concrete home goods. The online shop includes everything from concrete lamps to coasters to one very chic toilet-paper stand made of soft …

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Things You May Not Have Known About the History of Concrete
Curbed National
We're big fans of the design podcast 99% Invisible, so we were overjoyed when their latest episode, "Hard to Love a Brute," explored the love/hate relationship with béton brut and concrete construction. Always controversial, the building material has …

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Seattle's First Built Green Emerald Star Home Sells For $850K
Curbed Seattle
Caron Architecture designed the home, which is covered inside and out in reclaimed wood and steel from Oregon, Montana and elsewhere. Dwell also built two 5-Star townhomes right behind the Emerald Star but both of them have apparently been sold as …

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Green features now on real estate listings
The Courier-Journal
The press release said four of the eight fields are for formal certifications: ENERGY STAR Home Certification, Home Energy Rating System (HERS), LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, specifically LEED for Homes), and National Green …

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In Norway, a commitment to reducing fossil fuel use and growing green …
Press Herald
The Vlauns' regular visits to Otisfield convinced them they wanted to move to Maine full time, and so they did, bringing freelance work with them, including the catalog and website design for organic seed retailer Seeds of Change. They created a small …