Sustainable – Efficient – Logical – Adaptable – Buildable
The clients demolished a 100 year old residence to make way for a new, modern, highly efficient and spacious retirement house. A major benefit of this was the 'harvest' of materials including timber, bricks and granite slabs which feature strongly in the new design. The brief called for very strong garden connection, great solar access…
A simple to build, hempcrete house in a pleasant rural valley. The owners are transitioning to a small-farm permaculture-based lifestyle and wanted a comfortable, natural house they could build themselves. Expansive views to the West are taken in whilst controlling summer heat with vine covered pergola and large verandah on that side.
This 'passive house' inspired new build uses very strict passive solar design to achieve outstanding thermal performance. The client brief asked for a minimum 8.0 star easy-living adaptable retirement house, with plenty of garden space on a 700m2 block in town. We reached 8.4 stars (in a cold climate) using additional insulation and strong passive…
Eco:Logical Building Design 