With the “financial crisis” lingering on, it has been interesting getting into high level dialog about the future of, well, the World! But more specifically, what lies ahead for the design and construction professions. Never mind that Green Building is really the only piece of the AEC world still logging positive numbers; the rest of [...]
Mixt Greens is an organization whose philosophy is rooted in environmentally conscious and equitable business practices. Restaurants are being built in newly renovated buildings with a cradle to cradle design, construction and business model approach. Serving local, organic and healthy meals these entrepreneurs recognized the value in visually conveying a message to their customers about [...]
Here are some more photos of our living walls we had on display at the Water Conservation Showcase. We have been experimenting with many species of native and edible plants in vertical applications. Our main office is located in Petaluma. There, we have a 55 acre ranch and native plant nursery. With this space, and access to plants and nursery help we are able to set up mock-ups and demonstration projects to test the new and innovative systems we are working with. Currently most living walls designed and built are using a pretty typical palette of plants that are extremely common and used throughout the country and world. These plant include things like wandering jew, clivia, ivy, liriope, boston fern, philodendrons and flax.
Come check out the 7th Annual Water Conservation Showcase tomorrow! Design Ecology will be showcasing native plants in a water efficient, light weight living wall system. It’s at the Pacific Energy Center in downtown SF, hosted by the USGBC www.usgbc-ncc.org/wcs We have plants for shade and sun, beautiful succulents, herbs, blooming irises, coral bells and [...]
Design Ecology is a donor for this year’s Gala Dinner to benefit GLOBAL GREEN, at the invitation of EcoFabulous. The event is this Tuesday evening, December 8 and includes a Patron Dinner, VIP Lounge, Eco Fashion Show, live music, and Green Cocktails. In other words, a great party!
We are excited to participate and will be creating [...]
Design Ecology is proud to be a sponsor for the largest green conference on the west coast, to be held this year at Fort Mason on the San Francisco waterfront. Over 10,000 attendees are expected, including architects, designers, policy-makers and eco-heads from across the western US. Look for our garden and stage displays, and stop [...]
It was a great honor for Design Ecology to be invited by the For-Site Foundation to submit a proposal to display an ecological sculpture representing an animal native to San Francisco’s Presidio. While our entry was not selected as a finalist, we have no regrets giving it up to such luminaries as Ai WeiWei, Don [...]
Urban Re:Vision has announced winners for a design competition for an urban block of Dallas. The program challenges competitors to create a zero net energy, mixed use development that will house and provide for about 900 people. Among the top 3 is the local firm of David Baker + Partners, with whom Design Ecology is [...]
Just when you worry that Green Building has gone to mainstream and is being compromised by excessive greenwashing and commercial interest, an event comes along to remind us all that there is great progress to be made, and great people pushing the envelope.
The annual Living Future Conference, hosted by the Cascadia chapter of the US [...]
Rem Koolhaas goes back to the future in keynote at Harvard Ecological Urbanism Conference.