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This cottage designed and built in the vernacular of a Pennsylvania Farmhouse is 100% solar. A 4.2kW solar electric system (concealed on dormer roof), radiant floors heated with solar hot water, passive solar design applications for heating, cooling and daylighting, make this home, tight and quiet. Fresh air intakes, light tubes, partially earth sheltered and with a high performance building shell:(sips panels, double framed walls, closed cell soy and cellulose insulation, airsealing etc.), interspersed with salvaged/antique materials and timber-framing, add to the patina of the 1700's. Open and communicative interiors with good traffic patterns and livability are anchored to the pastoral site this guest cottage stands firmly planted on as a net energy exporter.
The sum is a Common Sense simplicity in a high performance reproduction home.
P.S. Working with clients that allow us this expression in our work is a wonderful experience. The interior design, including the kitchen, bathrooms and flooring selection, was done by the owner who is a professional Interior Decorator in the Boyertown area. kitchen
SeARCH and CMA collaborated to create Villa Vals, a holiday retreat dug in to the alpine slopes of Vals in Switzerland, a town of 1,000 made notable by Peter Zumthor’s nearby Therme Vals spa.
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Here we’ll see how architects have responded to various challenges arising from building in sensitive landscapes and/or climatically harsh environments. Villa Vals, Switzerland (2008), Christian Muller Architects and SeArch Villa Vals is a modern take on the subterranean dwellings of old. Due to the particular sensitivity of the site, which is adjacent to the extraordinary Therme Vals by Peter Zumthor, the architects chose to bury the house deep into a steep hillside, leaving the surrounding nat - skylightssolar20
This exquisite 2011 home, built by Siemering, spares no attention to detail. From slight eclectic Spanish/Morrocan influences to a deep woods cabinesque retreat. From fixtures to archways. Shelving to landscaping. This custom Texas Hill Country house feels like home.
Tranquil back yard glass conservatory
Michael O'Callahan Photography
He and his wife kept an eye on them as well as they were able until the two older boys went away to school, but in huge establishments this is difficult—it was much simpler in the series of small and medium sized houses in which my own youth was spent—I was never far out of reach of my mother’s voice, of the sense of her presence, her approval or disapproval.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Rich Boy
The America of the 1920’s was a place of great optimism. Wealth and abundance prevailed. The automobile allowed families an opportunity to live away from the city centers in a home of their own. Life was getting better and the future was bright and easy.
The new suburban home, of which this was an example, reflected this optimism and ease. In plan, the spatial arrangement is uncomplicated. Three rooms on the 1st floor and three on the 2nd. The small and efficient kitchen was used to cook meals and clean dishes. In the pre-television days, taking meals in the dining room was where and when the family came together.
The exterior form of the home also spoke to the era’s optimism. The steep gable and tall chimney point skyward to tell us that the future is boundless. The steep roof pitch becomes a gentle curve as it nears the ground speaks of comfort and repose. The porch area extends the dining and living room spaces into the yard, where our eye is focused on the bull's-eye lattice screen.
Our addition to this home uses this language while adding much needed space and providing stronger connections between inside and outside.
This project was featured in Better Homes & Gardens. You can see more pictures of this home at http://tinyurl.com/3s2nm5r
Photography by Mike Kaskel.
Connect Homes 5.2 Sonoma unit
photography by Joe Fletcher
This tiny house sleeps 5, it also has hot running water, full shower and loo, kitchenette. It is an example of one of our little houses we have available as a rental through AirBnB. https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/2973920
It is pictured where it sits in Jamaica, Vermont.
This "Home Office" design is available as cabin kits or as a fully assembled mini home.
Any of our buildings can be customized to fit all of your needs. We offer insulation, plumbing and electrical packages; alternative choices for roofing, siding, flooring, windows, and doors; and other custom options such as built-in storage, decorative arches, cupolas, painting, staining, and flower boxes. Take a look at what we have to offer on our Options Pricing page or give our design team a call for a quote.
Santa Cruz, CA - This custom architectural garage door and gate project in the Northern California area was designed in a Spanish Colonial style and crafted by hand to capture that charming appeal of old world door craftsmanship found throughout Europe. The custom home was exquisitely built without sparing a single detail that would engulf the Spanish Colonial authentic architectural design. Beautiful, hand-selected terracotta roof tiles and white plastered walls just like in historical homes in Colonial Spain were used for this home construction, not to mention the wooden beam detailing particularly on the bay window above the garage. All these authentic Spanish Colonial architectural elements made this home the perfect backdrop for our custom Spanish Colonial Garage Doors and Gates.
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