Turf House – Sky
Kendram, Isle of Skye  Scotland  –  The Rural Design Company Built area:   90m2  (972 sq. ft.) Year built:   2012 Builder:   Donald Lamont Photography:     Nigel Rigden Awards:   The RIAS 2013 Award for Architecture Bleak, cold and barren, Scotland’s Isle of Skye remains one of the UK’s most […]
Castle Rock House
New Zealand – Herbst Architects Photography: Patrick Reynolds Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. You can also view the images as a slideshow if you prefer If you liked this project, you will also like viewing …
Carmel Valley Residence
Carmel Valley, California – Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects Project size:Â Â Â 4,399 sq. ft. Site size:Â Â Â 3.52 acres Photography:Â Â Â Matthew Millman Have you ever dreamed of leaving the urban life behind and starting a small B&B or guest house. Â The owners of this Carmel Valley home did and turned it to a reality. […]
Mona Vale House
Mona Vale, NSW – Choi Ropiha Photography: Brett Boardman Built area: 265 sqm Project Year: 2005 – 2008 Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. You can also view the images as a slideshow if you prefer 8-) If you liked this, you will also […]
Sustainable Homes
Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. You can also view the images as a slideshow if you prefer 8-) You’ll find the full details to these sustainable home designs here: Allies Farmhouse – from WWII military base to a sustainable, family home – The […]
Straw Bale House
Byron Bay, NSW, Australia – Rachel Bending Photography: John Downs Rachael Bending’s Bird Textiles was the first Australian company to be 100% climate-neutral.  She’s earned a swag of awards for her pioneering earth-friendly approach to her business. That same attitude is reflected in the home you see here. The owners wanted a totally sustainable home for themselves […]
The Hobbit House
Wales – Simon Dale What do you get when you cross a minimum budget with a maximum concern for the environment – a low impact woodland home. Using almost entirely recycled materials, or resources already on site, Simon Dale and Jasmine Saville built their hobbit home in only 4 months and on a $3000 budget […]
The Ryan Residence
King Scrub (near Brisbane) Australia  WD architects Cooran Queensland In the words of architect, Andrew Webb: The Ryan residence pushes the boundaries of sustainable design while being an inspiring, comfortable and innately functional place to for the family to live together and grow. The house is highly energy-efficient and employs a range of innovative sustainable materials, […]
Bamboo Courtyard Teahouse
ShiQiao, Yangzhou China  –  World Consulting & Design (HWCD) Building Area:   400m2 Completed:   May 2012 Yangzhou is a city located to the north-west of Shanghai. It is home to Huaiyang-style cuisine which ranks as the top of all eight famous Chinese cuisine styles. Focussed on pastries and snacks as the key components, […]
More Bamboo Brilliance
Flamingo Dailai Resort, Vietnam – Vo Trong Nghia Architects Gross Floor Area:  1,600 sqm Photography: Hiroyuki Oki OK – so it’s not a home. But it is a wonderful example of the beauty and flexibility of the world’s most renewable timber… bamboo. Bamboo is incredibly strong due to it’s long fibres and high silica content. […]