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    Design Dilemma: Sustainable Decorating

    There seems to be an inherent conflict in decorating and staying true to sustainable values. On the one hand, you want to stay green and do what’s good for the earth. But somehow, that doesn’t seem to go along with buying drapes and a new rug. Can you decorate without hurting the environment? Our answer: yes, with […]

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    Serenbe Reinvents a Traditional Walkable Community in The South

    Taking a step back to an earlier time, Serenbe’s lovely sustainable community of new old houses is designed to provide a 21st century green masterplan that skips the strip-mall suburban horror of 20th century design and simply takes us back to our founding era. At least for

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    Omega Center Meets Living Building Challenge

    The Omega Center for Sustainable Living meets the very stringent Living Building Challenge Certification – by incorporating wastewater recycling, clean energy, and eco-friendly architecture. BNIM Architects designed this as a functioning model for the nonprofit organization Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, the state-of-the art environmental education and water reclamation facility in Rhinebeck, New York where […]

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