Posts Tagged ‘Developers’

Green housing for the poor

Lots has been written and said about green skyscrapers (like Bank of America’s $1 billion tower in Manhattan ) and green campus buildings (like this one at Oberlin College ) and even, strange as it sounds, green mansions (like the Atlanta home of Laura Turner Seydel ). But what about green housing for the poor? Is that possible? Can developers and tenants afford it? Enterprise Community Partners , a nonprofit, and Enterprise Community Investment, its sister company, which together build


Calif., Texas excel despite differences

Greenwire : As the nation’s respective leaders in wind and solar power production, Texas and California have become an unlikely pair. Texas, long known as an oil-and-gas state with a hands-off approach to energy development, has seen a scramble from developers looking to build turbines on its wind-swept western mesas. In California, which boasts strict conservation laws and a legion of “green” politicians, roof-top solar power has become a prevailing force. The two states offer contrasti


135+ Awesome Fresh Article Links for Designers and Developers

Readers at tripwire magazine daily submit links and short descriptions to highly relevant and worth investigating articles. User links are normally JUST PUBLISHED articles and have gone through a check to be relevant for designers and developers. This is a round-up providing latest user links submitted on tripwire magazine. See more user submitted links here 11 Best Professional Tutorials on Flash Menu and Navigation This is the greatest collection of professional tutorials that wil


‘Riverfront Township’ masterplan in Vietnam by U:phoria

‘This is a recent completion of a masterplan concept for one of the most prominent developers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Designed by U:phoria , the site is located within the upcoming District 9 at the peripheral boundary of the city and the development will be a township for exclusive living with a gated community of luxurious villas, an internal lake and waterways that reinforce and echo the presence of an adjacent river network. Slated to be the next dragon of Asia alongside with China


Prince Charles urges people to abandon car in favour of walking and public transport

Prince Charles still drives an Aston Martin given to him by the Queen on his 21st birthday  Photo: IAN JONES The Prince of Wales is urging people to give up their cars in favour of walking and public transport to try to reduce carbon emissions. Telegraph | Sep 21, 2009 By Andrew Pierce The Prince, who has two Jaguars, two Audis, a Range Rover and still drives an Aston Martin given to him by the Queen on his 21st birthday, said developers had a duty to put public transport and the pe


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