Understanding Passivhaus is full of 2d and 3d details helping you learn Passivhaus principles - with all details available for download.
Here's your chance to spend a weekend (or longer!) in a hand-crafted Earthship house! This off-grid masterpiece in Montana is a self-sufficient structure complete with a greenhouse, passive heating and cooling, and an awesome water
House on the Highlands wins the rural category in the UK Passivhaus Trust Awards.
Global Model Earthship The Global Earthship design performs in almost any climate around the world. The main features of this design include a double layer of glass (“double greenhouse”) between the inner living spaces and the outside and the use of underground cooling tubes and convection skylights which work together to provide ventilation and natural […]
Earthship homes by Michael Reynolds are indigenous self-sustaining adaptive shelters which generate their own resources through passive techniques.
What is a Passivhaus? We look at the main principles of Passivhaus design, certification, details, construction and much more!
Imaginez une maison que vous construiriez avec des matériaux majoritairement recyclés, sans se brancher aux réseaux d'eau et d'électricité, n'ayant quasiment
An Idaho family's 550-square-foot fixer; a Wyoming building made of 2,000 tires; and threats to an idyllic floating lifestyle.
An Earthship is an off the grid building designed for autonomous and self-sustained living. It's a unique design that combines smart construction, renewable energy sources and eco-friendly methods to produce a zero impact living space which offers the features and comfort of a 21st century home.
Un earthship est une habitation destinée à l'autoconstruction, dans le but d'édifier des logements respectant la nature à moindre coût (...)
Earthships are 100% sustainable homes that are both cheap to build and awesome to live in. They offer amenities like no other sustainable building style you have come across. For the reasons that follow, I believe
The Architecture Firm Karawitz designed home in Bessancourt, France hides a wealth of design in a very traditional rural farmhouse form.
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Though popular now among advocates of passive solar and sustainable architecture, Earth Sheltered homes have been around since humans began constructing.
Are you looking for cheap alternative housing ideas that won't get you in a ton of debt? Here are a few realistic ideas for you.
Hallway/greenhouse looking West
Learn about sustainable architecture's leading buildings and architects, as well as key topics like HVAC, green certification, and Passive House.
We start at the scale of Saarinen’s chair outlined in the previous paper. In Stockholm, approximately half the city’s population is working from home, after only a suggestion to do so by the…
Par Olivier GUILLEMOT- Directeur du BET POLENN et consultant certifié PassivHaus Un bâtiment passif, c’est quoi ? Un bâtiment passif est une constructi
Skidmore Passivhaus merges contemporary design with the highest level of energy efficiency, designed by In Situ Architecture, located in Portland, Oregon.
Pumpkin Ridge Passive House by Scott Edwards Architecture
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John Fenwick discusses the challenges of building his award-winning Passivhaus with an atypical form. Interview with John Fenwick It was around eight years ago that John and Jeanette Fenwick sold their house in order to retire to the West Highlands of Scotland. The idea for a self build only came about when they couldn't […]
Architects designing a single bungalow in Norfolk to Passivhaus standards specified H+H’s Celcon Block Standard Grade for the internal leaf and external leaf to the timber boarded elevations on the structure. H+H products were selected due to delivery time, speed of construction, stability and thermal mass. 140m2 of aircrete blocks were supplied
A tour of Stace Burt and Kenny Pomare's family home/ bush retreat in the leafy Melbourne suburb, designed by architect Alistair Knox.