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Green architecture – Williams-York Residence

By Damir Beciri
31 October 2012

williams-york-residence-1The Williams-York family lived in their ranch style home for 28 years before they decided to build their modern dream home with both passive and active solutions to increase its sustainability. The new Williams-York Residence in Leawood, Kansas has recently been awarded with LEED Platinum certification, the highest certification level from LEED for Homes by… »

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Green architecture – Beachaus II, White Rock

By Damir Beciri
12 August 2012

beachaus-ii-white-rock-1Beachaus II is among the first independently certified sustainable homes built in the White Rock/South Surrey area which received LEED Platinum certificate from the Canadian Green Building Council (CAGBC) LEED program. The home has been carefully planned from the ground up, and it was inspected and verified through every stage of planning and construction to… »

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Green architecture – 2012 New American Home

By Damir Beciri
3 Comments21 March 2012

2012-new-american-home-1The New American Home (TNAH) has a tradition of Now in its 29th years where a showcase home is constructed in cooperation with the NAHB International Builders’ Show to exhibit innovative building technologies and the latest building products. This year’s New American Home represents a re-interpretation of the Classic White Box of the 60′s and… »

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Team Maryland WaterShed wins the Solar Decathlon 2011 (part 1)

By Damir Beciri
3 Comments3 October 2011

team-maryland-watershed-1U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 ended last weekend and the team coming from the University of Maryland which dominated most of the categories and won the overall first place with their WaterShed house. The team also won the second place after the Middlebury College in the final juried contest – Market Appeal –… »

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Green architecture – Shavano Park House

By Damir Beciri
10 June 2010

shavano-park-house-in-texas-by-mckinney-york-architects-1In this article we’re going to write about a beautiful modern house which has (some of the planned) sustainable features. The Shavano Park House is a modern structure that is suitable for displaying art-glass collection. We emphasized that only some of the planned sustainable features were incorporated, since the designers from McKinney York Architects, had… »

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Green architecture – Hillside House, Marin County, California

By Damir Beciri
4 Comments18 April 2010

hillside-house-1Placed in the hills of Mill Valley, California, this custom home is the first LEED for Homes certified house in Marin County, and the second LEED Platinum house in Northern California. This home is a statement of what is possible when high design and high sustainability are combined. The house constructed at the 131 Hillside… »