January 4, 2014
Here’s an idea I love that’s at the intersection of urbanization, design, and nature.
Brike is series of modular bricks that together serve as a habitat for urban wildlife. The collection includes bee houses, birdhouses, insect hotels, and planters that … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Finding, Green & Sustainable
Tags: bee hotel, birdhouses, bug hotel, insect hotel, modular planters, urban biodiversity, Urban wildlife
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July 14, 2013
These days, we find gardens in unconventional places, from highway median dividers to old parking lots. The City of Barcelona has elevated growing plants to an art form in unlikely places, transforming newly exposed party walls into lush vertical gardens. … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Greening, Irrigation, Permaculture, Vertical Gardens
Tags: "vegitecture", Barcelona, bidiversity, City of Barcelona, Costa Brava, drip irrigation, green architecture, green facades, living walls, party walls, Spain, Spain tourism, Urban wildlife
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July 5, 2012
From fighting to feathering, this creation says war is for the birds. A single protruding bullet functions as a perch for this stunning brass birdhouse made from over 2,500 stray bullets recovered from hunting sites in Lebanon. New York City-based … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Green & Sustainable, Reclaimed & Recycled
Tags: reclaimed bullets into birdhouse, Urban wildlife
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August 1, 2011
Nathan Danials designs modernist bird dwellings that humans will wish were large enough for them.
Available: Modernist Birdhouse with Pool
For “upper middle class modernist birds,” looking to enjoy their leisure time, this clear western red cedar and birch birdhouse … Read More...
Category: Finding
Tags: bird houses, birds, Urban wildlife
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