Conceptual planning produces a beautiful site
Naples Daily News
In the case of a new community, blobs might represent single family or multifamily neighborhoods, golf corridors, recreation centers and lakes. On the residential scale, blob examples are vegetable gardens, open play space, buffer plantings, detail …

Entertaining by Design event, home decor for fall and green cleaning workshop …
cleveland.com
Tabletop dreams Place settings dazzle at Design Centre fundraiser Flowers form a table runner in "Inverno Ipnotico: Italian Winter Wedding Escape" by Palmieri Interni, Solon. The themed tabletop was part of the 2014 Entertaining By Design; this year's …

College Students Show How Awesome Green Design Can Be With Pop-Up Solar Village
GOOD Magazine
Inspired by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, which inflicted some of its worst damage on SIT's home state of New Jersey, the design, Sure House, was built to withstand storms while “fighting climate change with energy-saving innovations.” The runner …

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A simpler life leads to 'green' dream home
Las Cruces Sun-News
For Debra and Vester, the motivation was clear, even though at the time they had no idea they would find their “green dream home” in Las Cruces. After a 25-year career in the U.S. … On a road trip back to visit family in California, they visited New …

Green Building Coalition honors top 15 home builders
Tallahassee.com
FGBC certified homes complete a technically rigorous building assessment and construction process to promote design and construction practices that reduce the negative environmental impacts of the building, improve occupant health and well-being, and …