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Explore - Solar
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California Academy of Sciences Preview
The grand opening of the new California Academy of Sciences, one of the year’s most anticipated events, is taking place this weekend. To help you make it through the last few days until the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake09.23.08 -
Sunlight Express
Americans expend as much energy on transportation as they do on powering their homes.
01.01.09 -
The Wayback Machine: Your Solar House
Before the word "solar" evoked images of flat PV panels stuck on rooftops, many architects already had a mind to use the sun to maximum advantage in their designs. I recently discovered a...
written by: Sarah Rich01.15.09 -
On the Rock
Katja and Adam Thom’s cabin, on an exposed postglacial archipelago in Canada’s windswept Georgian Bay, is more than eight miles from the nearest road.
written by: Geoff Manaughphotos by: Mark Giglio01.15.09 -
Solar Inspiration
A husband-and-wife architect team proves a house can be good for the environment—and look great too.
written by: Sydney LeBlancphotos by: Marvin Rand01.19.09 -
Sustainability in Stages
"Personally, I’d rather be living outside,” says architect David Hertz. As a young man surfing in Bali, he was impressed by tropical village compounds where indoors and out flow into each other. ...
written by: Sydney LeBlancphotos by: Misha Gravenor01.20.09 -
Hot Rocks
Taking a calculated turn from tradition, two Czech architects designed a modern rendition of a classic Bohemian home, powered by solar panels and a geothermal heat pump that draws energy from the...
written by: Sarah Richphotos by: Andrea Lhotakova01.21.09 -
Green Beret
Were “EcoHat” to come up in passing,you would most likely think of something chunky, organic, and woolen–—perhaps a beanie with earflaps to keep you toasty while chained to a logger’s truck. But in...
written by: Iain Aitch01.25.09 -
Houston, We've Solved a Problem
A bird flying over Houston, Texas, sees only a sprawling canopy of trees. It seems the perfect nesting place for creatures both avian and human alike; unfortunately, the green ends at the tree line...
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Jack Thompson01.25.09 -
Drumming Up Design
Brotherly love takes many forms; in the case of Rob and Eric Brill, it’s a shared passion for modernism. Rob, the younger of the two and a rock musician, recently completed the second of two live...
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Noah Webb01.25.09 -
Jetson Green
A broad look at green building, regularly featuring new sustainable prefab systems.
01.28.09 -
Winds of Change
Caught in the grip of the worst drought in a century, Australians are showering together.
written by: Karen Pakulaphotos by: Brett Boardman02.01.09 -
LEEDing the Way
One day last April there was great excitement on Highland Avenue, a quiet, hilly street (on which this writer happens to live) of Craftsman bungalows and 1960s apartment buildings in the Ocean Park...
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Dave Lauridsen02.01.09 -
Going Coastal
It’s impossible to ignore nature in Big Sur.
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Robert Canfield02.01.09 -
Taking His Own Advice
When Greg Reitz was ten years old, he was already so worried about the state of the planet that, without prompting from his parents, he spent his allowance to join Greenpeace.
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Robert Gregory02.01.09 -
Simply Sustainable
Located in a hidden valley on the picturesque Izu Peninsula, a few hours west of Tokyo, the Watanabe Residence, designed by architect Tadashi Murai, looks more like an imposing black box propped...
written by: Julian Worrallphotos by: Alessio Guarino02.02.09 -
Wooler Mills House
The first misconception about going solar is that it is expensive.
written by: James Nestor02.02.09 -
Clifford Avenue Homes
The cost for solar systems is not only related to how elaborate the system is—it also depends on where you live.
written by: James Nestor02.02.09 -
Panel House
Taking advantage of Southern California’s sunny skies, architect David Hertz ingrained passive solar features in almost every detail of the Panel House for client Thomas Ennis.
written by: James Nestor02.02.09 -
From the Frank Lloyd Wright School: Taliesin Mod.Fab
With so many green prefab projects out there, designers have to continually up their game to hit the highest standards of sustainability, design integrity, and beauty, all in one compact package....
written by: Sarah Rich02.20.09
