sustainable: single-family

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  Textile-Covered Soft House Opens in Hamburg

  An international team led by KVA MATx and 360grad + Architekten designed ‘soft’ domestic infrastructure for a set of live/work residences that embraces carbon-neutral lifestyles.

   
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  Mountainside Retreat in Sonoma Valley

  Located in the hills above California’s Sonoma Valley, Sonoma Mountain House occupies a high, sloping site shaded by towering trees.

   
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  Custom Homes Strive for Energy Independence

  This collection of custom houses strives for energy independence and minimal impact on the land.

   
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  EHDA Merit Award: Project Green Home

  Palo Alto, Calif., Passive House touts greywater system and urine-diverting toilets.

   
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  EHDA Merit Award: Killingsworth Station

  Portland, Ore., infill project for both market-rate and low-income buyers promotes low-income affordable housing along light-rail line.

   
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  EHDA Grand Award: VOLKsHouse

  This Santa Fe, N.M., house shows how production housing and net-zero energy can go hand in hand.

   
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  EHDA Grand Award: Terra Caelo

  Energy-minded technologies and custom touches fill this luxury house in southern Utah's Red Rock country.

   
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  EHDA Grand Award: Nove Residences

  The San Francisco LEED-Platinum multifamily project mirrors the scale of the surrounding buildings.

   
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  EHDA Merit Award: North Peak

  All of the products that went into this Austin house were surveyed to ensure that they were toxin-free.

   
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  EHDA Merit Award: Kohler Residence

  Milwaukee straw-bale project blurs the lines between modern and traditional with an added touch of whimsy.