Ga.o House not only brings home and workspace together under one roof, but is also a great example of passive architecture.

a poor window frame; or a steel beam that penetrates an exterior wall.” The delivery of filtered fresh air with heat recovery helps make passive house buildings havens of clean air and energy ...

Interested in a holistic approach to environmental architecture, their brief was that the house should fit ... The new oak frame and the reused steel frame are offset relative to each other ...

"The new house works within this arrangement, glazed to the south for passive gains to the ... combining a prefabricated oak frame, 90 per cent of the old steel frame from the cow shed ...

Perched upon a mountain a short drive away from Seattle, Washington, the Cantilever House combines a small-scale commercial steel frame with stunning modern styling. According to Anderson Anderson ...

While it is powered by its own solar panels, the new passive house ... behind its wooden frame. Six inches of foam also support the roof, which features custom copper and steel panels that will ...

Chasen, an architect who designed the house, said the home he built “for a dear friend” boasts several fire-proofing features. Several of these follow the principles of passive home design.

A mono-pitched roof and exposed steel frame give an industrial character to the Binh Thuan House in Phan Thiet, Vietnam, designed by local architect MIA Design Studio. Conceived as a stripped-back ...

Along with the protection from fire, steel frame houses are also less susceptible to damage from earthquakes, high winds or flooding." Steel-frame homes are also less likely to be infested with ...

Last week I went to the Rocky Mountains to see a steel frame prefab home that had recently been delivered. The home was built with an open floor plan and it was designed to take advantage of the ...

A Japanese steel frame house in Tamatsukuri, Osaka, has received a minimalist facelift, courtesy of Reiichi Ikeda Design. The single family Japanese house's redesign not only affords it a striking new ...