The Ties That Bind
LoHi’s New Multifunctional eatery, The Bindery, is a bold experiemt in culinary sustainability.

During the construction process on The Bindery—an ultra-sustainable new eatery in the Lower Highlands—the team of designers and builders working on the project discovered a bird’s news along a silvery bend of exposed piping. The team was installing a panel of wall-wall windows overlooking the city and rather than knock the nest down, they halted construction, gently removed the bundle of twigs, and relocated its feathery inhabitants to a safer location. It was the culminating flourish for the project: a reflection of the environmental compassion around which The Binder itself was conceived and built. An authenticity test, perhaps, for the establishment—good news, it passed…