Sustainable architecture / Tag

Located in Waalwijk, Netherlands, the Houten Huis is a family house designed in 2024 by studio] [space architecten. The architecture makes use of robust wooden walls, floors, and roof panels, showcasing cross-laminated timber’s sustainability and aesthetic appeal. Combining a compact footprint with smart solutions, the home balances functionality and beauty while promoting an eco-friendly lifestyle, with the cemented outer facade complementing its iconic form beside a body of water.

Casa Loredo is a single-family house in Madrid, Spain, designed by ZOOCO Estudio in 2024. The design features an L-shaped floor plan, overhanging eaves, and sheltered courtyards, blending contemporary needs with the traditional architecture of the region.

Set within a meander of the Allyn River on Barrington Tops in Allynbrook, Australia, Earth by The River is a house designed by Luigi Rosselli Architects in 2024. The design features distinct extensions linked by open-sided verandas that incorporate solid rammed earth construction, promoting sustainability and low embodied carbon.

Hidden stone house is located in Quito, Ecuador, designed in 2021 by A1 Arquitectura Avanzada. This house employs Biomimetic Architecture, a line of advanced architecture that seeks to find sustainable solutions by analyzing nature. It incorporates a symbiotic architecture strategy that integrates with the environment, producing harmony and balance with the surrounding nature and architecture, generating unique sensory perceptions and spatial relationships.

Set in the picturesque town of Wānaka, this house embodies simplicity and warmth, drawing inspiration from the rugged charm of mountain huts while maintaining a refined aesthetic. Designed to accommodate multiple families during holidays, the home offers comfortable, sunlit spaces that promote relaxation and tranquillity, ensuring a memorable stay for residents and guests alike.

Freja House, located in Whitefish, Montana, was designed by Love Schack Architecture and completed in 2024. This house, inspired by Scandinavian design, features minimal interiors, a long north-south orientation and an electric sauna, as well as utilising innovations such as energy recovery ventilation to promote energy efficiency.

Danish design brand Vipp travels to the Southern Hemisphere for the brand’s newest guesthouse. Cantilevered over a sloping hill on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, the architecturally daring and sustainably designed Vipp Tunnel by Hobart-based studio, Room11 Architects, balances beauty and brutalism. This ground up property becomes a unique refuge that marries art, design, and nature, featuring a series of outdoor sculptures by renowned Danish artist Lin Utzon.

Simmerhûs on the Dutch island of Terschelling is a special assignment for Team V: designing a sustainable island holiday home that is both distinctive and characteristic of its surroundings. The house is sustainably built and features a playful minimalist interior inspired partly by Japanese aesthetics and functionality, yet with an adventurous twist characteristic of design duo Kranen/Gille.