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Architect: John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects
Project Team: John Friedman (principal designer), Alice Kimm, John Martin, Leigh Christy, Pauline Shu
Client: Craig Ehrlich
Contractor: Anthony Bonomo
Photography: Benny Chan, Fotoworks
Floor Area: 3995 SF
Construction Cost: $1.1 million
Completion: July 2004
This 3,900 square foot house in Santa Monica tests the hypothesis that it is not necessary to sacrifice beauty for sustainability - [...]

This Earth houses living space is a project designed by Peter Vetsch and are based on the interpretation of an environmentally conscious, ecological and progressive architecture. The pictures from this post are with a house named Earth House Estate Lättenstrasse, that is located in Dietikon, Switzerland.

Compared to traditional residential houses built on the ground, [...]

Berg Design Architects was founded in 2001 and offers gorgeous sustainable solutions to residential projects. Their Old Stone Highway house was designed by John Berg as a “Single Family Residence with Environmentally Low Impact Building Technology”. Their design have uncompromising approach to housing that is luxurious, super green, and chock full of mid-century charm.
Architect: Berg [...]

Architect: Jonathan Feldman AIA, Feldman Architecture, LLP
Project team: Yat Sun Ng & Tom McElroy
Project: Vacation Home / “Family Compound”
Location: Santa Lucia Preserve, Carmel Valley, CA
Engineer: Mike Hicks, Fulcrum
Completed: September, 2004
House Size: 270 m2
Garage: 50 m2
Lot Size: 49 Acres, of which 47 Acres are protected by an environmental easement
Photos: Paul Dyer

“Located in Carmel’s Santa Lucia mountains, [...]

The miniHome SOLO SE is the world’s first ecological, self-contained, modular housing solution. Classed as a travel-trailer (CSA Z-240RV), on wheels and featuring a detachable hitch, the miniHome can be towed to any site and requires no foundation or infrastructure hook-ups1. Designed and built in Canada for year round living, the miniHome’s robust construction [...]