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Rome’s Trash Hotel is Beachy Clean

Tonic, June 7th, 2010

I can't help but think how much the late The Who drummer Keith Moon would likely have hated this hotel. What's the point, after all, of trashing the place when it's made from garbage to begin with? But no, this initiative sponsored by Save the Beach, an environmental awareness campaign launched by Cerveceria Modelo (the makers of Corona Beer), ... read more

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Published in Construction


Tires Used to Build Earthquake-Resistant Homes

Marisa McNatt, March 12th, 2010

“It’s just a very beautiful way to use a very ugly piece of a cast-away part of industrialization,” says Dr. Alan Early of the Indonesia Aid Foundation, who holds a doctorate in systems engineering analysis from Cornell University and who has worked for the Peace Corps in Indonesia for 14 years. According to Early, houses and buildings crumble because ... read more

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Published in Construction


Building With PET Bottles

Lori Brown, September 10th, 2009

Though recycled plastic has proven to be an incredibly strong and durable building block that's used in structures from military bridges to deck lumber, empty PET bottles may not be what come to mind when thinking of ideal construction materials. But that hasn't stopped some creative and resourceful individuals from using them. Man-Made Floating Island In 1998, British carpenter ... read more

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Published in Plastic


Building With Cans

Lori Brown, August 7th, 2009

"99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer..." This famous bar chant was clearly not intended to be taken literally, but that's what some creative and resourceful people have done, in some form or fashion. While they're not bottles, the famous "Beer Can House" in Houston is just one example of resourceful construction with cans. The Beer Can ... read more

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Published in Metal


Building With Tires

Lori Brown, July 29th, 2009

Each year, nearly 300 million tires are disposed of in the U.S. alone. The EPA estimates that markets exist for approximately 80 percent of those tires, leaving an estimated 60 million scrap tires to be stockpiled or landfilled. Luckily, the market for scrap tires continues to increase. Whether used as fuel, ground and recycled into new products, retreaded or used in ... read more

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Published in Construction


Building With Shipping Containers

Lori Brown, July 20th, 2009

Recycling resources through reuse has become increasingly popular in the world of architecture and sustainable design. Surfing the Web, you can find buildings constructed of everything from bottles to kitchen sinks. Though the latter is a bit ambitious, and probably less practical than the average person desires, there are many well-built examples of homes constructed of recycled materials out ... read more

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Published in Metal


Building With Paper

Lori Brown, June 17th, 2009

Earth911 recently featured a story on the creative and resourceful way of building using glass bottles. From early 1900 American mining towns to modern-day Thai Buddhist temples, the glass bottle has proven a useful medium for handfuls of crafty architects worldwide. Could this idea of building using everyday recycled resources be applied to paper as well? Glass is a plentiful ... read more

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Published in Paper


Building With Bottles

Lori Brown, June 10th, 2009

More than 100 years ago in 1902, a man by the name of William F. Peck built a home in the small, but booming mining town of Tonopah, Nev. He didn't build with wood, brick or any other traditional materials for that matter; rather he used 10,000 empty beer bottles. Other bottle houses popped up in the following decades as homes ... read more

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Published in Glass


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