Comments on: Johanna House / Nicholas Burns

By: Naim Ahmed Kibria

Naim Ahmed Kibria — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:00:19 +0000

A very neat and clean work- speaks the simplicity of the plan and elevations.The placement of the building on the contoured landscape is very interesting and i like the photograph taken from a distant beach…….over all FANTASTIC.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:40:23 +0000

First i confused it as a painting, excellent ecofriendly architecture works.

By: Lasse

Lasse — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:55:58 +0000

What an amazing landscape…

The house is okay but the sorroundings just deserve much better attention to details, window frames and so on has such lame proportions..
I don’t know if I would use the courtyard, I get that it’s windy but sitting outside and having to look through the living room to see the view seems a bit depressing.

Diggind down 4,5 kms of powerlines seems aggressive compared to a little wind turbine or solarpower.. Or is that just me?

By: sullka

sullka — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:15:37 +0000

I love this house, excellent rammed earth case study.

It’s thread on PushPullBar has more info on it.

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By: Lucas Gray

Lucas Gray — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:39:56 +0000

Nice post Terry.

I love the material palette. Rammed earth is suck a fantastic material that should really be used more as a substitute for concrete walls.

I echo the comments above about transparency and the elegance of the volumes. This house has a great connection to the surrounding landscape.

By: farflung

farflung — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:41:05 +0000

lovely project, and i too appreciate the lack of florid talkitecture in the description.
passively cooled? perhaps.
passively heated? not with all that glass.

By: LargoJax

LargoJax — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:23:15 +0000

Well said Terry!

By: AMR

AMR — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:01:10 +0000

Agree Terry, though the kitchen bothers me more than the flue.
In fact most kitchens I see bother me for their blandness.
This kitchen should have been in stone or plywood not 2 pack epoxy paint. Hardly very green.