FREE LEED-GA Flash Cards for iPhone - Offer Expires Sunday, January 31st!

Real Life LEED has a post about free flash cards for the iPhone.  Check it out: FREE LEED-GA Flash Cards for iPhone - Offer Expires Sunday, January 31st!

LEED 2009 Early Adopter

An associate at FXFOWLE Architects  shares her experience with the new LEED 2009 Interior Design and Construction rating system over at BuildingGreen.com.

It is more of an overview of the process and notes a few specific issues such as SSc1 Path 4: Heat Island – NonRoof, SSc1 Path 12: Other Quantifiable Environmental Performance, MRc7: Certified Wood and IDc1: Innovation in Design.

Read the article here.

Unusual and Creative Staircase Designs

Toxel.com  has a great collection of Unusual and Creative Staircase Designs

Unusual Architecture at Unusual-Architecture.com

Check out the Unusual Architecture at unusual-architecture.com

Weird and Unusual Architecture from Around the World

StrangeBuildings.com has a great collection of Weird and Unusual Architecture from Around the World

Weird Log House that Looks like Bunch of Logs!

Weird Log House that Looks like Bunch of Logs!

I like this log house but it seems soooo small! Would like to read more about how it was constructed and the reasons behind it.


Weird Log House that Looks like Bunch of Logs!

Flickr: The Los Angeles Architecture Pool

Flickr: The Los Angeles Architecture Pool

Unusual Architecture: Upside Down Houses

SpotCoolStuff.com has a great list of Updside Down Houses. Check it out...

Unusual Architecture: Upside Down Houses

Funky Architecture Photographs

Abduzeedo has a nice collection of Funky Architecture Photographs

Is Boost in Mfg a Leading Indicator to Construction Rebound?

Is Boost in Mfg a Leading Indicator to Construction Rebound? « Changing Construction

The blog Changing Constructin has a blurb about a possible rebound.

Stimulus spending is said to be behind today’s reported jump in manufacturing spending.

Read the rest of it here.