Archive for the ‘Green’ Category
August 8th, 2007 | Tags Modern, Green
via 12.5
Designed by award winning firm Holst Architecture and built by local ‘green’ builder Barrs & Genauer Construction, Inc., 12.5 makes responsible living not just about how you live, but where. Building quality-constructed condominiums to maximize resource and energy efficiency, support sustainability and recycling, and encourage commuting options. The unique building configuration of 12.5 creates a private drive court and front porch for each of our full-depth units. And because all 12.5 homes feature east and west-facing windows, natural light is the natural result.
Located in Portland, Oregon between the historic Irvington neighborhood and booming MLK corridor 12.5 allows easy downtown and public transit access.
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August 4th, 2007 | Tags Modern, Green, Prefab
via Zigloo
Keith Dewey: A combination of prefabricated containers and traditional wood frame building systems. Six 8’x20’ shipping containers stacked together to create the bulk of the house and one 8’x20’ container on stilts providing space for the home office.
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July 27th, 2007 | Tags Modern, Green
via BLIP Design
In the end the project was a success because the demographic that was interested in the house (the owners that bought it, along with others) said it stood out from other projects because of the extent of green-ness incorporated into its design and construction. Builders in the Seattle area often market their homes as “green” because they have 1 or 2 sustainable “features,” but the Phinney House is sustainable throughout, and the FSC-certified wood used in it was an important part of that.
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July 17th, 2007 | Tags Green
via TrailerWrap
TrailerWrap explores the potential for providing affordable housing through the adaptive reuse and recycling of existing mobile homes. Addressing issues of sustainability and energy efficiency, the TrailerWrap project seeks to create exciting, small-scale, and affordable architecture with a social and environmental conscience. It also engages young people in an experiential learning experience that helps address the local need for low-cost housing in collaboration with community partners.
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July 12th, 2007 | Tags Modern, Green
via Hampson Williams
The prefabricated timber construction, from sustainable sources, sandwiches a heavily insulated core all set on a grid of steel screwed piles, a low impact foundation system that has a ‘soft touch’ approach to foundation design and construction.
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June 28th, 2007 | Tags Modern, Green
via BldgBlog
The design itself was “inspired” by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. Metropolis writes that, “although the villa – which has a biological sewage system and a roof fitted for solar panels – is more visually and environmentally harmonious with the landscape than its neighbors, a group of squat clay-tile-roof stucco homes, it provoked strong resistance from local authorities.”
June 22nd, 2007 | Tags Green, Prefab
The First LivingHomes is LEED® certified and designed by Ray Kappe, FAIA. Made of natural, non-toxic and sustainably-derived materials; and they’re made in specially equipped factories that ensure unsurpassed quality, lower construction cost and waste, and shorten schedules.
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