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Glorious(?) Return to Canada and new post
Hi all, I’m back from my little stint abroad in Georgia (the country, not the state). So here’s a new eco-friendly architecture from Denmark (Gosh, we’re really lagging behing North America!). This new hotel, the Bella Sky Comwell Hotel, is the largest hotel in Scandinavia. It is in the Ørestaden district in Copenhagen. The hotel [...]
Circuit Board Furnishing
The creations of Theo Kamecke are beautiful in their aesthetics and intricate patterns that come from old boards from the wee years of computers where one will take up an entire room. Through marquetry, these old boards are given a new lease on life.
Ctrl+Alt+Del Porcelain Cups
Created by MOD Design, a Taiwanese company, this porcelain cup set will definitely impress the computer nerd that rests in most of us. Personally, I prefer the black than the white. Available here. Photos are property of gadget4all.com
Update your bedroom with minimalistic flair.
I came across this company, Haiku Designs, that produces bedroom furniture that takes influences from Japan. Simple and understated elegance is what they are all about. I am very fond of their “Kyoto” platform bed and their “Raku” tatami bed. The “Kyoto” platform bed is made with sustainably-farmed mahogany and comes with individually adjustable headboards [...]
Outside-the-box Wind Turbines
Gone are the large, tall and 3-bladed wind turbines that the term conjures when one hears ‘wind power.’ Michigan-based Windtronics for Honeywell unveiled their WT6500 turbine recently that minimizes all the problems with a traditional turbine. At 6 feet (182 cm) in diameter and 170 lbs (77kg), this little baby can provide 18% of an [...]
Get a life…Life Box, that is.
Need to ship items in cardboard while looking to minimize your footprint? Look no further! Life Box has the solution for you! Their product, Tree Life Box, is made of recycled paper inserted with various varieties of tree seeds suitable and approved for shipping in the continental US and Canada. The corrugated cardboard is also [...]
WTC Transportation Hub
Scheduled to open in 2012 and fully in operation in 2014, the Transportation Hub is the creation of the Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava, who also designed the Allan Lambert Galleria at Brookefield Place (aka BCE Place). The design is common to Calatrava’s works, who utilizes steel, glass and light to take your breath away. Calatrava’s [...]
New contributor?! Heck yes.
Hi there, Eric here! I am here to add my first contribution to SQUABNEST on what will hopefully be a large collection of green living, urban design and architecture tidbits from around the globe. For my first post, I’d like to introduce what is the world’s first 100% solar powered stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. This [...]
