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Sunlight Express
Americans expend as much energy on transportation as they do on powering their homes.
01.01.09 -
Sunlight on Demand
Fiber-optic cables can be used to pipe and enhance sunlight into homes. Money is saved. The English rejoice.
written by: Patrick Di Justo08.26.10 -
Sunny Delight
Sunlight transportation systems are the pinnacle of innovation in energy-efficient design.
written by: Sarah Rich01.29.09 -
Sunny Memories
Gathering solar energy doesn't need to be a process sequestered to the roof. To demonstrate the varied uses of a new dye solar cell invented at the University of Art and Design Lausanne (EPFL) in...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.17.10 -
SunRun Solar Stimulus Package
This week's news was riddled with updates on the slow passage of President Obama's stimulus package through Congress. As the administration takes aim at Americans' energy bills by ramping up clean...
written by: Sarah Rich02.13.09 -
Sunset District Renovation
The residents of atelier KS's first renovation like stuff. When the couple, who lives in San Francisco's Sunset District, first invited the husband-wife design team to their home, the garage they...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.23.10 -
Super Ramp
By the time you’ve climbed the gentle slope of Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park, you’ve passed through four classic Northwest landscapes—–valley, forest, meadow, and...
06.09.10 -
Superior Logic
Prefab construction simplified the building process of this northern Wisconsin summer home, where all materials required ferrying across Lake Superior.
written by: Mason Riddlephotos by: George Heinrich11.28.11 -
Supernatural San Francisco
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a lunch thrown by Claudia Mahecha and Robert Allen, in celebration of the opening of their new Potrero Hill design showroom Supernatural. After...
written by: Jaime Gillin03.22.11 -
Supplant Your Lawn
It’s both water-wise and wallet-wise to consider alternatives to a grassy lawn. As more homeowners reach this conclusion, inventive designers are finding new ways to achieve beautiful,...
written by: Amber Bravo02.21.10 -
Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light
What exactly does it mean to fully immerse oneself in art? In the most literal of terms, L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art invites us to dive right in and create some strokes of our own ...
written by: Stephanie Orma01.05.11 -
Surfer's Turf
It was the surf and the artsy vibe that attracted Eric Grunbaum to Venice Beach, California, 18 years ago. An avid surfer and creative director for an advertising agency, he thrives on lively...
written by: Paul Youngphotos by: Ye Rin Mok02.08.10 -
Surrogate Cities
So this is what city life boils down to: flat roofs, right angles, and steel-mesh awnings for industrial spice.
written by: John King04.01.10 -
Surveying Frieze New York
Fact #1: New Yorkers are more allergic to bridges and tunnels than plants and trees. Fact #2: Manhattanites generally enjoy exploring other boroughs as much as they like the Times Square...
written by: Faith-Ann Young05.12.12 -
Susan Kare
Thirty years ago, an Apple designer helped define the future of personal computers with three iconic icons.
written by: Diana Budds07.17.12 -
Suspended Habitation
“This was really a parameter-driven project,” explains Lukasz Kos, a Toronto-based designer and cofounder of the architecture firm Testroom. “That is, I had to let the trees...
written by: James Nestor02.05.09 -
Sustainability in Stages
"Personally, I’d rather be living outside,” says architect David Hertz. As a young man surfing in Bali, he was impressed by tropical village compounds where indoors and out flow into each other. ...
written by: Sydney LeBlancphotos by: Misha Gravenor01.20.09 -
Sustainable in South Africa
What if the World/Design Studio is one inspired outfit. The group, directed by designer Liam Mooney, is a multi-disciplinary collective that stocks products designed by local and progressive South...
written by: Jamie Waugh01.19.09 -
Sustainable Strides in Today's Architecture
Having explored issues of sustainability in the postmodern era, we turn to the measurable strides evident in today's best modern architecture.
written by: Luanne Bradley02.07.13 -
Svelte Veldte
Given Langka’s directive that “the people who live around us have to see our roof and I don’t want them to see anything but grass,”
01.01.09 -
Swamp Thing
With families in tow, architects Keith Moskow and Robert Linn settle in for a weekend of s'mores and camping in the unlikliest of locations: a simple structure built in the heart of the suburbs.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.02.10 -
Swan Chair 50th Anniversary
Arne Jacobsen’s Swan chair is no ugly duckling—especially when upholstered in swan-white leather, finished with a pearl-white base, and decorated with a sterling silver bracelet and...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake10.25.08 -
Swedish Design by Arrhov Frick
Arrhov Frick Arkitektkontor was founded in 2010 by architects Johan Arrhov and Henrik Frick. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, the firm's work ranges from urban planning to designing shop interiors....
written by: Eujin Rheephotos by: Åke E:son Lindman01.31.13 -
Swedish Treehouse Fantasy
I have a soft spot for tree houses, having built one with my dad at age 11. To me they represent the ultimate coming together of domesticity and nature; a way to feel sheltered and safe but still...
written by: Jaime Gillin08.10.10 -
Sweet Nothing
We’re heading into an uncertain future, but two things are clear: Technology is getting better and the environment is getting worse. Fortunately, the former offers solutions for the latter,...
written by: Sarah Rich01.08.09
