Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Called Timms Bach, a summer beach shelter on Kaitoke Beach was makes summer simplicity seem enviably easy to achieve. This is the latest completed projects of Herbst Architects that’s built on small and narrow site in Great Barrier Island off Auckland New Zealand. This Cool Shelter is built for occupation during summer months on Kaitoke [...]
Tags: architects Lance and Nicola Herbst, Auckland New Zealand, beachfront residences, beautiful bach, covered living deck, floors Tasmanian oak, gabion wall, Great Barrier Island, Herbst Architects, Kaitoke Beach, masters of the perfectly pitched bach, occupation during summer months, pine plywood-and-batten exterior, Retractable screen walls, sheltered outdoor room, summer beach shelter, timber and polycarbonate screens, Timms Bach, tongueand-groove macrocarpa
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
Situated on a long, narrow, rocky hillside, near the town of Winthrop Washington, this sustainable House is designed by David Coleman Architecture. Constructed with a 20’ wide x 115’ long stepped platform, this Hill House is a shelter formed by the roof and east wall, and several gabion stone walls. The building reads and lives [...]
Tags: BIBS insulation, building’s excavations, David Coleman Architecture, encouraging natural ventilation, evaporative cooling, gabion stone walls, generous in summer, glass wall house, habitable landscape, light-framed, modern structure house, modest and efficient in winter, oversized wall and ceiling cavities, Recycled steel, rocky hillside house, seasonally expansive structure, shelter formed house, solar chimney effect, sustainable building, sustainable house, Sustainable materials, sustainably harvested wood, wood platform, wood stove/fire pit
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