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Archive for June, 2008

The island house that powers itself – with a little help from 100mph gales

Global interest in couple’s pioneering project to live off-grid – including their car
Severin Carrell
The Guardian, Monday May 19, 2008

Michael and Dorothy Rea outside their home on Unst. Photograph: Murdo Macleod
Life on the most northerly inhabited island in Britain can be very tough indeed. On Unst the winters are harsh, and the winds brutal and relentless, [...]

The Photonic Beetle: Nature Builds Diamond-like Crystals for Future Optical Computers

From: www.biomimicrynews.com
Published May 21, 2006
Researchers have been unable to build an ideal “photonic crystal” to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic crystals with the ideal, diamond-like structure: They are found in the shimmering, iridescent green scales of [...]

Not your Typical Grandma — An Interview with Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Rosa Hilda Ramos

by Bonnie Hulkower
From: www.treehugger.com
Published June 23, 2006

Rosa Hilda Ramos accepting Goldman Prize
Rosa Hilda Ramos is a 63-year-old grandmother, environmental activist, and one of the recipients of the 2008 Goldman Prize, recognizing grassroots environmental heroes. Ramos mobilized her community to legally take on the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. Now she is using part of the [...]

Volume #14: UnSolicited Architecture

Por David Basulto [tricky]
De: Plataforma Arquitectura

“Ir más allá de la Arquitectura” – la exploración de nuevos dominios y terrenos – a sido el lema de Volume desde sus inicios el 2005. Es hora del siguiente paso: ¿como llevar a la práctica este “ir más alla”? ¿Como materializar ese discurso, cuando parece ir contra todas las [...]

Libro “Situaciones Urbanas” del arq. Santiago Cirugeda

De la página web Recetas Urbanas:
Santiago Cirugeda es un arquitecto atípico que desde el inicio de su carrera ha puesto en práctica sus ideas directamente sobre el terreno. A lo largo de los últimos diez años, ha desarrollado un método de trabajo basado en la observación y análisis de la ciudad, al objeto de afrontar [...]

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