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Sustainable Architecture Scope: This guide is a bibliography of selected resources on sustainability in architecture and related disciplines within the libraries of the University of Maryland, primarily the Architecture Library, and online. Related subject guides such as Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning are also available for further research.
LIGHT HOUSE Developing a modern language of architectural elements that sat comfortably within the existing house was the key to this project. The proposed open-tread stair floats above the existing stair, admitting abundant natural light to the centre of the house.
YBE2004 Houses of the Future In Australia, 2004 was declared as the year of the Built Environment. Six Houses of the Future were designed and built, everyone of them having their own presenting sponsor, representing six different base materials.
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Side view of the bio-solar house designed and occupied by Soontorn Boonyatikarm, professor of architecture at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Photo: Soontorn Boonyatikarm Plan view of bio-solar house.
Green Design / Sustainable Architecture: Resources - Guide to information about buildings designed for sustainability that aim to lessen their impact on our environment through energy and resource efficiency. From the UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library.
login or register to post comments Mon, 2007-07-09 14:14 micro-compact home O2 student village launches in Munich horden cherry lee architects press release : 4 November 2005 A village of seven micro-compact homes (m-ch), sponsored by international telecommunications company O2, launched at Studentenstadt yesterday. The m-ch is a new, lightweight, transportable dwelling that combines high-technology and low-energy use, like the Smart car.
Compact Houses Architecture for the Environment Marta Serrats In an age of "McMansions", this international survey of the latest in residential architecture proves that small is beautiful, and responsible. The houses profiled are designed to make maximum use of the smallest possible footprint in order to protect the environment.
Harkening back to original prehistoric models of shelter and dwelling, the Portable House adapts, relocates and reorients itself to accommodate an ever-changing environment. It offers an eco-sensitive and economical alternative to the increasingly expensive permanent structures that constitute most of today?
COMPACT HOUSE At only 68.0 sqm this recycled workers cottage is one of our smallest housing projects ever! An open planned bathroom and continuous polished concrete floor provide a seamless flow of space from front to back.
Micro-Compact House by Justin Thomas, Virginia on 08.22.05 Design & Architecture This "Micro-Compact Home" was inspired by the compact spaces in first-class airplane cabins, and the classic scale and order of a Japanese tea house. They are lightweight, transportable, and cost 50,000 Euros.
Triarch Inc. Architecture - Construction - Real Estate New York based architecture design firm.
New Compact House Designs Author(s): Don Metz, Ben Watson (Editor) Publisher: Storey Books ISBN: 0882666665 Order From Oikos Bookstore Alternative Sources: Amazon.com (links will open in a new window) New Compact House Designs, edited by Don Metz, 1991 27 award-winning plans for homes of 1250 square feet or less. The publisher, Storey Books, 04/17/98: Plans and descriptions for single-family two-bedroom homes.
But there's a market out there that's desperately craving something different and better than the predictable neo-Craftsman and anonymous condo hulks arising on every vacant lot, and Fremont Lofts seems to have nailed it with amazing, if maybe accidental, accuracy. "On our Web site, it gets more visits than anything else we've done, by a factor of about a hundred," Johnston says. ( www.johnstonarchitects.com/multi-family.php ) What makes it work?
Compact Houses: Architecture for the Environment Cristina del Valle y Martha Serrats - Casas Compactas 04/2007 - Recursos - Enviar por e-mail Las casas compactas son la contra tendencia a las McMansions. Las viviendas pequeñas - menos de 140 metros cuadrados – en las áreas urbanas y no urbanas pueden ser atractivas y funcionales a la vez que respetuosas del medio ambiente.
Constructing Architecture: Materials Processes Structures, A Handbook Andrea Deplazes (Ed.) Price: $67.95
About this Book In an age of "McMansions," this international survey of the latest in residential architecture proves that small is beautiful-and responsible. The houses profiled are designed to make maximum use of the smallest possible footprint in order to protect the environment.
The holiday home or summer-house by definition, is a building constructed with a strictly defined personality. For the temporary inhabitant, it is to provide a sense of escape without abandonment, and leisure without effort.
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Title: Compact Houses ISBN: 0789313499 From the Publisher: In an age of "McMansions," this international survey of the latest in residential architecture proves that small is beautiful-and responsible. The houses profiled are designed to make maximum use of the smallest possible footprint in order to protect the environment.
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UNLV Libraries -> Architecture Studies Library -> Architecture Internet Resources Architecture and Building Architecture and Building is a guide to net sites on architecture, building and construction, design, housing, planning, preservation, facility management, energy and the environment, and landscape architecture, compiled by Jeanne Brown , University of Nevada Las Vegas Architecture Studies Library. For a listing of sites by category, go to the Contents Page .
Compact Houses Category: Books Posted by: Anthony on 8/8/2005 10:55:00 PM | Digg | Stumble It! | del.icio.us Architecture for the Environment Available in September, Compact Houses by Marta Serrats and Universe Publishing: "In an age of "McMansions," this international survey of the latest in residential architecture proves that small is beautiful-and responsible. The houses profiled are designed to make maximum use of the smallest possible footprint in order to protect the environment.
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Editorial Reviews About the Author Cristina del Valle has a Bachelor in Audiovisual Communication by the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has combined her studies with various journalistic works in publications of the architecture and design sector.
