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101 Being Green
Even for sustainability's greatest proponents, going green isn't necessarily a walk in the park. Dwell explores what it takes to be truly environmental.
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Creative Commons
Craving not just a home but a proper piece of architecture, a handful of design- and business-savvy Dutch families banded together, hired an architect, and set about forming the community that…
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A Common Boston
If you're in the Northeast this upcoming week, you might want to swing by Common Boston, Boston's fourth annual week of celebrating architecture and urban spaces. Focusing all the city's design…
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Building Green in Harlem: A Green Brownstone?
In this video series, Dwell follows a New York couple with a passion for building green through the challenges—and triumphs—of renovation, from finding the design-build team to…
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Green California Summit
The 2010 Green California Summit will take place in the state capital, at the Sacramento Convention Center. State and local governments in California have long set the standard for public sector…
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Green IT Economic Summit 2010
The Green IT Economic Summit showcases the benefits of breakthroughs in Green hardware and software technology. We empower businesses to use resources more efficiently, delivering greater profits…
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Women in Green Forum
The Women In Green Forum will highlight women’s impact on the environmental arena, promote the sustainable products offered by emerging green companies and provide opportunities for women to…
Sorry, but this design is not only boring, but antithetical to what a home should be.. A home shouldn't be set in contrast to its site, but should work with it, which is a classic mistake to make. and a side-note, why is there netting separating the interior with the exterior..? Squirrels?
The taxes will be a nightmare.
The design is really lovely and quite striking. In providing the contrast between the incredibly maintained landscape and the hardscape they allow both to stand so beautifully on their own merits. The interior is so minimal that it doesn't provide any sort of competition to the natural beauty outside. As far as the netting...its not. Its wire mesh. just an option for a function...this time as a bannister to keep from falling over the edge. It is good to explore architectural materials.
Looks cold and uninhabited. I love clean, functional design but this is boring and stark at best. Surroundings however, are beautiful.
This beautiful home builds on a concept previously explored by Master Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, from the Oporto School of Architecture. From the ruins of an centenial farm house, Souto de Moura created a residence embedded in the landscape taking full advantage of the natural materials in a thoroughly modern way Eduardo Souto de Moura "House in Baião" (early 1990s): http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=585295 http://storiesofhouses.blogspot.com/2005/06/house-in-baio-by-eduardo-souto-de.html
I can understand the concept and landscape approach... but why most architects insist in showing photos uninhabited homes, no people, no signs of occupation at all!
I wish there were more pictures. I am having a hard time getting a sense of how the building fits into its space. And while I agree that a building should participate with its environment I don't feel that that means it should blend. There is nothing less like nature than a four cornered box with a 40% pitch roof. I too wish we could see some shots with people in them. Pictures like that would give context to the sterility that is the house before it becomes a home.
It's a bunker to protect from bugs and squirrels. My advice: If you think nature is terrifying, live in the city.
"Bits of unruly vegetation"!? Oh, the horror!
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