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Hidden House by Standard : Best Sample of Sustainable Modern Architecture

Category: Architecture

Tags: h shaped house, modern house design, sustainable house design

In view of the recent economic downturn, Jeffrey Allsbrook, Standard Principal and Co-Founder explains, Hidden House is the perfect example of how incorporating an existing structure can actually be the key to a successful new design.

Standard took on a challenging task when a young family asks for their help to build a new home with plenty of land for their children to grow up on. The family purchased the chosen site even though there was an already existing structure. Constrained to a strict budget, Standard managed to salvage and re-use 75 percent of the structure and existing materials.

What used to be 1,600 square-foot two-bedroom cottage becomes the living and dining spaces for Hidden House, now a 3,500 square-foot 3-bedroom plus office family home. Standard re-skinned everything� to create a new cohesive design incorporating an added kitchen, family room, office, garage, master bedroom suite and children's bedroom that is carefully arranged around the original floor plan in an irregular H-shape pattern. Using inspiration from its site, Hidden House is arranged around two main courtyards completed with native plants and vegetables and pivoting doors in the main living spaces open up onto the courtyards providing expansive views of California paradise. Architect:standard

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Aljosa Dekleva and Tina Gregoric - Very Small House Design

Category: Featured

Tags: extra small house, small house design, very small house

Designed by Aljosa Dekleva, Tina Gregoric the house situated in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This house has only 43 square meters (sqm) area with a two story consist of a living room, kitchen and dining room combo, bathroom and two bedroom on the second floor. The staircase design is look very interesting, a tiny aluminum staircase selected to save the space, excellent staircase design for very small house like this. Since the house faces north, it was a challenge to bring the direct and in-direct sunlight to the living spaces in the ground floor. The heritage protection rules allow light shafts on the roofs, but in this case we turned them towards the sky. This major alternation of the volume open up completely new attic space suitable for use. A huge wall size slide window opens up the space to the intimate atrium and allows for indirect lighting. The selection of the facade materials and detailing established the desired service appearance of the house. The concept of raw materials stretches from exterior to interior using fiber cement panels in their primer mode for the roof and yard.