Recycled Car Seat

Have you ever thought about turning your comfortable car seat into an office chair?  A Japanese car recycling company, Kaiho Sangyo Co., Ltd. (  http://www.kaiho.co.jp/csr/chair.html ), has and it’s called the ‘Treasure Chair’.  That gives new meaning to the old cliché “One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure”. ]]> http://www.migrationsinc.com/2010/06/recycling-car-seats/feed/ 0 http://www.migrationsinc.com/2010/04/sustainable-urbanism/ http://www.migrationsinc.com/2010/04/sustainable-urbanism/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:12:06 +0000 admin http://www.migrationsinc.com/?p=566 I read Chicago Life Magazine (an advertising supplement in the Sunday issue of my NY Times newspaper) cover-to-cover.   The article “Before Green Was Green” highlights several impressive projects completed by Farr Associates: 1)  Bethel Commercial Center, a transit center located on the west side of Chicago, 2) Whistler Crossing and 3) Charles Shaw Technology and Learning Center, the former Sears Roebuck and Co. power supply house turned into a charter school.  After reading about these amazing developments, I purchased  Douglas Farr’s book Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature to learn more.  Douglas Farr speaks on sustainable urbanism at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SBxLIKcDN4.  Fascinating stuff!  What do you think?

For those of you who appreciate interesting architecture, you should be aware of the Aqua Building; owner the Magellan Development Group LLC.  It is one of the first high-rise buildings in the nation to combine a hotel, condos and rental units under one roof.  It’s also the tallest building designed by a female architect ~ Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects.  And it’s winning awards: Emporis Skyscraper Gold Award for 2009.  Congratulations to all involved.  It’s a magnificent building and a great addition to an already magnificent architectural skyline.