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Contemporary PassivHaus That Produces Energy

Architects Robert Arlt and Charles MacBride and a group of students in South Dakota have completed an experimental gabled Passivhaus, which they claim is the first in the area to sell energy back to the grid. As there is currently no statewide energy code that residential buildings must meet in South Dakota, the project is...

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100% Sustainable House Overlooking The Hudson River

An architect-turned-falconer considers animals and nature when designing his own home. Overlooking the Hudson River, Allan Shope’s nearly 3,000-square-foot sustainable home features handmade furniture and an undulating floor, all crafted from the site’s felled black walnut trees. Shope and his wife carefully designed an eco-friendly landscape: For instance, they did not fell any tree with...

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Waterfront home designs

Sustainable Oceanfront Cabin On Volcanic Mountainside

Seascape Retreat is located within a small cove on the northern shore of two Miocene Shield volcanoes in New Zealand. Designed by Pattersons Associates, the small oceanfront cabin is built using locally quarried stone, cast in place concrete floors and ceilings and has a thick roof covered in the surrounding vegetation which makes it all...

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Sustainable House with Large Expanses Of Glass – Flyway View House by Jon Anderson

The Flyway View House is designed by Jon Anderson Architecture and located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The design’s concept was to maximize views of the bird habitat and to take advantage of solar exposure and passive ventilation. Simple sustainable materials and the thoughtful use of glass blends the indoor and outdoor living spaces. Overhangs protect...

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Sustainable Wooden Home with Glazed Wall That Highlight The Parking Lot

Casa Schierle is a relatively small wooden house designed by Matthias Benz and is located in a beautiful village near Munich, Germany. It’s designed with sustainability in mind and serves very well for contemporary lifestyles of its owners. The exterior color palette is quite dark what makes it different from surrounding houses and make it...

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Dream home designs

Pure and Clean Modern Dream House Designed With Sustainable Principles

This house is located in Dionyssos in the prefecture of Attica, Greece. It’s a great example of pure, clean, and modern residential architecture designed by architect Nikos Koukourakis and his associates. There isn’t anything unnecessary in its flat surfaces and color theme. The house is very well connected with a flat garden with big openings...

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Sustainable Clad House Blended with Surroundings – Hidden House by Standard

Hidden House by Standard Architecture is located on a serene 7-acre site in the Mount Washington area of Los Angeles. It’s a great example of open to outdoors house. It features two courtyards. The living space opens up to one of them, while the second one looks out over the city. The 3500 square feet...

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Sustainable House Design on an Artificial Island – Blue House by FARO Architecten

The Blue House is designed by Dutch architect Pieter Weijnen of FARO Architecten. It’s located on Steigereiland, one of seven artificial islands dredged from Amsterdam’s lJ Lake in IJburg. Its color reminds deep-blue waters that surround it and that’s how it gets its name. The house designed with sustainable use of energy in mind. The...

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Modern home designs

Modern And Glamour Sustainable Home Design – Verdant Avenue House by Robert Mills

The Verdant Avenue House by Robert Mills Architects is a home that showcases a modern aesthetic, form, function and details alongside the nature. Besides, the home is sustainable without losing in glamour, luxury and pleasure of living there. An 80 year old pin oak tree serves as the focal point for the ground floor living...

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