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Cob Cottage Company. Home Plans HOMEPW02349 - 4,600 Square Feet, 4 Bedroom 3 Bathroom Contemporary Home with 2 Garage Bays. Building your own home is quite possibly the most exciting and rewarding endeavor for anyone to undertake.

Home Plans HOMEPW02349 - 4,600 Square Feet, 4 Bedroom 3 Bathroom Contemporary Home with 2 Garage Bays

And it all starts with the perfect home design. We are here to help ensure that you get off to a perfect start! Here’s why. We’ll Save You Money Using pre-drawn homes plans is the most cost-effective way to professionally design a home. Fascinating Underground Homes. Extraordinary Off-Grid Hobbit Home in Wales Only Cost £3,000 to Build Simondale Hobbit House – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World. Earthship Biotecture Green Buildings.

A Low Impact Woodland Home - Hobbit Style. Credit to Simon Dale published under a creative commons license Taking care of the environment has always been an interest of mine, especially when it comes to the different options we have with the housing of the future.

A Low Impact Woodland Home - Hobbit Style

To put it bluntly humans are very wasteful when it comes to buildings and we often use materials wastefully and the buildings are often designed for looks and not functionality. Before you jump on me here, im not saying houses dont have to look cool - but they must do it while being as self sufficient and with maximum regard for the environment. For example this little gem I stumbled upon here. This is a house built in Wales by Simon Dale and his father in law. Simon points out on his site that he is not a carpenter and claims this building is accessible to anyone. If you are interested in learning more about the house click through to Simon site all about it here. 2. Hobbit Houses: 15 Grassy Hill-Shaped Dwellings. “In a hole in a ground lived a hobbit.

Hobbit Houses: 15 Grassy Hill-Shaped Dwellings

Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing to sit on or eat: It was a hobbit hole and that means comfort.” This line by J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the beloved The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fantasy novels, has inspired hundreds of copycat underground hobbit homes around the world – and is itself inspired by ancient Viking hill houses.

These 15 green-roofed dwellings that take a page right out of Tolkien’s books come in all sizes for all kinds of functions, from hotels in New Zealand to backyard playhouses and vintage underground hill-dug duplexes. Villa Amanzi by Adrian McCarroll, Waiman Cheung, Jamie Jamieson. Imaginative Architecture in Natural Seclusion This swanky villa has got it goin’ on.

Villa Amanzi by Adrian McCarroll, Waiman Cheung, Jamie Jamieson

Located in Phuket, Thailand, Villa Amanzi combines the best of contemporary design and ultra modern architecture to create a sublime cliffside sanctuary. Built into the granite rock face, Amanzi features panoramic views of the Andaman Sea, an open-plan living area that stretches from the garden entrance to to the infinity pool, and even it’s own mountain stream. This is where modern design meets natural beauty. Looks like good Triangulo House by Ecostudio Architects. Bates Masi Architects – Award Winning Modern Architect, Hamptons, New York - Portfolio. Profile Bates Masi + Architects LLC, a full-service architectural firm with roots in New York City and the East End of Long Island for over 50 years, responds to each project with extensive research in related architectural fields, material, craft and environment for unique solutions as varied as the individuals or groups for whom they are designed.

Bates Masi Architects – Award Winning Modern Architect, Hamptons, New York - Portfolio

The focus is neither the size nor the type of project but the opportunity to enrich lives and enhance the environment. The attention to all elements of design has been a constant in the firm’s philosophy. Projects include urban and suburban residences, schools, offices, hotels, restaurants, retail and furniture in the United States, Central America and the Caribbean. The firm has received 94 design awards since 2003 and has been featured in national and international publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Metropolitan Home, and Dwell. Sky Garden House - Architecture Linked - Architect &Architectural Social... - StumbleUpon.

I think one of the reasons that many are skeptical about environmental design is because they think its terribly complex and costly.

Sky Garden House - Architecture Linked - Architect &Architectural Social... - StumbleUpon

It does take a bit more effort on the front end, but it's definitely not rocket science. This architecture by Guz Architects is a wonderfully developed minimalistic design with a curvilinear flare that really brings out the organic coverings. I'm most impressed with how design facilitates the needs of the plants and shrubs located throughout the house. Looks like good Triangulo House by Ecostudio Architects. Art in the Park - Social Art Benches. Art and Architecture combine to create a kindergarten Ecole Maternelle Pajol - Paris - Waterfox. Mostra Black Flat Art Interior Design by Guilherme Torres. Natural Pools or Swimming Ponds.

Natural Pools or Natural Swimming Ponds (NSPs) Let nature clean the water...

Natural Pools or Swimming Ponds

Chemical-free water garden and swimming pool. Inspiration Green Home. 50 Most Strange and Unusual Buildings arround the World. The world is full of beautiful strange and fantastic buildings that are the examples of amazing architecture.

50 Most Strange and Unusual Buildings arround the World

Architecture Photography brings this beauty to the world, and for this reason, architectural photography is as thrilling as it is heartwarming. In this roundup, we have compiled an amazing collection of some bizarre yet interesting buildings that are reflected through architectural photography. Enjoy!