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Beach house / Inarchitecten

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Architects: Inarchitecten / Mark Hekkert and Ruben van den Boogaard
Location: Ijburg, The Netherlands
Collaborators: Jamal Azzouz and Joel Langeveld
Site area: 165 sqm
Project Area: 240 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Rutger Vos

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Vertical House / Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

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Architects: LOHA Architects
Location: Venice, California, USA
Principal in Charge: Lorcan O’Herlihy
Project Team: David Thompson, Kevin Tsai
Client: Lorcan O’Herlihy & Cornelia Hayes O’Herlihy
Project year: 2004
Constructed Area: 223 sqm
Photographs: LOHA

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Olisur: Olive Oil factory / Guillermo Hevia (GH+A)

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Architect: Guilermo Hevia – GH+A Arquitectos
Location: La Estrella, VI Región, Chile
Collaborators: Tomás Villalón, Francisco Carrión, Guillermo Hevia G, Marcela Suazo
Client: Olisur S.A.
Contractor: Pitagora S.A.
Project Year: 2008
Constructed Area: 2.800 sqm
Site Area: 5 ha (Mill) – 1.000 ha (Plantations)
Materials: Laminated Wood, Plywood, Fibre Cement, Concrete & Glass
Climate consultant: BIOTECH Chile Consultores Ltda.
Exterior skin: Pizarreño S.A.
Structure & Wooden skin: Arauco S.A.
Lighting: Opendark S.A.
Production: Jaime Gálvez – Tomás Eguiguren
Photographs: Cristóbal Palma, Guillermo Hevia

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Edge House / JVA

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Architects: Jarmund/Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL
Location: Kolbotn, Norway
Client: Mona Jensen, Morten Isachsen
Project Architects: Einar Jarmund, Håkon Vigsnæs, Alessandra Kosberg
Collaborator: Claes Cho Heske Ekornaas
Contractor: AS Ventilasjonsservice
Project Year: 2005
Project Year: 2006-2008
Constructed Area: 160 sqm
Photographs: Ivan Brodey, Nils Petter Dale

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Children’s department and Work therapy / dans arhitekti

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Architects: dans arhitekti
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Project team: Miha Desman, Katarina Pirkmajer Desman, Rok Bogataj, Eva Fiser Berlot, Vlatka Ljubanovic
Collaborators: Vesna Drnovsek, Luka Mladenovic, Nina Savnik, Veronika Ule
Building Physics: Peter Zargi
Statics: Franc Zugel
Electrical Engineer: Sebastjan Zelko
Mechanical Engineer: Franc Peperko
Quantity Engineer: Irena Bele
Graphics: Natasa Skusek
Project year: 2004-2006
Construction Year: 2008
Photographs: dans arhitekti and Miran Kambic

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Klein Bottle house / McBride Charles Ryan

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Offices , Selected , Sustainability , , ,

Architect: McBride Charles Ryan - Rob McBride & Debbie-Lyn Ryan
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Australia
Project Team: Drew Williamson, Fang Cheah
Clients / Builders: Donna & Mark
Constructed Area: 258 sqm
Photographs: John Gollings

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Separation Creek House / Jackson Clements Burrows

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Architects: Jackson Clements Burrows Pty Ltd Architects
Location: Separation Creek, Victoria, Australia
Project Team: Graham Burrows, Tim Jackson, Jon Clements, Anthony Chan, Chris Price, Huan Trinh, Joachim Holland, Anna Guelzo, Kim Stapleton
Design duration: 24 months
Construction duration: 12 months
Landscape: Ocean Road Landscaping
Rock Anchoring: Wessell Drilling
Contractor: Spence Building and Joinery
Constructed Area: 220 sqm
Photographs: John Gollings

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CO2 Saver House / Peter Kuczia

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Houses , Selected , Sustainability , , , ,

Architect: Peter Kuczia
Location: Lake Laka, Poland
Area: 175sqm
Construction year: 2007
Usage: Single family house
Materials: Wood, Fibre cement

Using untreated larch wood and black fibre cement panels to optimise solar energy gain, this lake house in Poland is a pretty good example of how to be sustainable and respectful with the environment.

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