When it was time to construct a new building to house the environmental studies program at Oberlin College, the department chair decided it should reflect the socially-responsible theme of the department. As a result, the building is being planned to serve as a model of environmental responsibility and efficiency.
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Arcology is a term coined by Paolo Soleri to describe the concept of architecture and ecology working as on integral process to produce new urban habitats. Arcosanti , a project of the nonprofit Cosanti Foundation, is a prototype arcology for 5,000 people, combining compact urban structure with large-scale, solar greenhouses on 20 acres of a 4,000 acre preserve.
In an age of "McMansions," this international survey of the latest in residential architecture proves that small is beautiful-and responsible. The houses profiled are designed to make maximum use of the smallest possible footprint in order to protect the environment.
Email to a friend Print this page Suggested Reading Cotswold Cottage House Style Cape Cod House Style Craftsman Bungalow House Styles Before You Buy House Plans Building Resource Index Related Guide Picks Plans for One-Story Homes Cottage Building Plans Top 10 House Plan Collections Top Log Home Plans and Manuals Low-Cost House Plans Top 10 Building Plans for Small Houses Guide Picks From Jackie Craven , Your Guide to Architecture . FREE Newsletter.
Editorial Reviews About the Author Cristina del Valle has a Bachelor in Audiovisual Communication by the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has combined her studies with various journalistic works in publications of the architecture and design sector.
Welcome to greenhomebuilding.com where you can find a wide range of information about sustainable architecture and natural building. As an example of natural building, the image at the upper left was taken during the construction of the earthbag house that has served as the home for greenhomebuilding.com and Kelly and Rosana Hart, your hosts.
Michael-D Says: April 15th, 2007 at 4:35 pm Perhaps we need to keep it to the same criteria as the 10 worst – meaning central city…? Otherwise we should have nominated some residential work for 10 worst… If not, then Alington House deserves an appearance on the long/shortlist… Also, Parliamentary Library (would be a good counter to the Defense/Environment House – as cost cutting measures they cut out a whole floor rather than dispense with the decorative elements of the processional areas!)
Synopses & Reviews Publisher Comments: Mini House Now showcases the newest tiny homes that ingeniously make the most out of a small amount of space. Varied locations range from a lake in Switzerland to a forest in Texas to an overpopulated Japanese neighborhood.
Courtyard Houses Floorplans and building type layouts from Dept Architecture Darmstadt. Price: $40.00
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Sustainable Architecture Compendium Provides information about sustainable architecture from the National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education. Includes information about sustainable design, materials, and recycling and reuse. www.umich.edu/~nppcpub/resources/compendia/architecture.html
Prefabulous London 09-Jan-06 PREFABULOUS LONDON, a Building Centre Trust exhibition opening at New London Architecture on 26 January 2006, will explore how a new wave of modern house types is making living in a box desirable. With demand for new homes in the capital standing at an additional 32,000 per year, Prefabulous London will showcase the modules, pods and panels that are transforming perceptions of factory-built living.
Compact Houses : Architecture for the Environment (Paperback) In an age of "McMansions," this international survey of the latest in residential architecture proves that small is beautiful-and responsible. The houses profiled are designed to make maximum use of the smallest possible footprint in order to protect the environment.
Two Green Houses continued Bamboo House Kuma's design for the Bamboo House borrows its low horizontal profile from the Great Wall itself. But while the wall symbolizes permanence, solidity, and exclusion, Kuma's bamboo wall is meant to suggest the easy transfer of light and breezes from one side of the house to the other, as well as a certain lightweight, unfinished, and even fragile quality.
Compact Houses by Carles Broto, 2004. This exhaustively documented sourcebook will be invaluable to professionals and students of architecture, interior design, interior decorating, and furniture design.
Compact Houses: Architecture for the Environment by Justin Thomas, Virginia on 08.16.05 Culture & Celebrity ( books ) This book by Marta Serrats, coming in September, looks like a good read for those interested in a space-optimized, modern home. The houses profiled here prove that thoughtful design and efficiency can be had in a tiny setting.
Micro Compact Home 5 Sep 2005 Category: Features , Worldwide , Products , Architecture micro compact home © Richard Horden The micro compact home (m-ch) is a new kind of compact living space, currently being developed by Micro Compact Home Ltd , a company evolved from Horden Cherry Lee Architects . Having developed from a design project led by Professor Richard Horden at the Technical University Munich, the m-ch has taken on various influences from its collaborative teams working in Munich and Tokyo.
Triarch Inc. Architecture - Construction - Real Estate New York based architecture design firm.
Projects Residential Commercial and Retail Industrial Historical Masterplanning Environment and Research – Parkmount Gifford 2020 House Sustainable Homes for 21st Century Green Room An Energy Revolution : Solutions for Sustainable Urban Communities Aylesbury Recycling and Reuse Centre Sustainable Housing for the 21st Century The starting point for our proposal was the row or terraced house – a durable, compact, flexible and inherently energy efficient model for sustainable dwelling. In this suburban setting we used a simple row of four equal plots to demonstrate how an end house, a mid-house and a corner apartment can all use the same dimensional module and construction techniques.
About this Book In an age of "McMansions," this international survey of the latest in residential architecture proves that small is beautiful-and responsible. The houses profiled are designed to make maximum use of the smallest possible footprint in order to protect the environment.
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