Formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, is likely in the new cabinets you may be considering.  What can you do to make sure you don't purchase this known carcinogen when you purchase your new kitchen or bathroom cabinets.   There are many alternatives sources of eco-friendly/green cabinets, and this article gives a run down of the suppliers!!  Great quick read.

Photo via SMUD

The "Home of the Future" is the goal of BP Solar and OCR Solar & Roofing. They’ve teamed up to create a home that is the most state-of-the-art in energy efficiency.

Photos © cameraphoto arte and La Biennale di Venezia

The Architecture of Purification

Solaleya makes highly efficient homes. They showed off their designs at West Coast Green last week. The thing is, they look a bit like landed UFOs. Not that dome houses are exactly new, but they also aren't the most common of house forms.

The show starts on the sidewalk: Visiting Home Delivery at the at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

...

Al Gore was the keynote speaker for this final day of West Coast Green.

WCG is a convention to which major innovators in green technology come together to share ideas. Of course, at the center would be someone as influential to the movement as Gore.

Quotes from the speech and photos after the jump....

Grand Opening of the California Academy of Sciences

If you happen to be any where near New York City in the next few weeks, be sure to check out Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling at the MOMA before it closes on October 20th. Prefabricated building is a great option for those interested in a more sustainable home.

Edward Durell Stone's later works were mostly embarrassments, including the lollipop building for the Huntington Hartford Museum on Columbus Circle in New York City. Controversially, it was recycled into the new Museum of Arts and Design by Brad Cloepfil. It is appropriate that the opening show should also be about Second Lives. ...