Lawrence Architecture designed this modern green residence the a 10 acre heavily-wooded site on the Olympic Peninsula near Port Townsend, Washington, for a modern green home for a retired couple in their mid 60s who were moving ashore after 30 years as live-aboards on a sailboat. Originally containing a grove of deciduous trees, the building site is a clearing within a forest of fir and cedars. A new green home for a clearing in the woods composed of four sections: a master bedroom suite, an office, the living spaces (main cabin), and a guest suite. The general contractor was Tollefson Builders, Inc. Completed spring 2008. The detached accessory separate building with 2-car garage, work shop, and an accessory dwelling unit.

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The Burke Residence from Matthew O. Daby Designs at Modern Green Home, the redesign stays within the existing footprint other than a small addition for the entry which was redesigned to make a strong announcement when approaching the house-that sits a full story below the front road. To accommodate the Burke’s growing family, the new green home is divided into two zones. The all wood, partially open riser, staircase (a design collaboration with Adam Burke) visually and literally links the main and lower level. A wall of windows was added to bring the site’s large trees and sky into the home design. Uninhibited use of douglas fir, cherry, and cedar wood throughout introduces a warm, comfortable feeling to the modern home design.

Modern Green Burke Residence native/water efficient landscaping including “eco-lawn”

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The Modern Green Home Retreat: Small and Simple Design – NYT has tigerwood flooring certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, a water-conserving toilet, and an on-demand water heater. Modern Green Home Retreat Greener, Happier. Architects Paul McKean and Amy Donohue tackled The Complexities of Keeping It Small and Simple when they built a weekend home design outside Portland, Oregon in the Hood River Valley. The Modern Green Home Retreat: Small and Simple Design itself had been on the market for three years and included a creek requiring a 100-foot buffer zone. The couple faced many obstacles (including a floodplain and deed restrictions on small homes) but still managed to build a modern, green home. A KEY concept for the Modern Green Home Retreat at Small and Simple Design was “to literally have no footprint,” Ms. Donohue said. The roof is engineered to sustain plants and soil to absorb rainwater. NYT.

Modern Green Home Retreat: Small and Simple Design - NYT has tigerwood flooring certified.

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Modern Shelter Green Home: Complete with “Wings” by Franklin Azzi is Eco Green Home Design is Heavenly its name may seem a little redundant, but Shelter green home boasts a really unique eco green home design that offers sustainable shelter and style to boot. Franklin Azzi Architecture at Modern Shelter Green Home is a heating wood, vegetable fibers to the walls and insulation, natural ventilation. Modern Shelter Green Home Shipyard dry with only the assembly is done on site and that all recyclable materials from a distance of 100km. Modern Shelter Green Home this slab, which will include intelligent most of the electricity grid and fluid will articulate the green home In front of the modern home design is located at a bunker of concrete to make an office / room alone.

Modern Shelter Green Home: Complete with "Wings" by Franklin Azzi is Eco Green Home.

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Wyoming Modern Green Home a Writer’s Retreat the Pieces Fall Into Place is Craig Johnson tends to firewood outside his Wyoming green home. Mr. Johnson, a mystery writer, built the place in stages over several years, starting with a log cabin kit and then expanding. Wyoming Modern Green Home Mr.Johnson came out in the summer of ’92 and ordered a log cabin kit from Big Horn Mountain Log Homes. Wyoming Modern Green Home It was building his modern home design that gave him the discipline to finish the novel, he believes. Wyoming Modern Green Home a Writer’s Retreat the Pieces Fall Into Place, many an aching back later, Mr. Johnson and his wife, Judy, have a 2,500-square-foot log home with an indoor lap pool, a stone fireplace and a two-car garage. nytimes.

Wyoming Modern Green Home a Writer’s Retreat the Pieces Fall Into Place cabin space.

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