Tag: landscape
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LEED Platinum Awarded to “Livable Sculpture” SoCal Home Workplace
Designed for private investor, Craig Ehrlich, by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects, this 1,150 square foot single-family home was built on a lot that is adjacent to the Ehrlich family home that was designed by the same firm about ten years ago, which was built around a garden and featured a graywater recycling system, photovoltaic…
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A Room with a View: Lakeside Vermont Home Minimizes Overall Energy Load and Maximizes Solar Gain
Built with recycled and salvaged materials from a dilapidated and deconstructed cottage that was already present on the 0.35 acre lot, the west side of this 2,000 square foot home faces Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont. Sweeping views of the lake are broken only by a granite fireplace. Following the original footprint of the cottage,…
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Earthship Farmstead Receives Passive House Certification
Kaplan Thompson Architects were challenged by their clients to build a farmstead home in the mountains of Virginia that could not only meet standards for Passivhaus and LEED, but include a roof on which sheep could graze. The solution: Earthship Farmstead is a house that is nestled in the east-facing hillside with a floorplan that…
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Culinary Center Combines Community Focus with Sustainability to be Certified EA Gold
The new, sustainably built, 15,205 square foot structure for the Jungers Culinary Institute on the Central Oregon Community College (COCC) campus, designed by Yost Grube Hall Architecture, was made possible by $3 million in grants and contributions from the Bend, Oregon community, for which students serve lunch, happy hour, and dinner in the 60-seat public…
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Vertical Garden at Spanish Hotel Ushüaia is a Green Air Conditioning System
This living wall vertical garden at Hotel Ushüaia de Ibiza in Ibiza, Spain was designed by Urbanarbolismo who were assisted in the construction by Alicante forestal and Alijardín, and was the first greenwall garden system of its type. Ceramic terracotta containers are interconnected but can retain unique substrates and vegetation. and porosity of the terracotta…