Save on electricity, fight global warming, and make the world a better place to live. These are just a few of the aims that people want to achieve in creating and designing eco-friendly homes. We can find homes claims to be eco-friendly and features different green features. Some have rainwater collecting system to save on …
Built to sustain the extreme climate of Northern Canada, the Team Ontario, BC had designed the North House, which is currently in 4th place for the Solar Decathlon 2009 in Washington DC. The house is a solar powered home that has high attention in insulation and glazing system that is in-charge of the houses’ passive …
Built 16 meter above the ground, the ground Heinz Legler was able to create a wonderful and refreshing tree house like structure called the V-houses. With a size of 16 by 16 feet, the V-houses still looks spacious with its slanted ceiling and open walls. The sides are widely open that offer a panoramic views …
Global Green is rebuilding New Orleans, and is working out to get the LEED Platinum certification. To get this, they have created an eco-friendly houses and apartments for their villagers, and this project is called The Holy Cross Project. They have built five affordable homes and an 18-unit apartment building. In addition to that, the …
This PODhouse consists of prefabricated modules that can be assembled to form a nice sustainable micro home. You can place it in the garden or backyard office, even for a secret holiday hideaway, nice isn’t it? Designed by Swiss design firm ROB (Robust Outdoor Brands), this is a great low-impact housing solution that anyone can …
Sustainable is now very easy to the point that you can barely notice you are. This is probably because of the various sustainable designs that we can use on our daily lives. The Omega Center by BNIM is another addition to the designs that will help us experience sustainable living. The Omega is an education …
Housing becomes one of the problems in cities around the globe. That is why many of the designers are now designing houses that can be built in the water and the House on the Water by Formodesign is one of a great example. This proposal has eco-friendly features like the water desalination, energy accumulation, ventilation …
Each one of us wanted to have our own elegant and affordable homes to stay. It is not just a want, but is also a necessity for us to live. However, elegant and affordable together might be impossible. Nevertheless, Green Castle Inc. made having an elegant home at a very affordable price possible with prefabricated …
Designed by Italian architects Iosa Ghini Associati, these houses being developed alongside Pedieos River, near Nicosia, Cyprus, integrate easily into the Mediterranean landscape. These are four single family luxury units. It is joined by smog eating photo catalytic concrete and a flowing fusion of glass. Thus a series of separate yet structurally connected spaces is …
