A bit obsessed with this jewel of a house in Texas (built in 2012):
- Small (130m², 1,400 square feet), check.
- Green roof, check.
- Passive, close to net-zero, ready for off-grid, check.
- Striking design, triple check.
It is the home for a couple and their kid. They survived the terrifying 2021 Texas Freeze just fine, as their house is well insulated and doesn’t require much energy to run. Healthy ass house.
My brother. Custom homes is the wave. Think small yet expansive, bro.
(I can see the French headline: “drunk, he tried to jump from roof to roof, impaling his chin in the steel structure in the process, triggering an investigation around architecture’s dangerousness, which is why architects and plumbers are in the streets protesting.”)