by greencity | Apr 16, 2014 | All Green Building Posts, Cabinetry, Community, News, Passive House, Recycled Materials
A wee reminder that the Earth Day Festival is on this coming Monday in Centennial Park. GCB will be there with our Demonstration Passive House Wall and a Bird Feeder Building Station for kids (of all ages). We have been stashing and cutting all types of remnant wood...
by greencity | Jun 12, 2012 | Cabinetry, Kitchens, Recycled Materials
Check out this great kitchen and eating nook reno we just finished in Vancouver. The client – a busy family – wanted a bright and stylish space with timeless qualities that fit seamlessly within their 80+ year old home. This is achieved in part by adding...
by greencity | Mar 13, 2012 | All Green Building Posts, Cabinetry, News, Recycled Materials
Owen, Sam and Anne-Marie took a little field trip last week to visit one of our partners-in-cabinetmaking-crime. They make custom cabinet doors at a zero waste facility right here in Metro Vancouver. By using uber-smart technology, they can plan out cuts so that...
by greencity | Nov 25, 2011 | Additions, All Green Building Posts, Bathrooms, Recycled Materials
Here are some photos from a master bath we finished last week as part of a large scale full home renovation project. Some of the luxury features that will be make the homeowners’ friends beg to house sit: heated tile floors, zero transition tiled shower with...
by greencity | Sep 22, 2011 | Additions, All Green Building Posts, Bathrooms, Full House Renovation, Green Roofs, Recycled Materials
We recently completed a home addition project in Port Moody for a couple who were expecting (and now are the proud parents of) their first baby. The scope of the work included reinforcing the existing foundation, creating two ground level additions to increase the...
by greencity | Sep 12, 2011 | All Green Building Posts, Community, News, Recycled Materials
GCB was recently approached by Naomi at the Vancouver Storytelling Society to see if we could lend a hand in creating a community storytelling cob bench in Robson Park (near 13th Ave and St.George Street). Her great idea was to reuse some waste material from one of...
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