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Project • By ZeroEnergy Design • Private Houses
Dartmouth Oceanfront
This stunning oceanfront home in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, was designed to take advantage of the site and accommodate the homeowners’ desire for entertaining, aging in place, and a comfortable, low carbon lifestyle. While the street-side entrance is reserved and private, the generously glazed western façade offers magnificent views of the sunset from all the primary living spaces.
In addition to amenities such as multiple outdoor living areas, swimming pool, and a master suite with a private roof deck and outdoor shower, this modern home also features a super-tight building envelope and well-designed mechanical systems foroptimal thermal comfort and exceptionally low energy consumption. A photovoltaic system on t... More
Project • By flamingo architects • Showrooms
Ellementry Retail Store
Project: Ellementry Retail Store, Bengaluru
Location:- Kaypee icon,1147, 12 th main road, hal 2 stage, Indra nagar, Bengaluru
Date of completion:- 15 th may 2019
Photography credits : Tej
Client brief
Client for the Retail store is the owner of Ellementry brand. He very carefully explained their six pillars of the brand ideology which includes Handmade: Every single product of ours is handmade.
Fusion: Fusing elements enhance utility and beauty, both.
Sustainable: We’ve learned from nature that what looks good also does good.
form and function: The universe shows that utility and beauty go hand in hand.
culture revival: Our creation celebrates our roots. It grasps from culture and revives it.
fo... More
Project • By Reynaers Aluminium • Private Houses
Bio-inspired private house
HOUSE WITH A VERTICAL GARDEN
The bio-inspired private house, on Travessa do Patrocinio in Lisbon, can be found in the historic yet upmarket neighbourhood of Lapa. The corner on which the house stands represents a kind of urban dead end, as it leads nowhere else. The tiny square on which the plot lies was crying out for a single, attractive building. As no garden or green space was possible in such a narrow urban space, the architects decided to transfer the desired greenery to the façade of the building.
Covered with vegetation
As the house, with a total floor space of 248 m², is intended for the top end of the market, it needed an innovative and eye-catching look. The green façade absorbs CO2, improves air quality, and works as a... More