Sustainable home is one that I am dreaming of to have someday. I love living naturally and using what is around me. The Griffins Gate can be the perfect answer for what I am looking for. It is a newly constructed house in Gaithersburg Maryland. The structure is perfect for a single family with a …
Caring for the youth while complying with Alameda County’s requirements for all new buildings to have at least a LEED certified rating, is what HOK’s did for the Alameda Juvenile Justice Center. The structure has various eco-friendly features that made it possible to have a LEED certificate. One of the eco-friendly feature it has is …
Energy efficient homes are now getting more and more each day. The Brightbuilt Barn by Kaplan Thompson is a super energy efficient prefab design that is located in Rockwood, Maine. The LED light skirt that lets you know if a structure id generating more or less energy than it is using is probably one of …
With the goal of creating a sustainable housing for a megalopolis in China 2020, Off the Grid explores a project that integrates electronics and biochemistry. With this concept, the current approach of building and habitats that is dependent on the grids of energy and water supply will definitely change. The building materials can be used …
Building our own home is definitely one the most expensive thing to provide for ourselves. In addition, where our home is where we will be for the rest of our lives. This concept of thinking will be totally changed by the Versadome, an affordable home and can be transportable and re-locatable. All of the components …
Another eco-friendly building has been built in the rainy City of Concepcion, Chile. Despite of it located in the busy streets of San Martin, the Consorcio Building became one of the best green attraction in Concepcion because of its mature climbing plants that serves as protection from the sun in the East, North and West …
The R-House is an amazing design that is completely self-sufficient. It is made of sustainable non-toxic wood and is installed with photovoltaic solar panels and wind turbines. The house is pre-fabricated and assembled. It has photovoltaic cells and vertical axis wind turbines that will fulfill the entire energy requirements of the house. In addition, a …
Reusing old structure to make a new one is such a great idea. Just like the Cromley Lofts in Alexandria that receives a Gold level certification and eventually made them as the first LEED certified condominiums in Virginia. The Cromley Lofts has eight wonderful units that are located in the old town area of Alexandria …
The sphere is an architectural design that composed of nineteen tent units and eventually formed a circle. In the center of the circle, people can socialize each other and compose a community. Each of the Nineteen tent units can accommodate up to three person and the partitions can be unbuttoned to accommodate larger number like …
Building our homes is definitely the most exciting thing to do with our lives. However, to people living in places with recurring changes annually that is related to weather changes like those in Lake Huron with water levels vary drastically month to month. Because of these changes, Architects named MOS created the floating house, which …
