Sustainable house designs

Three Level House for Three Family Generations

Three Level House for Three Family Generations
Designed by Berkley-based McGlashan Architecture this house is located on a beautiful hillside in Marin Country, near San Francisco. Its form and color are inspired by the hillside landscape. It has three levels and three generations of an extended family live there. Roofs of all three levels are planted with drought resistant and native gardens.... 
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Small home designs

Urban Hut on a Roof

Urban Hut on a Roof
Entirely timber ‘mini-building’ dropped into the roofscape to create an autonomous urban haven. It also could become working kitchen/diner for a local designer who leaves below the roof. With a sliding glass roof, solar panels, wood-burning stove and sheep’s wool insulation the building takes ideas from both hide-away tree houses and the suburban garden shed,... 
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