LEED Points

Tag: Vegetation

  • Create a Green Wall with MossFrame from Benetti Stone

    MossFrame, from Italy-based Benetti Stone, is a decorative interior wall panel that is embedded with self-sustaining, low-maintenance lichen that does not require water, sunlight, or pruning to grow in lush green patterns wherever a fifty-percent room moisture level can be maintained. Available in six colors (grass, forest, city, fuxia, provence, and ocean) and seven frame…

  • Create a Green Wall with MossFrame from Benetti Stone

    MossFrame, from Italy-based Benetti Stone, is a decorative interior wall panel that is embedded with self-sustaining, low-maintenance lichen that does not require water, sunlight, or pruning to grow in lush green patterns wherever a fifty-percent room moisture level can be maintained. Available in six colors (grass, forest, city, fuxia, provence, and ocean) and seven frame…

  • Integration of Lake View Residence with Landscape is Like Hand in Glove

    This 5,900 square foot home for a family of four that looks onto the Bright Leaf Preserve in Austin, Texas is a recipient of the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Housing Award in the One and Two Family Custom category. Designed by Alterstudio Architecture, the Lake View Residence sits amongst live oaks and connects…

  • Vertical Garden Keeps Casa CorManca Cool and Comfortable

    Casa CorManca is a sustainable home that was designed by Paul Cremoux Studio and is located in Mexico City, where sustainable construction has yet to make a significant impact on some of the world’s worst urban air pollution levels. Cremoux says that many of his clients do not yet realize the importance of a sustainable…

  • 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…