http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk A guide to a modern and sustainable house Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:37:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=143 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/dont-sit-on-the-fence-reuse-plastic-bottles/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/dont-sit-on-the-fence-reuse-plastic-bottles/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:58:19 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1446 As far as the plastic bottle facts go, it’s truly amazing how much plastic we consume every year. In Britain, we use estimated 15 million plastic bottles every day! Worldwide, however, people consume around 9 billion bottles per year. Sadly, only between 2.5 and 5% of the PET bottles are being recycled, depending on which [...]]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/dont-sit-on-the-fence-reuse-plastic-bottles/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/random-pattern-parquet-flooring/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/random-pattern-parquet-flooring/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:22:10 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1406 A California-based architect studio Sutton Suzuki Architects has showcased an amazing villa that they’ve built in Hawaii. It’s a magnificent building but the thing that caught my attention was the lounge/diner area. If you look at the parquet flooring, you’ll see that the elements are in mixed colour – as a result, it is nicely [...]]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/random-pattern-parquet-flooring/feed/ 1 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/wooden-sinks-eco-bathroom/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/wooden-sinks-eco-bathroom/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:23:13 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1367 It is lovingly hand-made from a large chunk of wood by applying carving and chiselling. It’s quite a lot of work to make a wooden sink like this but the result is well worth it. The finishing is most likely achieved by waxing (must have taken several applications to make it water resistant). I’m not sure about the source of this image because it was sent to me in an email.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/wooden-sinks-eco-bathroom/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/architecture-and-global-population-timeline-infographic/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/architecture-and-global-population-timeline-infographic/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:20:25 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1358 We’ve come up with this infographic showing the timeline of the global population and architecture. Here you can see how urbanisation, deurbanisation and various architectural styles has gone hand in hand with the population numbers. We start at 10,000 BCE with 1 million people and end in 2020, when the estimated global population will be [...]]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/architecture-and-global-population-timeline-infographic/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/green-wall-designs-inside-and-out/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/green-wall-designs-inside-and-out/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:15:51 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1331 He mounts a steel frame onto the façade of the house to create an air insulation between the vertical garden layer and the house fabric. ]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/green-wall-designs-inside-and-out/feed/ 1 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/green-recycled-glass-tiles-canadian-touch/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/green-recycled-glass-tiles-canadian-touch/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:23:30 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1325 It turned out that they weren’t semi-precious stones at all. In fact it’s humble recycled glass. I bet these high-class tiles has started out as beer bottles.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/green-recycled-glass-tiles-canadian-touch/feed/ 3 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/japanese-shell-house-saving-trees/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/japanese-shell-house-saving-trees/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:39:03 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1255 A green home can encompass a tree making it part of its design. The wooden decking of the Japanese Shell house clearly shows that it is doable.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/japanese-shell-house-saving-trees/feed/ 2 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sailor%e2%80%99s-tales-and-modern-architecture/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sailor%e2%80%99s-tales-and-modern-architecture/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:19:02 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1237 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sailor%e2%80%99s-tales-and-modern-architecture/feed/ 0 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/dark-window-frames-with-earthy-interior/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/dark-window-frames-with-earthy-interior/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:15:50 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1215 I’ve always known I liked dark window frames but couldn’t actually define what it was that made them so appealing. Until I saw this picture in Steven Gambrel’s portfolio. Gambrel is one of the top New York’s interor designers. Dark window frames provide much more movement when choosing the colours for your interior. Look at [...]]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/dark-window-frames-with-earthy-interior/feed/ 1 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sleepbox-funny-hotel-pods-from-russia/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sleepbox-funny-hotel-pods-from-russia/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:54:08 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1205 The Arch Group is presenting their new product as a potential business proposal. A single sleepbox costs only $7,000 and with projected night rates of $60 it's an investment that, depending on the location, can recoup itself in 6 to 9 months.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/sleepbox-funny-hotel-pods-from-russia/feed/ 1 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/what-to-do-with-bad-floorboards/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/what-to-do-with-bad-floorboards/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:42:27 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1200 The most obvious way is to sand them and apply a couple of layers of varnish or wax. That's if your floorboards got a beautiful grain. If they're too knotty, you can do what Danish artist Bjorn Agertved has done with his house.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/what-to-do-with-bad-floorboards/feed/ 2 http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/things-to-do-with-cardboard-tubes/ http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/things-to-do-with-cardboard-tubes/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:52:43 +0000 admin http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/?p=1178 If you happen to get your hands on industrial toilet-roll tubes or (in this particular case) packaging material rolls, don't throw them away. Those sturdy cardboard tubes make an amazing material for various lovely DIY things.]]> http://www.greenhomedesign.co.uk/things-to-do-with-cardboard-tubes/feed/ 1