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Cedar Haven is a Forest Retreat Made with Reclaimed Logs

Cedar Haven is a Forest Retreat Made with Reclaimed Logs

Cedar Haven is a forest retreat inspired by the cedar trees and tranquility of its surrounding area. Following the specifications of the homeowners who wanted an escape that would fit amicably on a site

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Pixelated Japanese House Plays With Light

Pixelated Japanese House Plays With Light

The home by Japan-based StudioGreenBlue takes a simple and elegant approach to what is a common issue in Japan — building on a small lot in a dense city. The Kumagaya Saitama S-House in Fukaya City

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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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SolTech’s Gorgeous Glass Tiles Heat Your Home With Solar Energy

SolTech’s Gorgeous Glass Tiles Heat Your Home With Solar Energy

Alternative energy is known to be a lot of things – cutting edge, earth-friendly and forward thinking – but sadly looking pretty isn’t one of them. Well SolTech is changing all that with

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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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Lake Tahoe House Takes Little Away from the Environment

Lake Tahoe House Takes Little Away from the Environment

Building site-sensitive structures in destinations such as Lake Tahoe requires special care when it comes to preserving the local environment. Taking this approach to heart, the architects at Turnbull

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LEED Platinum House With a Brilliant Modernist Design

LEED Platinum House With a Brilliant Modernist Design

LEED Platinum certification and a modernist appeal make this house a prime example of how sustainable design can be so potent. The OS House was featured in the New York Times for its capricious façade

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Dwelle’s Super Minimalist Prefabs Make Small Living Swell

Dwelle’s Super Minimalist Prefabs Make Small Living Swell

UK-based Dwelle has unveiled a brilliant set of prefabs that illustrate how small living is the new way to live big. With a tiny footprint (the bigger of the two is 253 sq. feet), understated modern

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Cheeky Light Bulb Candle Trades Watts for Wax

Cheeky Light Bulb Candle Trades Watts for Wax

Looking for a clever and low-impact gift for your favorite greenie? Check out this cheeky “light bulb” candle by Harry Allen and Areaware! They’ve taken this old-fashioned

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Geometric Solar Home Cuts Energy Usage in Half

Geometric Solar Home Cuts Energy Usage in Half

This modern home built in Wisconsin by designer Shane Black uses solar thermal panels to heat a bed of sand beneath the house, keeping the interior temperature comfortable throughout the year. Combined

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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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Backyard House: Affordable Modern Eco Home Rises in Seattle

Backyard House: Affordable Modern Eco Home Rises in Seattle

Located in Seattle, the Backyard House by SHED Architecture & Design takes its name from the site it sits on — the subdivided backyard of an existing single family house. The project’s

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