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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Living Homes.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life.

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Overcladding for old masonry façades: why it is important to think performance first

Construction Specifier

Older masonry structures from many eras, including libraries, town halls, commercial blocks, and school buildings, stand at the geographic center of many communities, holding symbolic meaning and serving varied needs and purposes. Photos courtesy RKTB Architects. By Albert Aronov, AIA. What is Overcladding?

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BROMLEY COMPANIES COMPLETES 122 FIFTH AVENUE IN UNION SQUARE NEW YORK

Civil + Structural Engineer

The developer invested $100 million to thoughtfully reinvigorate the building from top to bottom from an outdated, landmarked tower into a modern loft office space complete with high-quality amenities and upgraded infrastructure. Bromley initially acquired 122 Fifth Avenue in 1979, marking the company’s first purchase in New York City.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: A Solar Buyer's.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly Hart has been involved with green building concepts for much of his life.

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Making Better Buildings

Natural Building

Chris Magwood’s Making Better Buildings is a comparative guide to sustainable construction for homeowners and contractors. To my knowledge, building science has never been approached with such an attitude of precise evaluation of all of the factors that affect the environmental impact of materials and building systems.

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A Tour of Eagleyew House On Vancouver Island

Natural Building

The Eagleyew house is a beautifully sculpted custom green home built with nearly 100% natural materials. There is a wraparound living roof, and the interior has earthen floors and natural plasters. This house has three heat sources: passive solar, a masonry stove, and an annualized geo solar system.

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Chicago LiUNA Center: Echelon’s Trendstone Plus® Showcase

CCR Magazine

To create the contrasting pattern for the interior walls, Plebanski and his team combined Trendstone Plus and Mesastone, two of Echelon’s most durable and aesthetically pleasing masonry products. The veteran professionals from Vimak Construction and Masonry, Inc. undertook the complex installation for the addition.

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