Bunny Lane House
Architect Adam Kalkin’s Bunny Lane House is a house with a traditional two-story house inside of it.
Archive for the ‘Modern’ Category
Studio, Sag Harbor, 1999
via Fernlund + Logan
Fernlund + Logan: The studio was built at the wooded end of a 1-acre lot, belonging to an old, federal-style house. The building is approached by a winding path from the garden and through the trees. By submerging the studio in a natural slope, the building’s presence in the landscape has been minimized. The interior reveals unexpectedly high ceilings and a large north-facing skylight, which brings the tree canopy and sky into the room. Glass doors facing east and south frame selected views of trees and wetlands. The wood-clad exterior, painted gray and combined with lead-coated copper roofing, results in a building that recedes into its surroundings.
Twelve and a half
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.
Shipping Container Stackhouse
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.
Phinney Ridge House
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.
Res4
The Modern Modular Home web site has documented the construction of a modern modular home built in rural Virginia. Designed by Res4.
Also, A Prefab Project is blogging about the construction of another Res4 design in Lost River, West Virginia.
Timber House
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.
Geothermal House
Maryann Thompson Architects: This project is rooted in the utopian modernist tradition of blending ambiguity between interior and exterior space. In the primary living spaces, the horizontal planes of the floor and roof surfaces extend beyond large openings of glass. The interior is characterized by multiple planes of light entering the house at a variety of levels. While the roof and floor planes hold the primary data, the subtle articulations in the walls and windows provide intimate relation to the landscape and the path of the sun. Manipulation of partitions, openings and spaces provides a rich tapestry of changing perspective as one passes through the house.
Asserbo house
via Design Spotter
The small building is in essence a timber clad raft, constructed on piles leaving it hovering just above the grass. The raft folds up and above the internal space, forming the back and ceiling ending in a large cantilevered canopy. It creates a simple and clear frame around the internal space and the terrace which works as one space with sliding doors connecting the inside with the outside. Architect: Michael Christensen.
Revenge of the Small
via Future House Now
Affordable, fresh, modern and only 800 sq-ft. is architect David Sarti’s house. Using simple materials Sarti built a great home on an urban infill lot in expensive Seattle for well under $200,000. The house has huge windows that let light pour in, high ceilings, spacious and comfortable rooms, and an attached workshop.
