01/2012 |
Ferrous House: As Isn't: An efficient modernization transforms a small suburban home beyond ticky-tacky recognition. |
12/2011 |
The Giving Trees: In a wealthy quarter of London, decorative panels are a converted attic's beauty and brains. |
11/2011 |
Funky Chicken: The Chicken Chapel is a hip prototype for the next wave of urban farming. |
10/2011 |
Discovering Modernist Savannah: Passive in the Peach State |
09/2011 |
Overhead and Underfoot: An evolving housing prototype employs a raised floor system and a double-height volume. |
08/2011 |
This New Old House: In rural Wisconsin, a modest building inspired by barns embodies sustainability knowledge of many vintages. |
07/2011 |
Taking Precedents: A hangar form evokes an earlier time and achieves ahead-of-the-curve performance.
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06/2011 |
Minimize, Then Energize: A two-step process reconciles a house’s large physical footprint with its environmental impact.
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05/2011 |
Down to Earth: A hill-hugging residence bucks the norm in Marin County. |
04/2011 |
Rugged Individualism: A rammed-earth house accommodates a farmer mentality. |
03/2011 |
More Than Meets the Eye : Our three-part series concludes with a Hong Kong apartment that solves dorm-room dimensions—24 different ways. |
02/2011 |
Reuse in the Rear: Part two of our series on small-scale living explores a historic garage that gets a renovation for all ages. |
01/2011 |
Tree People: A three-part series on small-scale living kicks off with a tiny home that celebrates Tu B’Shevat. |
12/2010 |
Grounded: A nature-loving couple’s home merges with the Marin Headlands. |
11/2010 |
Hogan’s Heroes: Hank Louis’s design-build students realize an adapted Navajo housing type in salvaged materials. |
10/2010 |
Open-Minded: For his straw-bale home, an architect tries something bolder—and more exposed to the elements—than normal. |
09/2010 |
Multiplicity: A city residence is equipped with systems and materials that wear many sustainable hats. |
08/2010 |
Striking a Balance: Although CCS-Architecture didn’t pursue sustainable design dogmatically, it still prevented a second home from tying to the grid. |
07/2010 |
Sprouting Wings: A butterfly-roofed house solves a site condition, and supports good health. |
06/2010 |
Team Spirit: A Thorough House Renovation Gets Green with a Little Help from a Lot of Friends. |
05/2010 |
Heirloom Minka: Architect Yasuhiro Yamashita’s personal campaign to revive a vintage Japanese building type. |
04/2010 |
Back to the Future: A guest cabin near Yellowstone asks, “What’s the style of sustainability?”
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03/2010 |
Sun and Shape, Poetry and Patina: The Copper House offers a glimpse of what sustainability could look and feel like.
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02/2010 |
The Wee Ski Chalet: To go sustainable, a mountainside cabin starts small.
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01/2010 |
Weaning Off Groundwater: A house just outside of Tucson, Arizona, prepares for water savings. |
12/2009 |
Cape Case Study: A fledgling studio melds architecture and technology to design two homes on Cape Cod
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11/2009 |
Rockill Doubleheader: This month we explore the latest handiwork by the students of Dan Rockhill’s Studio 804 |
10/2009 |
Make a New Plan, Dan: Aiming for better passive-design standards, Dan Rockhill opts for a courtyard plan. |
09/2009 |
A Forward Glance: At a quartet of residences in Seattle, a long-term vision—of future users’ needs, and of the city’s evolution—yields a flexible design today |
08/2009 |
Philadelphia Freedom: A townhouse prototype demonstrates that sustainability needn’t cost a premium |
07/2009 |
Upgrade U: Taliesin students translate a longtime tradition into an urbane guest residence |
06/2009 |
Haute Écologie: A tony residence near Athens combines glitz and green |
05/2009 |
Good Things, Small Package: A two-bedroom house and the subdivision it hails from defy Texas conventions |
04/2009 |
Lux et Tepidus: Passive solar design eases a family’s transition from Arizona to Toronto |
03/2009 |
Farm Fresh: Appearances are deceiving at a Vermont farmhouse |