It House

The IT HOUSE is a precision building system custom tailored to each client and site. The customizable house is made of high quality sustainable materials that are manufactured with precision off-site and rapidly assembled on site. The IT HOUSE brings together raw industrial aesthetics with the tactics of green design, it is completely off-grid, generating its own heating and energy through passive heating and cooling, utilizing site orientation and cross ventilation, radiant floor heating, hi-efficacy appliances & equipment and the use of solar photovoltaic & thermal panels. Given the lightness and simplicity of the open plan house, it can be built on remote difficult sites. The construction process leaves almost no traces on the landscape, and allows natural features to be preserved.

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BANDA AGENCY OFFICE

Our office crush this week is located in the historical district of Kyiv, Ukraine. This extravagant workplace is home to creative agency Banda, whom commissioned architects Balbek Bureau a comfortable working space suitable for an artistic soul. Designed to make its employees feel as if they could be anywhere but not at work, the funky office features an extraordinary meeting room in the form of a swimming pool, a vibrant bar area, a detached in-built barn-house, vi...
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CLIFFTOP SWEDISH RETREAT

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NOT A HOTEL SETOUCHI

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