An architect-turned-falconer considers animals and nature when designing his own home. Overlooking the Hudson River, Allan Shope’s nearly 3,000-square-foot sustainable home features handmade furniture and an undulating floor, all crafted from the site’s felled black walnut trees. Shope and his wife carefully designed an eco-friendly landscape: For instance, they did not fell any tree with...
Sustainable Oceanfront Cabin On Volcanic Mountainside
Seascape Retreat is located within a small cove on the northern shore of two Miocene Shield volcanoes in New Zealand. Designed by Pattersons Associates, the small oceanfront cabin is built using locally quarried stone, cast in place concrete floors and ceilings and has a thick roof covered in the surrounding vegetation which makes it all...
Pure and Clean Modern Dream House Designed With Sustainable Principles
This house is located in Dionyssos in the prefecture of Attica, Greece. It’s a great example of pure, clean, and modern residential architecture designed by architect Nikos Koukourakis and his associates. There isn’t anything unnecessary in its flat surfaces and color theme. The house is very well connected with a flat garden with big openings...