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Donald Lococo’s ‘Ocean Sundial’ stands against the conventional beach house architecture that lines the Delaware beaches

Ocean Dial by Donald Lococo

Using light as a tool, Donald Lococo follows all the technical requirements of beachfront architecture, maximizes panoramic ocean sunrise and sunset views to a singular communal area, and then dialing back solar gains by limiting solar exposure, a responsible solar heat gain is achieved.

heartwood by atelierjones

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Maintaining a high-level baseline for energy performance, atelierjones’ Heartwood building is North America’s first tall timber development

Seattle-based atelierjones has completed a an innovative, first-of-its-type, 8-story, 67,500 square-feet, mass timber middle-income housing project following all sustainable pathways within architecture and minimizing its operational carbon.

Hale Kiawe

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Walker Warner Architects completes a family getaway featuring straightforward, gabled structures nestled in a rolling landscape scattered with large lava rocks

Showing emphasis on "harmonious living" and following the clients' brief, Walker Warner Architects and David Y Tamura Associates have designed Hale Kiawe, a sustainable, getaway home featuring simple, gabled forms that creates a warm, welcoming, and soulful environment while incorporating its volcanic surroundings.

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dSPACE Studio creates a private residence on the hills of lake Michigan embracing nature and using an edited palette of materials and textures

Following the clients' needs and wishes, dSPACE Studio's Dunelands House is nestled into tree-covered dunes overlooking Lake Michigan and appears to emerge from the landscape.

Grow Residence by MODA

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Commited to innovative and thoughtful design, Modern Office of Design + Architecture designs a residential complex that emphasizes on natural light and ventilation

Modern Office of Design + Architecture in collaboration with landscape architect Nicholas Tam presents the Grow Residence, a 20-unit, multi-residential housing project that cultivates a diverse inner-city community through the provision of varying unit sizes, using the binding social element of a barrier-free, 0.6 acre rooftop urban farm.

Westridge

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Responding to the scenic views and unique topography of its bucolic setting, Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects’ Westridge residence is designed as a modern sanctuary

Designed to frame the landscape, this private residence by Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects is a primarily single-floor structure that mimics a floating plane from which to observe 180-degree views of Portola Valley’s rolling hills, grassy meadows, and sprawling vineyards.

One Legged House by Masato Igarashi

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Designed as an open space, IGArchitects’ latest residential project is built around a single concrete column with a wide base for support

Located on a hill, just 300m away from the shore, the One Legged House by Masato Igarashi and IGArchtiects is constructed around a single column that creates an "umbrella" "-like effect, serving as the primary support for the residence.

Flex-0-Net Home

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Paul Lukez’s Flex-0-Net Home meets the needs of a variety of family types while limiting the impact on natural resources and the landscape

The easily built Flex-0-Net Home by Paul Lukez and his design team is a Net Zero Energy 2,000 square feet single-family home that reduces demand on the energy grid as a resilient, self-sustaining model for living.

Trestle Residence by Aidlin Darling Design

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Aidlin Darling Design has succeeded in creating a sustainably designed suburban home that expansively extends its living spaces out into the landscape

Nestled on a hillside in Northern California, Aidlin Darling Architects' Trestle Residence is a private house that negotiates its complex undulating site with great sensitivity, embodying the agrarian character of an active farm, reflecting the sensibility and ethos of its owners.

Pacific Landing

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Patrick Tighe’s new housing project harnesses an interesting reinterpretation of the prototypical figure of a gabled house

Appointed by the Community Corporation of Santa Monica, Tighe Architecture and Yael Lir Landscape Architects have designed the Pacific Landing Affordable Housing, a four-story, mixed-use, 100% affordable housing project that replaced an existing gas station and is designed for people living on a limited income.

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