In a fun article written by Liana Hayles titled 10 Movies With Iconic Architecture in a Starring Role, she looks at architecture as characters in movies. With David Lean capturing the imagination with the mastery of location-as-character in his movies, it wasn’t a stretch to find the selection of iconic buildings as characters.

Rural Studio is the brain child of D.K Ruth and Samuel Mockbee who based their off-campus design-build program of Auburn University on the simple concept that “everyone, both rich and poor, deserves the benefit of good design.”

The challenge of including photovoltaic cells while maintaining a buildings design aesthetic, has an elegant solution through Soltech Energy‘s award winning product line. Using glass, instead of concrete or clay, in a traditional roof tile design, makes this a simple solution in many parts of the world, where this type of roofing is used. Allowing […]

Years ago I helped a friend put up a one room log cabin at Donner Lake, CA. It was an experience I’ll never forget and though not as set away as Walden Pond, keeps me searching for that simple life in the woods – well actually anywhere. So whenever I come across something that tickles […]

Scott and Julie Brusaw, came up with an idea that just could change the way we collect energy as well and use our roadways for more than just driving on. They started a company called Solar Roadways which proposes a solar panel that is tough enough to handle traffic running over it and is easy to […]