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Amazing Green Residence Infill in London
Designed by Amenity Space, the four story home that been new addition unites two different period buildings with a modern sensibility that makes amazing use of space. it located in the Islington area of London is decked out with sustainable strategies and was built for a modest £220,000, making it the only affordable home in [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Oct 29th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Amenity Space, facade, green architecture, House, interior, london, recycled materials, solar passive design, sustainable strategies
Fascinating Australian Home with Unique Shape
Design by Australia based firm Harrison & White, this amazing modern home in Northcote, Melbourne, features a building envelope that was carefully shaped to ensure maximum sun exposure in the backyard. The owners wanted to be sure they had full sun exposure in their garden to be able to grow vegetables year round so they [...]
Category: Architects,Home,House, posted at: Oct 28th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: building envelope, garden space, House, recycled, shape, sustainable materials, ventilation
Backyard Cottage Prefab at West Coast Green
Larson + Shores Architects, Inc. designed the modular home to minimize energy costs with natural day lighting and high-efficiency windows, appliances and insulation. The home can be ordered pre-assembled or as a set of construction drawings that can be assembled by a contractor or even the dweller themselves. The ‘Inspired In Law’ concept, also known [...]
Category: Home, posted at: Oct 27th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Cottage, Cree Lighting, Energy Star, Fort Mason, interior, ISO, LED, prefab home, Studio Marler, Water Hogs
Elegant Flat Pack Prefab Cabins in Calgary
These modern prefab flat pack cabins that designed by Form and Forest design to set up in a snap in any remote location. Manufactured in a factory and designed by Vancouver based D’Arcy Jones Design, each cabin is shipped Ikea style to the location of your home, it also can be quickly assembled in a [...]
Category: Home,Innovation Designer, posted at: Oct 26th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: design features, environmental impact, inhabitat, Innovation Designer, interior, prefab home, prefabricated
San Fransisco’s Belles Townhomes Gets LEED Platinum
The San Francisco’s first LEED Platinum certified multi family housing units designed and built in a modern vernacular by Kieran Timberlake and LivingHomes. It’s named The Belles Townhomes. The seven unit residential building is located right next to the Presidio Landmark on some of the most beautiful land in the city. With solar panels on [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Oct 26th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: House, Kieran Timberlake, LEED, Presidio Landmark, radiant floor heating, rainwater collection, residential building, roof, San Fransisco, solar
One Tonne Life project for Low Carbon Living
The One Tonne Life project was started and sponsored by Swedish wooden home builder A-hus, renewable energy firm Vattenfall and car maker Volvo. Designed for a four person family, the One Tonne Home is an experiment in low carbon living. The home includes many hallmarks of solar passive design, including a tight building envelope, thick [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Oct 25th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Bathroom Design, building envelope, Diningroom Design, Electrical Garage, energy efficient appliances, House, LED, Livingroom Design, solar, solar passive design
Modern High-Tech Mission House in San Fransisco
Designed as a test lab for innovative building strategies, the Mission House showcases a wide range of experimental materials, systems, and construction techniques. The home’s entrance is emblazoned with a “greenskin” made up of recycled glazed windows assembled together into a multifaceted façade. The units were sourced from local reclamation yards and are layered to [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Oct 24th 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: construction techniques, facade, House, interior, rooftop garden, San Fransisco, storage
Odos Architects Private Residence
White is a nice color that stands for purity and innocence. But too much white might cause headaches, it might also make you nervous and restless. This beautiful white house is located at the foot of Country Wicklow Hills. It’s green and grey accent allow a better integration in the surrounding nature all in the [...]
Category: Architects,Home,House, posted at: Oct 22nd 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: House, Livingroom Design, Odos Architects
House of the Future at Sydney Opera House Exhibition
The House of the Future is a conceptual project designed by the Australian Architects Innovarchi for an exhibition on the grounds of the Sydney Opera House. The prefab home blends the outdoors with the indoors, concept with practicality, and materials with expression in order to explore what shelter can do. The home’s concept is planted [...]
Category: Home,House, posted at: Oct 22nd 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: australian architects, Exhibition, House, interior, LED, solar panels, Sydney, ventilation
Gorgeous Push House in North Carolina
Located in Asheville, North Carolina, the 3,400 square foot Push House features a mainstream design with some very different systems behind its walls. The home’s use of hempcrete was only the start for this application, hemp hurds are mixed with lime and water on site and poured in between the exterior supporting studs in lifts. [...]
Category: Design View,Home,House, posted at: Oct 21st 2010, Comments: No CommentsTags: Bathroom Design, House, interior, interior temperature, North Carolina, open floor plan, SEER
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