Brilliant inventions usually result when someone asks the right
question at the right time. Taja Sevelle, the founder and executive
director of Urban Farming, a Detroit-based nonprofit dedicated to
eradicating hunger, had just such a query for architect Robin Osler
when the two met last year for the first time.
SWA booked $32 million in revenue for the year ended June 30, double
its revenue for fiscal 2004. It is the second-largest landscape
architecture firm in the United States, in addition to land planning
and landscape-based urban design.
Cradle to grave and cradle to cradle both refer to manufacturing
processes. And in both cases, the initial cradle corresponds to a
material that goes from the manufacturer to its end use.
Porcelain stone tiles, supplied by the San Francisco office of SpecCeramics Inc., provided a
very sustainable material that truly compliments the LEED certified
buildings exterior façade as well as interior lobby walls.
IceStone® products are the ideal choice for green kitchen countertops.
They're also a great option for tabletops, interior walls, and commercial flooring
applications.
Apavisa's Oak collection contributes an ecological alternative to wood flooring that doesn't take from forest resources. Using advanced technology, the company has created a floor that combines the aesthetic properties of wood with porcelain
Expensive design is not always good design. The Victorian-era Theodore
F. Payne House (which now goes by the name 1409 Sutter Mansion), where
jeweler Simayof has its offices and where the Luxury Marketing Council
was gathered, is a case in point. It was poorly renovated by designers
who have turned its interior into a brassy, glassy extravaganza of the
kind that critics deride in Persian Gulf cities like Dubai, which are
becoming symbols of gaudy urban expansion. Even well-constructed
designs have to meet aesthetic standards, otherwise they wear out their
welcome just as easily as shoddily constructed ones.
The Whole Foods regional flagship in Pasadena, designed by the KTGY
Group in Santa Monica, is an architectural monument to this idea. Along
with the Ecolution hemp shopping bags for $7.49 and the "Certified
Organic" cotton candy near the checkout aisle, the store has a salsa
bar, a coffee bar, a nut bar, a noodle bar, a tapas bar with 20 wines
by the glass, a soup bar, a pudding bar and a charcuterie. And a
chocolate fountain. There is a sign promising "custom butters," the
first time I have seen that word in the plural.
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Brilliant inventions usually result when someone asks the right
question at the right time. Taja Sevelle, the founder and executive
director of Urban Farming, a Detroit-based nonprofit dedicated to
eradicating hunger, had just such a query for architect Robin Osler
when the two met last year for the first time.
SWA booked $32 million in revenue for the year ended June 30, double
its revenue for fiscal 2004. It is the second-largest landscape
architecture firm in the United States, in addition to land planning
and landscape-based urban design.
Cradle to grave and cradle to cradle both refer to manufacturing
processes. And in both cases, the initial cradle corresponds to a
material that goes from the manufacturer to its end use.
Porcelain stone tiles, supplied by the San Francisco office of SpecCeramics Inc., provided a
very sustainable material that truly compliments the LEED certified
buildings exterior façade as well as interior lobby walls.
Apavisa's Oak collection contributes an ecological alternative to wood flooring that doesn't take from forest resources. Using advanced technology, the company has created a floor that combines the aesthetic properties of wood with porcelain 
Expensive design is not always good design. The Victorian-era Theodore
F. Payne House (which now goes by the name 1409 Sutter Mansion), where
jeweler Simayof has its offices and where the Luxury Marketing Council
was gathered, is a case in point. It was poorly renovated by designers
who have turned its interior into a brassy, glassy extravaganza of the
kind that critics deride in Persian Gulf cities like Dubai, which are
becoming symbols of gaudy urban expansion. Even well-constructed
designs have to meet aesthetic standards, otherwise they wear out their
welcome just as easily as shoddily constructed ones.
The Whole Foods regional flagship in Pasadena, designed by the KTGY
Group in Santa Monica, is an architectural monument to this idea. Along
with the Ecolution hemp shopping bags for $7.49 and the "Certified
Organic" cotton candy near the checkout aisle, the store has a salsa
bar, a coffee bar, a nut bar, a noodle bar, a tapas bar with 20 wines
by the glass, a soup bar, a pudding bar and a charcuterie. And a
chocolate fountain. There is a sign promising "custom butters," the
first time I have seen that word in the plural.