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9 “Green” Monsters: Can a 15,000 SF Mcmansion be Green?
This lovely 9,800 square foot gem has been called “One of the Greenest Luxury Homes Ever Built” and ” shows
that high-end real estate can have a small environmental footprint.”
A year ago, Preston at JetsonGreen asked “Are we confusing the words “green,” “sustainable,” “energy efficient,” and “small footprint”? You tell me, is this green? Since then, the answer has become even more obvious.
Certified and Recovered Wood Design Furniture by Arqom
This table and the beautiful set of large design benches in the extended are the work of Argentinean architecture and design studio Arqom, based outside the almighty Buenos Aires in Chaco province (north-east of this country) and directed by Adrian Prieto Piragine.
The studio premise is to work only with sustainable certified wood and with discarded pieces of this material coming from forests and sawmills. We had spotted one of their designs before, at the first green design exhibition in Buenos Aires about two years ago, but now we bring you their very worthy wh…