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Fallen Maples Home Makes Use of Felled Trees For Interior Touches

Fallen Maples Home Makes Use of Felled Trees For Interior Touches

Dubbed Fallen Maples, this custom home was designed to blend in harmoniously with the heavily wooded two-acre lot it sits on in the Cascade Mountain foothills east of Seattle. The house has several cool

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Smak Unveils 2 Shipping Container Condos in British Columbia

Smak Unveils 2 Shipping Container Condos in British Columbia

PR agency Smak recently developed an advertising campaign for Power Smart Month in British Columbia, Canada that features two green shipping container condos plopped down in the middle of the city. Both

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Hometta Unveils Modern Gingerbread Wedge House

Hometta Unveils Modern Gingerbread Wedge House

Christmas is almost here and for you procrastinators our there who had your hearts set on making modern eco gingerbread homes, but have run out of time – there is still hope. Hometta just unveiled

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Edge Homes: Low Energy Eco Houses for Sale in UK

Edge Homes: Low Energy Eco Houses for Sale in UK

UK-based Boutique Caravans recently completed construction on their first low-energy ‘Edge’ home on a new exclusive holiday park in Rock, Cornwall, England. The Edge is unlike any other

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Noble Home: An Affordable Eco-Friendly House Kit

Noble Home: An Affordable Eco-Friendly House Kit

Affordable housing projects often rely upon unhealthy materials and inferior workmanship to help keep costs down. Not the Noble Home. It’s an eco-friendly house kit that’s simple enough that

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Carbon Neutral Home Breaks Ground in Cairn Valley, Scotland

Carbon Neutral Home Breaks Ground in Cairn Valley, Scotland

This green-roofed carbon neutral home designed by Mark Waghorn Architects will begin construction in Cairn Valley, Scotland this month. The design was inspired by the sloping natural landscape of the

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Beautiful Rammed Earth Home Celebrates Colorado Environment

Beautiful Rammed Earth Home Celebrates Colorado Environment

Michael and Lisa Eddy dreamt of living in a home that was designed to showcase their love of nature and appreciation for the environment around them in Colorado. Designed by JCL Architecture, their

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R House is a Sustainable and Affordable Passive Residence

R House is a Sustainable and Affordable Passive Residence

R-House, designed by Della Valle Bernheimer and Architecture Research Office, is a cozy looking home that meets Passive House standards for energy efficiency and serves as a model for sustainable and

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The EC* Cocoon is a Bubble Shaped Low Energy Geodesic Home

The EC* Cocoon is a Bubble Shaped Low Energy Geodesic Home

At Inhabitat, we’re big fans of architects that take cues from nature, so we were stoked when we spied these bubbly, cocoon inspired homes over at ArchDaily. Designed by Cyril-Emmanuel Issanchou,

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Zero Energy Casita in Texas Opens to the Public Today!

Zero Energy Casita in Texas Opens to the Public Today!

Green building is making big strides in Texas as evidenced by this cute little zero-energy home in Fort Worth, which opens for public tours today. The Zero Energy Casita, erected by the award winning

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Self-Sufficient Eco House Reuses 95% of Existing Building Materials

Self-Sufficient Eco House Reuses 95% of Existing Building Materials

Let’s say that you found yourself in a possession of a lovely site with an old and dilapidated house. What is the green thing to do? Well, the Riddel Architecture team of David Gole and Emma Scragg

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