http://www.greenredux.com Sat, 31 May 2008 22:07:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, it has been awhile since we've updated Green Redux, but we're back! The past several weeks have been a filled to the brim with lots of exciting events, both personally and professionally, so while it may appear we've been slacking, we've just been completely otherwise occupied getting new projects ... http://www.greenredux.com/2008/05/31/a-voice-of-redux-reason/ Skateboard decks are a familiar sight in the hands of Etnies owner Pierre-André Senizergues, but this pro skateboarder shows they're not just for four-wheel maneuvers. In an exhibition at Chez Colette in Paris called Skate Study House, Senizergues and Gil De Le Bon Lapointe reinterpreted the skateboard with a nod ... http://www.greenredux.com/2008/03/18/case-study-in-skate-decks/ The New York Times captioned this photo as "the somewhat forbidding exterior of of David Yocum and Brian Bell's architecture office in Atlanta" but to me it says home. And it is, to bldgs - the architectural firm of David Yocum and Brian Bell - and to Yocum and ... http://www.greenredux.com/2008/03/17/adaptive-reuse-in-atlanta/ The Kaufmann House, designed by in 1946 by Richard Neutra, will go up for auction at Christie's in New York this May. The house, a stunning example of mid-century architecture, recently showed up in a small article in the back of my local German newspaper Die Zeit. The photo that ... http://www.greenredux.com/2008/03/09/kaufmann-house-up-for-auction/ A recent renovation in downtown Roanoke, VA, has nabbed the first US Green Building Council LEED certification in the city. The State & City Bank Building, originally built in 1905, was converted from commercial to mixed-use with five residential condos, six offices and street-level retail space. The building is ... http://www.greenredux.com/2008/03/09/roanoke-gets-in-the-leed-with-historic-downtown-building/ Sears Catalog Homes were one of the first successful forays into prefabricated, factory built housing. For over thirty years in the early 20th century, the company shipped mail-order construction components for architect-designed prefab homes by train to tens of thousands of families. It's estimated that between 70,000 and 75,000 homes ... http://www.greenredux.com/2008/03/03/20th-century-sears-prefabs-stand-in-value/ Peter Danko redefines the loveseat with the Arbor Tandem, a gorgeous modern version made from solid maple wood and recycled automotive seatbelts. Danko gets kudos for style and recycled material use. This piece also uses non-toxic water based adhesives, a choice that helps keep Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) to a ... http://www.greenredux.com/2008/03/03/arbor-tandem-loveseat-made-from-recycled-seatbelts/ Colorado residents near Boulder and Fort Collins can resource unwanted construction materials and find deals on recycled house parts at ReSource Yard, the waste division of the Center for ReSource Conservation. There are two ReSource Yard's, one in Boulder and one in Fort Collins, and both are filled with finds ... http://www.greenredux.com/2008/03/02/diverting-house-parts-on-the-front-range/ The National Trust New Orleans field office director, Walter Gallas, blogged last week that, indeed, public housing demolitions have begun in three of the four public housing developments slated to be razed. At current, HUD is spending $762 million to tear down over 4,600 public housing subsidized apartments. All at ... http://www.greenredux.com/2008/03/01/the-politics-of-demolition-in-new-orleans/ Dwellers in Washington state looking for beautiful, handcrafted furniture from reclaimed wood need look no further than the pieces from Alan Vogel. Made from timber salvaged from old barns and farm buildings, Vogel transforms old lumber into timeless tables and benches for home, office and eateries. ShareThis http://www.greenredux.com/2008/02/21/reclaimed-wood-tables-by-alan-vogel/