Thursday, August 21, 2008

Second Glass LLC

These folks make office partitions, shower stalls, doors and windows out of recycled auto glass. It is beautiful stuff from a local (PDX) vendor. I have to question the amount of "product" it takes to treat and secure this saftey glass. Regardless, the resulting effect is gorgeous and quite innovative.

It does seem that they, at least, ascribe to LEED standards:
    From our office and converting facility in Portland we recover damaged and junk windshields and remanufacture them into a range of high quality uses. Windshields take a lot of landfill space. And new glass manufacturing contributes to global warming. Second Glass is a good example of the classic goals in waste elimination - reduce, reuse, recycle.

    We are proud to ascribe to The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encouraging and accelerating global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.
Fore more information visit:
Second Glass Online - Official Website
Second Glass Video - Avery J. Productions Blog
Special Feature: Best Prodcuts of 2007 - Builder News Magazine

Friday, August 08, 2008

Ecology of Absence

Full of thoughtful commentary and images of beautiful and unusual abandoned buildings. It was fun to peruse! I've always been drawn to empty buildings. Each one is a mystery, full of stories, waiting to be discovered.
Ecology of Absence