Springer's Blog Posts Tagged 'house' (9)

The House in Never-Never Land

On the Mediterranean isle of Ibiza, architect Andrés Jaque has designed the House in Never-Never Land. It is built on a 1,300 square meter plot of land with an average slope of 20%. Great care was taken to design around the… Continue

Added by Springer on August 16, 2010 at 2:51pm — No Comments

Conch Shell House

Designed by the Mexican artist Octavio Ocampo, the Conch Shell House sits on the Isla Mujeres in the Caribbean. Ocampo is known for embedding multiple images into a larger image, giving layers of meaning to explore in his work. With this structure, he embeds a conch shell form into a home, and layers more shells - literally and figuratively - within the… Continue

Added by Springer on July 23, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Exquisite Retreat

Designed by Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects and completed in 2008, Villa Mecklin is elegantly simple. Located in the archipelago of Finland, the vacation home is 70 square meters - and more than half of that is terrace.… Continue

Added by Springer on July 20, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Wilkinson Residence

Designed by Robert Harvey Oshatz the Wilkinson Residence was designed in 1997 and completed in 2004 for a client in Portland, Oregon. The 5,162 square foot home is situated on a steeply sloping lot, which allowed the main floor of the home to be about level with the forest's canopy, truly giving the feel of being in a tree… Continue

Added by Springer on July 16, 2010 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Villa Nyberg

In collaboration with Emrahus, Kjellgren Kaminsky has produced Sweden's first series of passive houses, and the first of that series to be completed is Villa Nyberg. The house is extremely well insulated, utilizing the heat generated by its inhabitants… Continue

Added by Springer on June 25, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Active House in Denmark

Designed by Aart Architects, this Active House in Lystrup, Denmark is one of eight prototypes being built across Europe by the Danish window company Velfac. A test family is to occupy each of the homes for a year while the building's performance is monitored.

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Added by Springer on June 21, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Solar Powered FabLab House

The European Solar Decathlon began this Friday, and the Institut D'Arquitectura Avancada de Catalunya showed off their prefabricated wood FabLab House. The house measures 75 square meters, can be built in just 15 days, and is designed for a family of four. It is topped with a… Continue

Added by Springer on June 21, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Casa Tolo

Nestled into a hill in Lugar das Carvalhinhas, Portugal lies Casa Tolo designed by Portuguese architect Alvaro Leite Siza. Working in harmony with the surrounding environment, the house gracefully unfolds down the hill's steep slope. Facing south, Casa Tolo is designed to embrace and utilize the abundant sunlight, yet it's… Continue

Added by Springer on June 16, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

A Mono Struct House

Masato Sekiya has completed a Mono Struct house in Kasiwara, Japan. It is constructed of beams of local Japanese cypress that are fastened by metal bolts. All the posts are made of 12x12 cm pieces that sandwich beams at right angles and are stabilized by the metal bolts. This simple system allows…

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Added by Springer on June 7, 2010 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment