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The Greenest Building...
The Greenest Building…
by Jennifer Berry
…is the one that’s already built, according to the Trust for Architectural Easements (TAE), one of the largest preservation easement holding organizations in the nation. The organization protects over 800 historical buildings in the U.S. The “greenest building” concept was first described in these terms by Carl Elefante.
But what does this concept mean? Aren’t new green buildings the way of the future?
According to TAE, “The Pew Center on Global Climate Change estimates that 43 percent of carbon emissions in the United States are attributable to energy used in residential, commercial and industrial buildings, making the building sector the largest source of greenhouse gases in America. This figure does not even include the energy required to build new structures or to demolish established structures.”
by Jennifer Berry
…is the one that’s already built, according to the Trust for Architectural Easements (TAE), one of the largest preservation easement holding organizations in the nation. The organization protects over 800 historical buildings in the U.S. The “greenest building” concept was first described in these terms by Carl Elefante.
But what does this concept mean? Aren’t new green buildings the way of the future?
According to TAE, “The Pew Center on Global Climate Change estimates that 43 percent of carbon emissions in the United States are attributable to energy used in residential, commercial and industrial buildings, making the building sector the largest source of greenhouse gases in America. This figure does not even include the energy required to build new structures or to demolish established structures.”
MORIYAMA HOUSE - RYUE NISHIZAWA
All Photographs by Norimichi Kasamatsu. They appeared in Domus 888, p36-49
Link to www.gravestmor.com article
Diary of a prefab_Tuscon,AZ
"Dusk is when it really glows," says Aaron Jones of his jewel-like 625 square-foot
Link to Sunset.com article
“Square Feat,” the myths and realities surrounding affordable housing
"We want so bad to believe that we can have it all—a cool design with lots of space, for not a lot of money. But we can’t have it all. Size, quality, low cost: we can only have two of the three. Anyone that tells you differently is a clownish boob..." So, if you’re one of the thousands of everyday folks that doesn’t have a ton of dough, but still wants a cool house to live in, start by thinking hard about how big a house you actually, truly, absolutely, definitely need. (Think small. Small is huge. Small is good—it costs less than big.)Square Feat: Affordable Feet
PACO....
PACO is...
Box of 3m x 3m x 3m cube.And the roof open.
It has theminimum equipments to live in spite of all its size.
We produced it as a conceptual model to imagine a new life style.
http://www.sschemata.com/english/works/
Gianni Botsford Architects_private house in Notting Hill, London
The proposal is to demolish an existing bungalow built in the back garden of a Notting Hill villa in the 1960’s and to replace it with a new dwelling- a three bedroom house on ground and basement floors. The house is proposed as a pavilion sited within a verdant garden and is directly related to the complex site and its surroundings as an exciting, innovative building which captures sunlight, retains viewing corridors, sits harmoniously within its setting and creates spacious open plan living.
Gianni Botsford Architects link
Gianni Botsford's Notting Hill garden house bdonline link
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