How do you transform a 50-year-old villa into a comfortable, contemporary, modern sustainable home? To find the answer, the architect Theo Reitsema and the interior designer Stephanie Weitering, who are married to each other, spent a year living in a 1967-built house in the Dutch community of Rijssen, looking, listening and feeling.
For the Sustainable House Annandale, the intention was to achieve the best possible passive solar house for the site, whilst facilitating a more sustainable lifestyle for the client. The design not only maximises its passive design strategies including: solar design; evaporative cooling; natural ventilation
The Alexandria House is tailored to the needs of a modern, environmentally conscious and socially responsible couple. Alexandria House – Aqua Perma Solar Firma is the most sustainable project we have made.
Toronto-based development company baukultur/ca just recently completed the sustainable reinvention of a 110-year-old house into a contemporary, highly sustainable home and, even though strictly modern, its exterior complements the traditional Beaches neighbourhood.
Dutchess House is a sustainable, contemporary residence designed by New York architects Grzywinski + Pons. The house is located in Millerton, New York, USA.
Architects: Ben Callery Architects Project: Westgarth House / Exploring sustainably sourced materials Location: Westgarth, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Photography: Nic Granleese Westgarth House is a single-family home designed by Melbourne-based Ben Callery Architects. The architects had designed a rear living space that opens onto an airy, double-height void that’s carefully orientated, glazed and cross-ventilated to flood the space
La Pedevilla is a modern refuge, high up in the Dolomites, which had been designed with a lot of sensitivity to its surround. The Mountains tend to remove us from the world – and yet bring us closer emotionally. The solitude, the calm and the proximity to nature de-sync our daily routines. It is this
Project: Viennese Guest Room Architecture/Design: Heri & Salli Team: Wolfgang Novotny Location: Vienna, Austria Images: © Hans Schubert Located in Vienna, Austria, in an old factory, Viennese Guest Room is a project completed by Heri & Salli in 2015. Founded in 1929, the old industrial charm of the factory pervades each space. Exposed brick walls,
