Shaft House funnels sunshine into the heart of the home in Toronto, Canada

Designed by Urbanline studio [ALI MALEK-ZADEH] & atelier rzlbd [REZA ALIABADI], Shaft House funnels sunshine into the heart of the home is located in Toronto, Canada. Shaft House attains the objective of creating an economically efficient, sustainable and responsive housing design through function and innovation. The structure of the house revolves around a central shaft, which is open to all levels... 

Tags: Canada, Culture, Film, Folklore, Mass media, Reza, REZA ALIABADI, Shaft, steel, Toronto, Underground mine ventilation, Urbanline studio, vernacular architecture

Boxhead house design for art and furniture showcase in Berryville, United States

Located in Berryville, United States, Boxhead house design for art and furniture showcase was designed by Carter+Burton Architecture, PLC. Design: The ‘boxes within boxes’ design features an economy of scale strategy where the largest volume leaves structural insulation panels uncovered, and as each box gets smaller it fits into another. Inspired by local agrarian language, traditional... 

Tags: Architecture, Berryville, building materials, Carter+Burton Architecture PLC, Construction, Decorative arts, Furniture, Metal siding, Siding, Stucco, United States, vernacular architecture, Visual arts

House of wood & steel in Ranón, Asturias, Spain

Located in Ranón, Asturias, Spain, House of wood & steel was designed by ecosistema urbano arquitectos. Contemporary revision of models of vernacular architecture (granary and terrace, use of wood in structure and closing). Combination and reinterpretation of formal and constructive typologies of traditional architecture of northern Spain. Establishment which adapts to climate conditions and which... 

Tags: Asturias, Environment, Folklore, Geography, Spain, steel, vernacular architecture, Wood

Great Bow Yard in Langport, Somerset, United Kingdom

The Great Bow Yard designed by Stride Treglown is located in Langport, Somerset, United Kingdom.  A winning competition entry on a unique, beautiful riverside location in Langport, Somerset has given Stride Treglown the opportunity to design two types of low energy housing, both in terrace form with differing orientations making the most of a natural site. Externally the new homes use traditional... 

Tags: Counties of England, Engineering, Geography of England, Heating ventilating and air conditioning, insulated lightweight solution, Langport, low energy housing, Mechanical engineering, natural site, Passive solar building design, Somerset, Somerset Levels, South Somerset, Terraced house, Thermal mass, thermal mass solution, United Kingdom, vernacular architecture, Villages in Somerset

Dwelling, Rustic architectural in Avila, Spain

Designed by A-cero, Dwelling, Rustic architectural is located in Avila, Spain. A-cero’s new project in Avila is a dwelling of generous proportions developed over a single storey to facilitate the indoor-outdoor connection and make the most of the environment in which it stands. Surrounded by meadows, tree groves, chestnut, pine and oak trees and wildlife inhabited by stags, wild boar and roe deer,... 

Tags: Architecture, Ávila, Courtyard, Environment, Golden ratio, Proportion, Spain, vernacular architecture