Architecture and Home Design
| Small House with Natural Cooling and Remote-Operated Mechanical System Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:40 AM PST 
This small house consist of one cabin but the interior accommodate kitchen, living, dining areas and two sleeping alcoves and gives away a feeling of space. This house using natural cooling and remote-operated mechanical system. 
Located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA, this house was designed by studio Maryann Thompson Architects. With living surface of just 750 square feet (about 70 square meters).
From architect :
“The house also incorporates such commonsense sustainable strategies as radiant structural slab, which maximizes opportunities for passive solar gain through the broad expanses of glass on the south and east elevations. Natural cooling is achieved with the stack effect through operable skylights and ceiling fans.
The house utilizes a highly efficient remote-operated mechanical system so that the homeowners can monitor and adjust it from a distance.The house also incorporates such commonsense sustainable strategies as radiant structural slab, which maximizes opportunities for passive solar gain through the broad expanses of glass on the south and east elevations. Natural cooling is achieved with the stack effect through operable skylights and ceiling fans.”
Source : freshome.com |
| Contemporary Hillside Residence in California with Stunning Views Posted: 09 Jan 2012 06:29 AM PST 
This contemporary hillside residence is located in California, USA. This residence opened towards a dramatic landscape. From each room of this residence can viewed stunning view of natural environment trough large size glass windows. 
This Carpinteria Foothills Residence was designed by Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects, this residence has a courtyard which invites the inhabitants to enjoy outdoor activities and front row seats to nature's spectacles.
From Architect :
“The program asked for a master suite, one guest room, a study for two, a more contained den and an informal open living space they could share with their children and grand children. The site strategy was to separate the guesthouse, pool and pool house from the main house, by locating them amongst the oaks on a lower terrace. The smaller structures were easier to place around the mature oak trees without disturbing their root systems. Each structure has its own orientation and privacy.”
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