
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.
Contemporary and conventional hotel by Kengo Kuma & Associates
Although many uses of wood in the interior to create a spa atmosphere, this is truly a mixing structure between contemporary and conventional. You’ll never get used to surprise the six designs evolved with an amazing restaurant that collaborate luxury and privacy to a new level. Designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates, The Opposite House Hotel is curled up in Beijing, China with a beautiful 98-room penthouse unique and extraordinary lie on two floors of the building. With a striking emerald glass exterior, this hotel is to adopt an open design which utilize the abundant natural light and evoke a sense of spacious loft living.