April 2007

What do you think about this kitchen? Your typical, modern kitchen, with plenty of stainless steel and dark wood accents? You wouldn’t be wrong if that was your guess, except for the typical part. This kitchen was refurbished by Sustainable Construction Services Inc, a Boston-based “green” contractor. SCSI “performs high quality construction with a goal [...]

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Dolce Vita Kitchen & Bath had the most striking kitchen display of the whole show. (Sorry for no photo, I’m working on getting it!) Clean straight lines; modern accents of wood, color, and metal. Absolutely stunning. Of course, it’s Italian! Dolce Vita offers the complete line of various Italian kitchen and bath cabinet-makers, including Aster [...]

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groSolar

by Gradon Tripp on April 10, 2007 · 2 comments

in green design

As everyone but a few politicians seem to be aware of, our use of fossil fuels is the single biggest factor in global warming. I met with a few reps from one company that’s working on changing that: groSolar. In only six years, groSolar has gone from a husband-and-wife team, to a company with offices [...]

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I’m a bit behind in my reports back from Residential Design & Construction. After looking over all that I collected while I was there, I decided to highlight a few of the companies that really stood out to me. Of course I was looking for great design ideas, but also environmentally conscious companies as well. [...]

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This question just came in, and it’s such a great question that just couldn’t post it right away: Hi there, I have a bit of an odd question for you. I came across your blog and noticed your affinity for modern architecture and design (me too!). I’m looking for a contemporary or industrial space in [...]

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