an interesting piece in the washington post about the cost of coal. until we deploy alternative energy sources on a massive scale, any efforts to counter global warming will be futile, as reported by architecture 2030.
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Archives for the month of: August, 2007
this has been stirring up a lot of talk on the web. but what people don’t know, is that you need to be using a cathode monitor (big- not LCD), for it to save energy. if you’re on a LCD screen, it will actually use more energy. treehugger.com reported a plug-in for LCD systems that would adapt the browser to display the most energy efficient color. I haven’t found this yet….
I wanted to point out a very interesting piece by kazys varnelis, a former instructor of mine. kazys describes the shift in fashion away from couture, and urges architecture to do the same. this seems to be at direct odds with brooke hodge’s exhibition
at MOCA, skin and bones, which seemed to celebrate couture in both disciplines.
I stumbled upon the site of marc fornes- truly remarkable stuff. his skin studies with adaptive components are especially interesting.
