Big picture - Passive towers protect vulnerable Bronx seniors
Written by John Cradden
Emma Stone show puts passive house up in lights
Written by Jeff Colley
Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. And sometimes strange but breathtaking fiction subverts reality.
In issue 47 we took a break from our normal approach to Big Picture, with good reason: passive house playing a starring role in an extraordinary US TV show.
Big picture - Huff'n'Puff Haus - a straw bale passive house
Written by News Desk
If you were choosing how to build in a bushfire-prone region of Australia, you could be forgiven for skirting over the possibility of packing your walls with straw. Talina Edwards of Envirotecture describes an extraordinary off-grid passive house which uses straw and a range of low embodied carbon building materials to blitz regulatory requirements on fire, while delivering year-round comfort levels that the neighbours can scarcely believe.
We take a look at Pepper Tree Passive House, a small secondary dwelling attached to a young family’s home in the Australian Illawarra region.
Big picture - off grid passive house in British Columbia
Written by Cillian Collins
Issue 43 featured an off-grid prototype house in British Columbia, designed and constructed to demonstrate an innovative approach to future building.
In the first installment of a brand new photo essay feature, in which we profile passive houses and other eco-buildings from around the world, architect Joe Lyth writes about how the aesthetic of simple backcountry cabins inspired the design of his rural home on New Zealand’s North Island.