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Woodhouse Farm by Matra Architects | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
“The design of the house responds to proximity of snow clad northern Himalayan panorama on the horizon while still rooted strongly to the existing and unharmed terraces it occupies,” wrote the architects. “These two overwhelming landscape features influenced the building’s placement at the lowest terrace level of the property and its merger with the larger environment.”
Dong Anh House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
In hopes of promoting the advantages of rammed earth walls in a modern context, Vo Trong Nghia Architects crafted the walls of the Dong Anh house out of soils taken from a variety of land mines, all within 20 miles of the site.