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- Green-roofed vacation home embraces old-growth trees in the San Juan Islands Thu, 21 Jun 18, 8:30amWhen Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects was asked to design a vacation home on the San Juan Islands of Washington state, the Seattle-based design firm didn’t take the easy way out...
- INTERVIEW: 8 Questions with Architect Tom Kundig Mon, 7 May 18, 9:01pmSeattle-based Olson Kundig Architects is one of our favorite architectural firms, championing the fight for sustainable design. Founded in the late 1960s, the firm has created a collection of structures that rise from the...
- Green-roofed home sinks into a beautiful UNESCO-protected riverside in India Mon, 4 Apr 16, 11:00pmBuilt as a weekend retreat, the 330-square-meter Riparian House sits on the banks of the River Ulhas. The green-roofed home is nearly undetectable from the approach on the east side but reveals itself through a large glazed...
- Green-roofed home sinks into a beautiful UNESCO-protected riverside landscape in India Mon, 4 Apr 16, 11:00pmBuilt as a weekend retreat, the 330-square-meter Riparian House sits on the banks of the River Ulhas. The green-roofed home is nearly undetectable from the approach on the east side but reveals itself through a large glazed...
- Daisen Residency: A Cluster of White Rooms Tucked Away in a Dense Japanese Forest Fri, 28 Jun 13, 12:27amVirtually none of the cherry and pine trees on the site were disturbed in the construction of this gorgeous Japanese home. But that took some doing. The design team had to structure each block of the house differently, each...
- Paradoxically Beautiful Power Plants are Designed to Enhance Norway’s Dramatic Landscape Thu, 26 Apr 12, 12:26amRead the rest of Paradoxically Beautiful Power Plants are Designed to Enhance Norway’s Dramatic Landscape Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "clean energy", Bjørnstokk and ØvreForsland, Daylighting,...
- INHABITAT INTERVIEW: 8 Questions with Architect Tom Kundig Tue, 8 Mar 11, 4:34amRead the rest of INHABITAT INTERVIEW: 8 Questions with Architect Tom Kundighttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink...