
Modular home designs by Michelle Kauffman
This house combines truly impressive list of green elements like: green living roof, solar power (100% powered by solar), rain and groundwater catchment system, a gray water system, FSC certified wood for framing, SIP wall assembly, foam open cell insulation by Icynene, Noritz on-demand water heater, folding glass door walls by Nanawall, bamboo flooring, no-VOC paints by Yolo, LED lighting throughout, interior sliding door panels EcoResin by 3form, Energy Star appliances, countertops by Concreteworks , FSC-certified cabinets over Roseburg Skyblend particles, flooring and recycled glass wall tiles by Terra Green, and water efficient appliances by Kohler. mkLotus is the latest modular home designs by Michelle Kauffman. This project will be built by ExtremeHomes, and mkLotus Showhouse will be for West Coast Green in San Francisco from September 20 to 22, 2007. mkLotus is the correct definition for a green house.
The White House in Norway from JVA
Living room home runs between the morning light between the pines toward the east, and west of the Oslo fjord horizon. The house is covered with a painted wooden panels, outside and inside. The walls and ceilings on the first floor is finished in oak, while the floors and walls of exposed concrete floor cast on site. White House by JVA (Jarmund / U.S. Vigsnæs Arkitekter MNAL) is located in Strand, Norway and is defined by clean lines, white wooden panels, oak ceiling, and concrete floors. Located on the outskirts of town atmosphere dense enough, the house turns dynamic stopover between privacy and open to the corner of sight.
Ygne Summer House in Sweden by Sandellsandberg
The main guest room has a strong material changes from the living room has a strong material changes from interior to exterior. Using a rich palette of exterior materials Chinese tung oiled pine siding and decking, green painted walls and cast-ten steel details, where, the interior uses a pale palette of white painted walls, white washed pine floors, concrete fireplaces, and limestone. Ygne summer house if situated on the island of Gotland, one of Swedens summer vacation spot of the most popular and designed by Sandellsandberg. Design ambition to build a house that will recess into the natural environment. Floor to ceiling windows wrap the house from the facade into the inner courtyard, allowing heavily wooded exterior to become part of the interior landscape.