Category: Architect
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120: The Market for Zero Energy Houses
Ted Kane has a broad range of interests including nomadic cultures, modern urbanism the market for zero energy houses in New York. His work extends beyond his home in Brooklyn and he shares some great insights in this interview.
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114: Passive Solar Design
Peter Olorenshaw has been developing his passion for passive solar design for over 21 years in Nelson, one of New Zealand’s sunniest spots. While he does practise architecture elsewhere, like his designs, he prefers to keep it local. Passive Solar Design Peter’s tips for designing a good home include: Location – it’s hard to retrofit good…
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111: Permaculture isn’t Muesli
Andrew Stephenson has always seen architecture as a unique opportunity to turn people’s dreams into reality. Andrew and his family learnt a lot about living well in small places when they lived, travelled and worked together in a luxury bus for 5 years. See their home and some of their adventures at fun4five.com. Designing, building and…
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Passive Solar House in Riverhead
Ingo Ratsdorf is a registered architect now with Fat Parrot Architecture based in Auckland. He has also designed and built a passive solar house in Riverhead, Auckland. I caught up with Ingo this week and he shared his story. Having grown up and been trained in Germany, Ingo is very aware of how poorly most New…