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June 18, 2007

LIGHTS OUT LONDON! - June 21st

by Jorge Chapa

london, lights off, event, lights out

Sydney started it, with massive success, and now London is getting into the act. The Lights Out London campaign is inviting londoners to turn off their lights for one hour, between 9p.m. and 10p.m. on the 21st of June (the Summer Solstice). They are hoping to become the largest climate change event ever recorded whose only request is to switch off.

June 18, 2007

ARCHITECT BLOG POLL: Vote for Inhabitat!

by Evelyn Lee

Architect Magazine Online is running a survey right now, asking its readers, “Which blogs/websites, do you read on a regular basis?” We were pleasantly surprised to see Inhabitat on the top five list, and would love to see our little blog get some love in this survey. If you have a moment, we encourage you to take the 2 second survey and vote for your favorite architecture blog (i.e. Inhabitat…… right? ;)

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June 18, 2007

IANNONE ECO-FRIENDLY MOD LODGE FURNITURE

by Tylene Levesque

Iannone:Design, Elk Tall Mod Lodge Sideboard, Revealed at ICFF 2007, Kirei doors, FSC certified plywood, GREENGUARD certified teke veneer, Iannone:Sanderson

We’ve long been fans Iannone:Sanderson’s amazingly creative and cute sustainable furniture designs. Every year at ICFF we count on seeing several new organic designs in kirei and bamboo from Iannone, and this year didn’t disappoint. Although he appears to have lost partner Sanderson somewhere in the past year, Iannone showed again this year at ICFF with a whole host of gorgeous new pieces, including the eco-fabulous Elk Mod Lodge Sideboard shown above.

June 18, 2007

THE LIGHTHOUSE: The UK’s first zero-emission home

by Jorge Chapa

zero-emission, zero, carbon free, no emissions, sustainable residence, sustainable house, Sheppard Robson, Kingspan Off-Site, Sustainable Homes Level 6, home, residence, offsite 2007

With the new housing regulations coming into effect in England, which will mandate that all homes in the country be emission free by 2016, the race was on for designers and builders to come up with the first prototype of what such a house will look like. Currently being exhibited in the Big Build Innovation Park area of the BRE’s OFFSITE2007 exhibition, The Lighthouse designed by Sheppard Robson, in conjunction with Arup and Kingspan Off-Site is the first house to meet these strict requirements.