Tiny Eco House in Tokyo

We often hear that building small means building green. Although, I cannot say I always agree that small equals eco, there is certain sense in this statement. At least, heating and electricity is much cheaper in a smaller house. I don’t know if the Tokyo architectural firm Mizuishi Architect Atelier had...

Green Home – Green Car Concept in Berlin

In mainstream sustainable construction, we are still dreaming about carbon neutral homes. In Germany, they’ve built an experimental house that claims to be a surplus energy house. Not only it is self-sustainable, thanks to the massive photovoltaic elements on the roof, it produces an excess of 16,000kWh of...

There Was a Pink House on the Slope

Building a house on a slope is never easy. You either have to dig one corner of the building into the hillside, or alternatively prop the protruding end on piles. When the same challenge was presented to the (now defunct) HŠH architect studio based in Czech Republic, they decided to approach the problem...

Traditional Architecture – Hórreos and Espigueiros

There’s an increased awareness of architectural heritage in Spain and Portugal. Although it is part of Europe, there are so many interesting and atypical architectural objects that one cannot help but be inspired. The first predecessors of these wonderful structures were built thousands of years ago....

Pajamas and Aluminium Shell

Here’s a beautiful project from Slovenia in Eastern Europe. Created by a modern and hip architecture studio Ofis Arhitekti. Although it’s a multistorey residential building, there are a few interesting ideas that we can adapt for just about any house. The town of Nova Gorica is known to have...

Saving Money on Home Insurance

With 5.4 million households in the UK living in fuel poverty and more than a quarter of the active population spending significantly more per month than they earn, it is obvious that certain aspects of life are left to a chance and insurance is one of them. Unlike the car insurance, not having which would be...