The warehouse wasn’t equipped to accommodate private offices, and the company felt that keeping the whole space climate controlled would be wasteful, so they decided to group 10 20-foot shipping containers inside the warehouse to act as offices. One benefit that has come from the new shipping container office space is a big reduction in the company’s electricity bills. The new office pods put an end to the constant climate control skirmish.

The solar powered shipping container has a floor made of recycled tires. Noiseux offers a variety of dishes featuring lobster from Îles-de-la-Madeleine. The menu is fast, fresh, and local: lobster rolls, seafood pizza and other local lobster delicacies.

Allied Works principal Brad Cloepfil and project lead Kyle Lommen walk us through their Dutchess County Guest House, which was selected for Record Houses 2009. In the first half, they describe the project’s unique structure. In the second, we take a room-by-room tour of the interior. While early Modernists, such as Le [...]

This house in the Bayview suburb of Sydney is currently for sale. The 4 bedroom/5 bathroom house is the result of four years of planning and two years of construction, and was based on the famous Kaufmann house in Palm Springs, California. With 5 split levels, 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, cinema, a dual lane 20 metre vanishing edge lap pool,chefs kitchen, stone fireplace, professional gym, 3 car garage, 1 acre of gardens & lawn, championship lawn tennis court, double height ceilings, integrated audio visual & lighting and dozens more deluxe features.

Materials for the house are low maintenance galvanized metal siding, aluminium windows, exposed concrete wall and veneer wood panels for siding. Simple passive and sustainable features include rainwater harvesting, roof-mounted solar hot water heating, in floor radiant heating, cork floors, natural day lighting and Icynene sprayed on insulation.