This house, located in a sharply inclined terrain, is a composition of small linked and interconnected volumes. It consists of three bedrooms, a social bathroom, a living room, a dinning room, a small kitchen with a support washbasin, pantry, and even a small outdoor swimming pool. It faces south, allowing it to receive optimal solar exposure and to enjoy a particular natural view. The living area does not exceed 180sqm.
Not too long after Skidmore, Owings & Merrill announced the world’s greenest office building, Adrian Smith + Gordon Architecture have unveiled what is to be not only one of the biggest buildings in the world, but also the largest mixed-use energy positive building. The 1.4 million square foot headquarters is part of the massive $22 billion zero waste, zero carbon Masdar City Development in Abu Dhabi.
Kithaus recently installed one of their K3 Modernist modules in Big Sur, California. Designed by Tom Sandonato and Martin Wehmann, the K3 is a 9’ x 13’ pre-wired prefab module that is made of a lot of lightweight anodized aluminium that does not require heavy equipment to get it to the installation site. Interestingly, along with the Airstream CCD, the Kithaus K3 is available through DWR.