graffiti moss is everywhere in blogs, but not so visible in the real world. i’m waiting for spring to give it a try. here’s a link about London-based artist Helen Nodding’s recipe & concept.
i spent a while living in B.C., which is really a fantastic place for moss…probably could have grown the stuff inside the apartment, let alone in the garden. same can be said for Paris. Toronto seems a bit cold & not damp enough, but it might be worth a try out on the terrass wall, just the same.
Categories: garden · green
Tagged: green, Helen Nodding, moss
When I have a house… / as I sometime may…/
I’ll suit my fancy in every way. / I’ll fill it with things that have caught my eye /
In drifting from Iceland to Molokai.
Categories: Citations · Housing trends
Tagged: boat house, don blanding
Boston’s Big Dig highway project (the 10-year process of burying the I-93 expressway) created masses of construction debris; this “Big Dig House”, built by Single Speed Design, incorporates more than 600,000 pounds of steel and concrete salvaged from the waste.
the original owner & engineer of the house is a civil engineer who worked on the Big Dig; his wife is a water resources engineer who designed a rainwater collection system that waters the two roof gardens. a few details that intrigue me: the radiant heat flooring is actually reused concrete roadway; a 27-inch girder from the expressway now braces the roof; and the basic framing of the house took only two days. more photos & more story, click on the photo above for the architect’s point of view or visit Apartment Therapy Boston for the current owners’ decorating choices.
so…a new way to look at the Gardiner in Toronto: a potential massive source of recycled building material?
Categories: Architects · green
