Cold winter winds have already started to take their toll. So, it’s high time to start prepping our homes for the approaching winter season. But the chilling season always turns up your energy bills, as heating your home accounts for ...
Budapest-based designers Oszkar Vagi and Csinszka Cserhati have envisioned modernistic aquatic lifestyle in the city. For that, they’ve dreamed of creating a project called Uszohaz (meaning: Floating House), which will be consisting of chic residences resting atop Danube river. So ...
How would you renovate burnt or completely demolished home? When you meet Charlotte-based couple you’d surely know how to transform completely ruined home into an energy-efficient one. In 2012 Michael and Kelly Gervais’ 1940s Plaza Midwood home was burnt in ...
Winter is sneaking upon us, as the winter temperature drops potential of higher electricity bills rises. This problem is more common in regions where temperature decreases to a great extent in heart of the winter months. But, that certainly doesn’t ...
In the realm of contemporary architecture, the ambit of green technology is not just limited to utilization of solar panels and geothermal systems. This expansive side of sustainable affairs is efficiently showcased by the newly constructed Ozone Home at Somerfield ...
We are having a roll with pre-fabricated structures. Yesterday, it was about a tourist complex in Easter Island, and now we have once again come across the familiar scope of a pre-fabricated housing unit. The conception in question is named ...
The acceptance of wood as a credible construction material has perhaps reached its zenith with the above pictured Woodcube. The building designed by German architectural firm Architekturagentur is not just a housing unit but rather a full fledged 5-storied apartment constructed ...
Good architecture is not only about the building, but also encompasses the scope of the environment in which the building is set. Lake Rotsee Refuge by AFGH Architekten is an apt example of such a ‘collective’ architectural piece. The conception ...
They say desperate times call for desperate measures. But what about a fantastical yet practical design borne out of desperate times? Well, that is exactly what the @kinito entails, a small, peripatetic house conceived by Greek Architect Esri Krouska. Named like a Twitter handle, it justifies ...
The day before yesterday we talked about how insulation forms a crucial factor in a zero energy house. And, now we have stumbled across a truly organic form of insulation that is both effective and abundant. We are talking about ...
