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- Solar-powered home embraces Hudson River views and aging in place Fri, 25 Jan 19, 5:30amWanting to reconnect with the outdoors after decades of living in Manhattan, a couple nearing retirement asked New York-based architecture firm Resolution: 4 Architecture to design a contemporary home in the northern suburbs...
- Minimalist TRIPTYCH house pulls the Quebec outdoors in Thu, 13 Dec 18, 7:30amNestled in the Laurentian Mountains about a hundred kilometers from Montreal is TRIPTYCH, a crisp and contemporary home that blurs the boundaries of indoor and outdoor living...
- BIGs dramatic hillside apartments officially open in Stockholm Sat, 10 Nov 18, 9:00amBjarke Ingels Group has announced the official opening of the long-awaited 79&Park, a residential development with a striking, stepped design. Located in Stockholm’s Gärdet district, the sculptural complex consists...
- A 1940s home gets an energy-efficient renovation for $250K Tue, 5 Jun 18, 7:00amWhen the homeowners of a small, Cape Cod-style home in Arlington Heights, Illinois wanted extra room for their growing family, they turned to DII Architecture for help...
- Stunning home fuses modern Scandinavian design with the Minnesotan outdoors Wed, 1 Nov 17, 8:30pmNature takes center stage in the Northern Lake Home, a gorgeous luxury home hidden away in the Minnesotan woods. Designed by Strand Design, this 4,800-square-foot vacation retreat frames views of the forest in every room...
- Weathering steel wraps around a solar-powered California home Tue, 31 Oct 17, 8:54pmWhen Faulkner Architects was tasked with building a family home just outside San Francisco, the clients emphasized the importance of the environment. The Truckee-based architecture firm set about creating a striking site-specific...
- Black Magic home sits lightly in a mountain oasis Fri, 5 May 17, 8:08pmNature lovers will feel right at home with Black Magic. Designed by Colorado-based Rowland + Broughton, this glass-clad mountainside home embraces the landscape and gives homeowners the impression of sitting among the trees...
- Cantilevered timber-clad retreat overlooks lakeside views in Canada Fri, 31 Jul 15, 11:00pmThe top-heavy retreat is split into two main volumes: the smaller lower level housing a dormitory-style bedroom and the mechanical rooms, and the larger upper level comprising two additional bedrooms at the rear and an open-plan...
- ‘The Shed’ by Hufft Projects Glows Like a Lantern on a Hill in Missouri Sat, 1 Mar 14, 7:30amHufft Projects completed the beautiful, modern Curved House for a couple in 2009. Not long afterwards, the owners asked them to design and build a shed to store maintenance equipment. Sited west of the main house, the new...
- The Shed is a Simple and Elegant Off-site Prefab Shelter Sat, 23 Jun 12, 6:29amThe Shed is a simple and elegant shelter that celebrates waste-free building through the use of prefabricated components. Made from a standard steel frame, modular walls, roof trusses and battens, this clever building in...
- Middlebury College’s Self-Reliance Solar Decathlon House Wins Communications Contest! Sat, 1 Oct 11, 7:00amRead the rest of Middlebury College’s Self-Reliance Solar Decathlon House Wins Communications Contest! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2011 solar decathlon, eggshell paint, Green Building,...
- Middlebury College’s Self-Reliance is a Solar Decathlon House Built With Locally Sourced Materials Sat, 1 Oct 11, 12:12amRead the rest of Middlebury College’s Self-Reliance is a Solar Decathlon House Built With Locally Sourced Materials Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2011 solar decathlon, eggshell paint, Green...
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