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Halls Ridge Knoll Guest House Sets High Standards for 2013 AIA Housing Awards

 

Designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the Halls Ridge Knoll Guest House has won the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Housing Award in the One and Two Family Custom category.

With details of glass, timber, and stone that is responsive to the surrounding hillside, this guesthouse is one element in a vacation retreat that is located on a former cattle ranch in the Santa Lucia Preserve near Carmel, California. Additional structures on the retreat include the main residence and a workshop.

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By |August 12th, 2013|Passive House|2 Comments
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Modern Seaweed House Revives Tradition of Seaweed-Thatched Roofs

Designed by Danish architect Tegnestuen Vandkunsten for client Realdania Byg, The Modern Seaweed House features the use of seaweed in thatch-like layers on the roof in a manner that has become a disappearing tradition on the Danish island of Læsø, where only twenty such historical houses remain.

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By |August 6th, 2013|Green Roof|0 Comments
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SOAK in a Pop-Up Spa Repurposed from Reclaimed Shipping Containers

San Francisco startup, SOAK, inspired by Amsterdam saunas and dubbed, “an urban bathhouse for healthy hedonists,” has turned shipping containers into a spa that can be transported to any urban location.

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By |August 3rd, 2013|Container Design|1 Comment
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Xero Flor America Green Roof Named in GreenRoofs.com Project of the Week

GreenRoofs.com, a website that regularly posts information about new construction and renovation projects that include a green roof or rooftop garden, has featured in their Project of the Week the renovation of the headquarters of Xero Flor America (XFA), the official and exclusive U.S. distributor for the Xero Flor Green Roof System.

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By |July 26th, 2013|Green Roof|2 Comments
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Green Roof on Children’s Hospital Contributes to LEED Potential

Three green roofs can be seen from many of the patients’ rooms at the new Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital that was dedicated last November. A 6,000 square foot terrace green roof, with a deck that is accessible only to patients and families, utilizes the LiveRoof® Hybrid Green Roof System, a modular green roof system.

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By |July 24th, 2013|Green Roof|2 Comments
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GreenRock Permeable Pavement Showcased at VISION House Los Angeles

Recently, Green Builder Media released a video of its president, Ron Jones, being shown the permeable pavement solution from GreenRock as demonstrated by Mark Sapiro, Co-CEO of Structure Home at VISION House Los Angeles.

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By |July 21st, 2013|Landscape|0 Comments
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