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Vacation on a 100% Solar Floating Houseboat
From Kingsley Architects comes yet another unique floating vacation home concept. This self-powered floating eco houseboat comes with a solar roof capable of supplying 100% of its energy use.
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Singapore’s Utopian Vision of 21st Century Air Conditioning Nears Completion
Ken Yeang has worked for 30 years in many of his projects to realize his vision of the eco skyscraper, in which the natural world is much more comprehensively interwoven into the structure of large commercial buildings than now. His latest, to be completed this year is the culmination of that vision, and it’s in [...]
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Green Sebastian Mariscal Solar Home Uses Charcoaled Wood
After discovering the traditional Japanese wood finishing technique of charcoaling wood I wrote about here, I went looking to see it used in modern building. I wasn’t disappointed. Here is how the author of Pursuing Wabi himself put it to work in creating his new solar powered yet very traditional Japanese green home in San [...]
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Gorgeous Custom Greenpods Respect the Environment
The design of the GreenPod custom modular home is informed by a comprehensive checklist for sustainability and health put together by GreenPod’s Architectural and Interior Designer Ann Raab.
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Lovely Live-Work in India is Easy on the Climate
This live-work home is designed by and for the DADA Partners is both home and work space. Designed around a courtyard, the house has formal living spaces in front and private areas at the back. The work area is sunk below ground to maximize cooling during the hottest part of the day while the two [...]
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