14 February 2010

get into the groove

"Sustainability is like teenage sex. Everybody says they're doing it, very few people actually are doing it. Those that are doing it are doing it badly." - andrew maynard, architect quoted in sanctuary magazine in a blog

nest architects
**interviewed by design files
george st



bridget puszka architects
zero energy house -
BRIEF
- A sustainable energy-efficient straw bale home which used the existing timber post and beam structure and maintaining comfortable indoor air temperatures...
Straw bale infill walls were positioned between timber posts. Straw bales have a high level of insulation with an R-value of approximately 5, but significant amounts of heat can be lost through air infiltration, and through cracks and gaps in the walls and around window and door frames. To prevent this happening loose straw was packed around the window and timber frames.



moments of light by 6 degrees,

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