French Architecture firm SOA has designed a plan for a vertical banana plantation to be installed in an historic building in a densely populated Parisian street. And while SOA’s architectural design concept is visually stunning, the goal is to create an educational farm intended to prompt further plans and discussion regarding the potential for creating [...]
As posted on the USDA Blog: July 13, 2012 Joe Triglia, owner of Jubilee Flooring in Long Island, N.Y., has spent years working out a way to turn discarded wine barrels into wood flooring. Now, with help from the U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory , his vision is turning into a promising business [...]
A 5,500 square foot wood building has been constructed in Japan using an unusual engineering premise: jumbo-sized wooden puzzle pieces (think Rubics cube) that interlock through joinery to hold the sticks together. The designer hopes it will restore hand-cut wood construction to Japan. Read the full Woodworking Network story by By Bill Esler here. __________________________________________________________________ [...]
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