The Sapphire Gallery: Sustainable Addition Displays Art With a View
Posted on May 16, 2011 by Luxury Home Design in Amazing Homes, Green Home
The Sapphire Gallery, designed by XTEN Architecture, is a residential art gallery added to a private residence located in Los Angeles, California. The sustainable addition includes solar panels that provide enough power to showcase the owner’s private collection of contemporary art as well as room for a home office with views to the sorrounding hills....
Experience the Unique Benefits of Recycled Glass Tile
Posted on Apr 22, 2011 by Barbara Holbrook in Design, Green Home
There are several steps you can take towards making your home a green home. One of them is using sustainable, organic, and recycled materials in the construction or during the remodeling of your home. Using recycled glass not only makes your home greener, if done properly, it can also make your house more beautiful and...
Monk’s Shadow Designed to Fit the Desert Environment
Posted on Mar 17, 2011 by Luxury Home Design in Amazing Homes, Green Home
Tucked away in Paradise Valley, Arizona, Monk’s Shadow is a modern home from Kendle Design Collaborative. According to the architects, the design of this home is a pragmatic response to an amazing yet challenging site. A narrow lot with 60’ of vertical elevation combined with a restrictive Hillside Zoning Ordinance made designing a conventional home...
Residence on Sunlight Place: High Tech Living in Baldwin Vista
Posted on Mar 02, 2011 by Barbara Holbrook in Architects, Green Home
One tour through this modern, Baldwin Vista home and we’re sure just about any Angeleno will fall in love — automatically. Why automatically, you ask? Because the Sunlight Residence offers complete home automation through a wireless network that lets the homeowner control every last detail from the convenient touch-screen of their iPad. How’s that for...
Barn Beautiful: Recycled Materials Reused for a Unique Living Space
Posted on Feb 15, 2011 by LuxSpaces in Amazing Homes, Green Home
Shed is the team behind this fantastic barn restoration project that used salvaged and recycled materials to bring new life to this space. The project involved the conversion of a barn into living space supporting a variety of activities and guests. The program called for a workroom/kitchen, an apartment, a bunk room, and bathrooms to...
O2′s Fabulous Pre-Fab Prototype in the Mojave Desert
Posted on Jan 06, 2011 by Barbara Holbrook in Amazing Homes, Green Home
Palm Springs-based Architect Lance O’Donnell of o2 Architecture has designed a fabulous prototype home for prefab developer Blue Sky Homes. Blue Sky Homes offers an architect-created catalog of timeless, beautiful home designs. Their homes feature a unique all-steel frame that allows homes to be built faster and stronger and with greater design flexibility and higher environmental...
Hidden House Overlooks L.A., Feels a World Away
Posted on Nov 19, 2010 by LuxSpaces in Amazing Homes, Architects, Green Home
The Hidden House is a modern residence by Standard located in the Mount Washington | Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles Originally commissioned to design a new home for a young family who had purchased the site, Standard found a way to maintain as much of the existing structure as possible, both minimizing code complications...
Third Hover House Floats Beside L.A.’s Venice Canals
Posted on Nov 18, 2010 by LuxSpaces in Amazing Homes, Architects, Green Home
Glen Irani Architects have designed the third in their series of Hover Houses located on the Venice Canals of Los Angeles, California. Hover House 3 represents the third in the architect’s series of Hover Houses which focuses on maximizing outdoor living environments by structurally “hovering” the building envelope above the land. Unlike rooftop living environments, Hover...
Altis IV Mammoth Mountain Resort Showcases the Best of LEED Gold Certification
Posted on Oct 20, 2010 by Barbara Holbrook in Amazing Homes, Green Home
Malibu-based ETF inc led by Eric T. Fishburn designed the Altis IV luxury resort residences on Mammoth Mountain in California. Commissioned by Mammoth Mountain Resort, these duplexes exhibit the richest materials and comforts without the environmental impact. Altis IV is a LEED-certified Gold project that used locally-sourced materials and FSC-certified hardwoods. Who says that a...
