New York Times Everyone in the red state is piling on the redesign of the oval office, complaining it is not patriotic enough, even though George Bush took Bill Clinton’s red, white and blue garish extravaganza and turned it into a muted southern... 

Designing a space to serve multiple functions can be a challenge. British Columbia design studio Public had to learn about a whole new range of uses for Xthum, at Kwantlen Polytechnic University , where the Kwantlen, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen and Katzie... 

We’re big fans of Sarah Wigglesworth, the English architect who mixes green design with high style. Dezeen shows the James Leal Centre in Redbridge, London. Its defining feature is the monitor roof, which has solar thermal collectors on the south... 

Roads in Residential Areas Should be Safe for All In residential areas, lowering the speed limit for cars not only reduces the number of accidents, injuries and deaths, but it also revitalises the neighborhood by encouraging more people to walk and... 

From An Illustrated History of Furniture, Frederick Litchfield: Dining table made of boards and trestles TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less... 

An artist’s rendition of a revamped “nullah.” Image via Delhi Nullahs . Urban planner and architect Manit Rastogi has an idea that makes the High Line look like child’s play: turning the 350 kilometers of storm water drains... 

Image courtesy of Tompkins Point Apparel. For those who call “The Official Preppy Handbook” a must read — if you missed it, the forthcoming follow-up called “True Prep” is coming soon — there’s a green (and... 

I was surprised to see a full page ad on the back of Wood Design and Building for Sustainable Insulation TM that looked suspiciously like fibre glass batts. I wondered, a) how do you trademark the words “sustainable insulation” and b) under... 

photo: Phillie Casablanca via flickr New York City has recently come under fire from rainforest advocates, and rightfully so: The City is the country’s number one buyer of endangered rainforest wood . However, as The New York Times reports, a... 

photo: Phillie Casablanca via flickr New York City has recently come under fire from rainforest advocates, and rightfully so: The City is the country’s number one buyer of endangered rainforest wood . However, as The New York Times reports, a...