Not only do these paintless coke cans look fantastic, but they could help save the world! OK, so maybe that's exaggerating a little... but only a little. Traditional coke cans have to be painted in the factory and then the paint has to be removed before they can be recycled. This design would eliminate both of those steps. It may not sound like much, but we're talking about 24,773,757,785 cans a year. Yeah... almost 25 Billion.Good design and good for the environment? Sounds good to me..Via Gizmodo...
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When I was in school, 2 of our 5 years were spent focusing on particular materials during our studio work.. one semester masonry, wood, concrete, and steel. This winery by Architecture Workshop looks a lot like the kinds of projects that would come out of the steel semester....
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Last month, my photographer friend Jennifer Richard came over to shoot our finally finished house! The interior is finally done, which means next summer we can focus on the exterior! Landscape here we come!.
Its pretty hard to photograph our extremely tiny home... as you can see, most of the photos are of our living/kitchen/dining/office open area. To make it even tighter, my office doubles as our guest room, when needed. The last two shots are of our bathroom (enlarged to meet code!) and laundry area (as viewed from our bedroom). The laundry area might not seem that exciting to you, but we've got a washer/dryer, on-demand water heater, and tons of storage crammed into a space that's about 3'x3'. You can also see some of the storage we added to the "master bedroom", with a dropped ceiling above the entry and adjacent shower - providing us with additional storage above.
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I'm so glad to finally be done with the interior so that we can finally enjoy the house. It is almost impossible to remember what it used to look like... .
Thanks again to Jennifer! Be sure to check out her website and blog! .
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I was recently sent this project...The space was create by Lazor Office, for the home of Mono, a Minneapolis based advertising agency (they always have the best offices). The simple, but repetitive use blue helps to tie the project together... The pods, which act as an alternative to typical office cubicles are an interesting insertion in the space. They are lovely as objects within the space, but I have to wonder what the employees actually think of them - after all, they still provide the same isolation of cubicles, but none of the benefits (walls, you can actually post things on...).
Still, its a nice looking project...
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Minneapolis really has some great work going on right now...
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I wish Illinois Tech had a design build program when I was there....
A few of my old professors (and one professor's wife) got together to arrange this design/build project. I think its a great project, a chapel designed in Chicago and built in Germany with the help of local craftsmen.
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The project started when a Reverend approached Ecker Architekten asking for help in designing a chapel, even though he had no land and no money. Ecker thought of working together with a design team from IIT and so this new design/build studio was born. .
The project itself is interesting, because the students designed it to be constructed by people with little construction experience (themselves), utilizing salvaged and donated materials, and advanced technology (all pieces were cut on a CNC machine before being shipped to the site).
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Its a great little chapel... and seems so German to me! I can't imagine coming across this in Seattle...
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Not only do these paintless coke cans look fantastic, but they could help save the world! OK, so maybe that's exaggerating a little... but only a little. Traditional coke cans have to be painted in the factory and then the paint has to be removed before they can be recycled. This design would eliminate both of those steps. It may not sound like much, but we're talking about 24,773,757,785 cans a year. Yeah... almost 25 Billion.
