Sustainanbility
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about sustainanbility
Project • By Baxter Green Architects • Private Houses
Foyle Hill
The project was commissioned as a replacement dwelling for a bungalow with a large five bedroomed contemporary dwelling and ancillary buildings including stables and garaging on the edge of Shaftesbury, Dorset with dramatic views over the Cranborne Chase ANOB. The site also borders the conservation area and the Church of St. James requiring extensive consultations regarding the scale and massing.
In order to create a low impact but contemporary design, the approach was to step both the plans and elevations winning praise from the planners for a high-quality design and sensitive use of materials in a contemporary way achieving a sense of integration into the landscape. The elevated Shaftesbury stone first floor is visually sup... More
Project • By pluskontoret A/S arkitekter MAA • Housing
Skovbrynet
Skovbrynet is a prize winning sustainable and low cost future public housing situated on the border of a forest and a new neighborhood.
The Skovbrynet project (5800 m2), with low energy and sustainable approach, combines pragmatism and poetry - reason and aesthetics - in order to create responsible and exemplary houses that can help to lead the way for energy-efficient and competitive public housing in the future.
The project is based on a clear sustainability strategy that combines energy efficiency, rational construction engineering, prefabrication and recycling. Skovbrynet shows that the combination of these elements can enable a reasonable and attainable energy class 1 architecture.
The project consists of 56 homes spread over f... More