architectural design services and sustainability consulting in and around Cavriago, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Today is our first day at ‘Salone del Mobile’, a home furnishings design expo in Parma. We are happy to be taking part in a collaborative design stand, headed up by Octopus Lab Project. Our stand includes beautiful examples of graphic design, hand-made furniture, boutique clothing, and our selection of building materials suitable for passive [...]
This evening’s live webinar from Everblue was entitled ‘Green Labeling’, a summary of green product labels. The goal of this presentation was to not only introduce various certification schemes for “green” products, but also to define what some of the criteria are for determining their “green-ness” as well as identify a few of the organizations responsible for certifying them.
Today I sat in on the live webinar ‘Carbon Accounting’, offered by Everblue as continuing education credits towards my LEED Accredited Professional credential. The goals of this presentation were to understand greenhouses gases, carbon accounting, and then identify what parts of the LEED rating system are affected by these concepts.
After a somewhat controversial decision by MADE organizers to schedule their enormous building expo the same week as SAIE Bologna (which has been around a lot longer), we decided to take the middle road and spend one day at each fair. Here are our photographic notes of stands we found interesting, as well as a link list of the corresponding websites.
Photographer Alessandro Bartoli, of San Polo d’Enza, has taken a wonderful set of photos of our “Via Goti” project in the town council of Scandiano (Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy). This three-story house is part of an historic ‘borgo’ (hamlet) comprised of several stone buildings. The house had not undergone any renovations since the 1950′s [...]
This week is CERSAIE, the International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings. This was our first time to attend the expo, and I must say… It was quite swanky! These ceramic companies really know how to put on a good show. You could go for the stand designs alone and be fully entertained. I’ve [...]
We are pleased to announce that our “Via Argentera” project, located in Susa, Torino (northern Italy), has been approved by the town council and is now moving on to the next stage of construction permit approval. This project is a demolition and rebuild of a multi-unit residential building located on a riverside piece of land [...]
Our construction site for the “Via Goti” renovation project has officially closed. We’ve posted a few of the highlights to our Flickr Photostream with details about some building techniques and materials we used. Here’s the slideshow – make sure to read the descriptions for more information about each shot:
Yesterday I was able to complete an on-demand webinar class by Everblue in order to complete my Continued Education hours for my LEED AP BD&C credential. This one was called ‘Life Cycle Anaslysis’, and satisfied 2 hours in the ‘Acquisition, Installation and Management of Project Materials’ portion of required subjects…
We are pleased to announce that the “Conte Re” project has been approved by the Albinea town council. Private client and budget. Located near Albinea, Italy. This project is the new construction of a single-family villa as part of an existing development plan near the town of Albinea. It has been designed as a Casa [...]
