Vegetable Trellis
District 9, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam – Cong Sinh Architects Project Year : 2016 Photographs : Hiroyuki Oki Climate change is a global concern, and once productive lands such as Vietnam’s are feeling its effects, too. The impact of climate change on farm productivity has caused food shortage and malnutrition. As […]
RoadRunner Residence
300 Beardsley Ln b100, Austin, Texas, United States – North Arrow Studio Project Year : 2014 Developed Area : 426 m2 ( 4600.0 ft2 ) Photographs : Chase Daniel Seemingly isolated by the surrounding trees, the RoadRunner Residence shows what most of us want in a home – relaxing, quiet and simple. This modern home […]
House 01 – Award Winning Sustainability
Santa Catarina, Brazil – ES Arquitetura Project Year: 2017 Developed Area: 1,421.49 m2 (15,352.09 ft2) Photographs: SLAphotostudio Nestled between nature and a residential area, the owners wanted this house to offer privacy and climatic comfort while promoting a low environmental impact. The plan includes multiple internal and external courtyards and decks. These allow privacy while […]
Tiny House with Drawbridge
Ontario, Canada – Greenmoxie Floor Area: 340 sq. ft. Photography: Gary Mulcahey This home may be short on space but definitely not on style and function. It even has an electric draw bridge deck, which serves as its most distinctive feature! This drawbridge, when opened, serves as a deck large enough to fit a dining set […]
H and H Straw Bale Home
Taos, New Mexico – Edge Architects / The Salamander Co. LLC Site area: Acreage Built area: 2,200 sq. ft. (204 m2) Year built: 2012 A foothill location a little south of Taos with sweeping valley views and spectacular sunsets, an architect who has been designing sustainable homes since 1994 and a builder who specialises in straw-bale […]
Shining Hand Ranch
Ashland, Oregon Year Completed: 2016 Area: 8,880 sq. ft. This newly built single family house, called the Shining Hand Ranch is set in Ashland, a naturally stunning little town in Oregon. It’s located at the foothills of mountain ranges, has rivers surrounding it and has great weather all year round. It’s the perfect home for anyone who would like […]
The Charming Wohnwagon
Are you dreaming of having your own mobile home someday? Here’s a caravan that will break stereotypes about living in a mobile home. It’s so well executed that it goes beyond the novelty of simple living! The mobile home featured above is just one of several units built by Austrian company Wohnwagon. Their creations are designed to […]
Eco-friendly natural home built for $250
A $250 home may sound too good to be true, but the owner-builder of this house has proven that it can be done! And it’s not even a tiny home, but a spacious house with a loft in it… :) Retired Oxfordshire art teacher Michael Buck was able to build this inspiring home by following a simple principle […]
One Building Technique With Many Names
Have you ever heard of cordwood masonry, cordwood construction, stackwall, log-end, stovewood or stackwood? It is a wall building technique commonly used to build homes, barns, saunas — just about any structure that uses walls above grade. Created by laying whole or split debarked wood, width-wise in a bed of mortar, the widths of the […]
Shantikuthi Earthbag Spiral House
Nagano, Japan – Michi-kun Year Built: 2011 Here’s another inspiring earthbag construction for fans of natural homes out there! This earthbag house is not actually a ‘house’, but a garden playroom. It was built by permaculturist and carpenter Michi-kun with the help of 20 volunteers in the Peace Permaculture Garden in Nagano, Japan. It’s called a spiral house […]