Green house

This house in Lisbon is a type of Treehouse. But in contrast to the Treehouse concept it is a ready and closed project not requiring any further development. The construction of this eco house consists of two modules: the public area and the private area. There are a living room, a kitchen, three bedrooms and bathroom in both modules. The design and arrangement of the rooms make the whole construction compact and flexible, very suitable for a small territory. The sustainability of the Treehouse Riga is provided by the using of wood materials. The sliding wall made of birch wood can be used as a door to separate the public area and the private area, and vice versa - to extend the area connecting living room with a guest's room. The Treehouse Riga was built by Appleton & Domingos.

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In the River Road area in north Eugene there is a small timber-frame mini home that have cozy beautiful spaces inside of it for owners Rob Handy and Julie Hulme. This sustainable house, designed by Nir Pearlson and built by Six Degrees Construction, is 800-square-foot and as sustainable features it has a roof with a solar PV array, and a hot water solar collector. For the irrigating the garden there is reclaimed graywater and rainwater. The home has an exposed wood structure, earthen plaster walls with a double-insulated envelope, metal roofing, and plywood and HardiePlank siding. The interior and arrangements of the rooms consist of a front porch, the areas for living, dining and cooking, interacting in the central space of the house. Then the study/guest room opens onto the partly-sheltered deck overlooking the garden. There is a centrally located wood stove, a master bedroom and a light-filled bathroom. This sustainable home building received gold-level certification from the Earth Advantage Institute.

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This green house named Vista Del Valle was built by Zimmerman and Associates in Sonoma, CA according to the sustainable design concept. Surrounded by picturesque views it has a very convenient place with an opportunity to watch beautiful valley from any angles of the house. Nice-looking and modern it has enough space for not very large family: there is living room, kitchen and dining room. Moreover there is a courtyard and pool outside. Sustainable features with solar construction provide good energy efficiency. Large window openings supply natural daylighting and natural ventilation.

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Renovations sometimes make incredible things. Today we present you one of the products of renovation. This is the East House Byron Bay, former ordinary brick house that was built in 1990. And now it is renovated with sustainable design applied. The renovation was made according to green architecture design concepts. Due to the East-west orientation of the building there is an optimum access of the sun through the sustainable construction. The passive solar design and thermal mass wall provide the house heating. There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large outdoor entertainment area, yoga platform inside of the house, and an outdoor shower. A space for gardening is also available.

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Modern architecture has to find its methods not by reference to traditional forms and materials. The architecture of our time must exhibit positive attitude to the natural environment. The green architecture house designed by a team lead by Professor Werner Sorbek has become one of energy efficient houses in Germany. This experiment green building was built in December 2011. Its sustainable energy source of solar panels and huge insulation provide high sustainability. The energy from solar panels is used not only to produce electricity but also to heat the water for the heating the floor of the house. There are a lot of sensors and automatics that make the system controlled and effective. This project in fact represents a future green architecture building. And the experiment shows how efficient housing can get. [caption id="attachment_22495" align="alignnone" width="620"] green house[/caption]

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Modern design house of Euclid Residence was presented by Balance Associates Architects. The total area of ??three-storey residence is 280 sq.m. and it is located in Seattle, Washington. For a long time it was offered for sale and the last asking price was $ 1.295 million. The terrain on which the mansion was built is not only sloping but also full of wild vegetation and trees. From the top you can see Lake Washington and there is a national park around the residence. Customers, a married couple, wanted the house to be modern and green, as well as to allow admiring the surrounding beauty.

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The Houl is a modern one-story "long house" in Scotland, designed by the company Simon Winstanley Architects. The most important is thing that the building meets all the requirements of green standards. The project even has received several design awards for residential. The open plan allowed to place all the main rooms along one wall which is almost entirely glazed. Living room, kitchen and dining room combined into one room with a magnificent view. This block of bedrooms is characterized by a interesting design solution - the roof has a slope which follows the slope of the site. Thus, the residence blends well with surrounding nature, the Houl is part of it. For more information visit the site.

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This small, charming beach house is located close to the coast in Oregon and it is very energy efficient. The house was designed by specialists from Nathan Good Architect, and got the name Cannon Beach Residence. Designed to generate as much energy as it consumes on an annual basis, the home is pursuing the goal of being a ?net-zero-energy? residence. The environmentally responsive design promotes a healthy indoor environment, saves energy with an ultra energy-efficient envelope, and utilized recycled and salvaged materials in its construction. During the construction were partially used recycled and natural materials. The house has a lot of windows, which offer magnificent views of the beach from the one side and of rocks from the other side. Interiors win over their comfort, coziness and incredible warmth due to wood surfaces. Via

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