Friday Photo: When Starbucks Met Maytag

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an espresso bar made of abandoned washing machines, and it’s among the recycled design masterpieces of Rotterdam-based 2012 Architecten. The Maytag-meets-Starbucks-meets-Sputnik creation will be featured in the third season of e2 design (say “e-squared design”), PBS’s Brad Pitt-narrated environmental and green building series. 2012 Architecten is the subject of an e2 episode entitled “Super Use,” a lush mini-documentary exploring how the architectural firm’s partners elegantly repurpose everything from car tires to windmill blades as building materials.