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CO2-Saver Sustainable house by Peter Kuczia in Poland

December 8th, 2009

The CO2-Saver house, a single family house was designed by architect Peter Kuczia is simple, very cost-effective, modern and sustainable house design. Like a chameleon, the CO2-Saver Sustainable house is blends with its surrounding area on Laka Lake in Upper Silesia, Poland. The Colorful planks within the timber exterior facade of the green house reflect [...]


Salt Point House by Thomas Phifer and Partners in New York

May 26th, 2009

Located in United States, Salt Point House was designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners is a private home that surrounded by a great landscape in New York’s Hudson Valley. Relatively solid on the long north and south facades, the 2200 square foot house that constructed of elegantly efficient and economical materials opens to the landscape [...]

Farm House Design by JVA in Toten, Norway

March 29th, 2009

This is a small house for two historians and their children, overlooking lake Mjøsa at an abandoned farm which they have inherited. The existing old house in the yard is not insulated and used for guests and storage. The existing barn has to be torn down because the main load bearing construction is rotten. However, [...]

Joanópolis House by UNA arquitetos in Brasil

March 2nd, 2009

The Joanopolis House is located along the banks of Piracaia Lake which belongs to the water supply system of the capital, and nearby the village of Lopo, which used to be an old route of Pilgrims from the 19th century, in São Paulo, Brasil. This house in Joanopolis was designed by Brazilian architects UNA arquitetos [...]

Loblolly house by Kieran Timberlake Architects in United States

February 28th, 2009

Loblolly house was designed by Kieran Timberlake Architects is a prefabricated house that proposes a more efficient method of assembly. Located on a barrier island off the coast of Maryland, in United States, Loblolly House seeks to fuse the natural elements of the site to architectural form. Timber foundations minimize the house’s footprint and provide [...]

Fennell Residence, Oregon by Robert Harvey Oshatz Architect

February 10th, 2009

Designed by Robert Harvey Oshatz Architect, Fennell Residence – as a floating house, presented a unique opportunity for design is located in Portland, Oregon. The imaginative use of curved glue lam beams evoke the poetry of the ripples and contours of a river. The expansive glass facade embraces the river and frames the sunset, and [...]

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