Located in, Summit Park, Park City UT lies one of the most efficient houses in the country. The Summit Haus – designed and built by Chris Price of PCD+B, is an exploration in design and construction of advanced high performance housing. Seeing a rising demand for sustainable housing along with rising Carbon emissions leading to global warming, this house strives to show that sensible, good design can create spaces adequate for today’s housing demands while adhering to strict standards. The house was designed to meet the very rigid Passiv House rating system – 90% more efficient than a typical home in the area. The house itself was intended to nestle neatly into the 45 degree sloped site and to take full advantage of the limited solar access and views. The views range from short, highly wooded views to a long corridor out towards the Uinta Mountain range towards the east. The house was designed and built based off Passiv Haus standards, and the framing and ventilation became critical elements to maintain such minimal energy requirements. Zola triple-pane, tilt-and-turn Thermo uPVC windows contribute substantially to the home’s energy efficiency, and takes advantage of the beautiful surrounding of the location, including forrest views from the deck off of the kitchen. Photographer: Douglas Burke

This site hosted a 1850s Farmhouse and 1920s Cottage. Newly renovated, they make for excellent guest cottages with fun living spaces!
Small beach style master light wood floor bedroom photo in Grand Rapids with gray walls and no fireplace

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard

This exclusive guest home features excellent and easy to use technology throughout. The idea and purpose of this guesthouse is to host multiple charity events, sporting event parties, and family gatherings. The roughly 90-acre site has impressive views and is a one of a kind property in Colorado. The project features incredible sounding audio and 4k video distributed throughout (inside and outside). There is centralized lighting control both indoors and outdoors, an enterprise Wi-Fi network, HD surveillance, and a state of the art Crestron control system utilizing iPads and in-wall touch panels. Some of the special features of the facility is a powerful and sophisticated QSC Line Array audio system in the Great Hall, Sony and Crestron 4k Video throughout, a large outdoor audio system featuring in ground hidden subwoofers by Sonance surrounding the pool, and smart LED lighting inside the gorgeous infinity pool. J Gramling Photos

This site hosted a 1850s Farmhouse and 1920s Cottage. Newly renovated, they make for excellent guest cottages with fun living spaces!
Small beach style open concept light wood floor living room photo in Grand Rapids with a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace and gray walls

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard

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Inspiration for a large rustic two-story mixed siding gable roof remodel in Denver

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard

This site hosted a 1850s Farmhouse and 1920s Cottage. Newly renovated, they make for excellent guest cottages with fun living spaces!
Small beach style single-wall light wood floor open concept kitchen photo in Grand Rapids with an undermount sink, shaker cabinets, gray cabinets, quartz countertops, white backsplash, subway tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard

The Mazama house is located in the Methow Valley of Washington State, a secluded mountain valley on the eastern edge of the North Cascades, about 200 miles northeast of Seattle. The house has been carefully placed in a copse of trees at the easterly end of a large meadow. Two major building volumes indicate the house organization. A grounded 2-story bedroom wing anchors a raised living pavilion that is lifted off the ground by a series of exposed steel columns. Seen from the access road, the large meadow in front of the house continues right under the main living space, making the living pavilion into a kind of bridge structure spanning over the meadow grass, with the house touching the ground lightly on six steel columns. The raised floor level provides enhanced views as well as keeping the main living level well above the 3-4 feet of winter snow accumulation that is typical for the upper Methow Valley. To further emphasize the idea of lightness, the exposed wood structure of the living pavilion roof changes pitch along its length, so the roof warps upward at each end. The interior exposed wood beams appear like an unfolding fan as the roof pitch changes. The main interior bearing columns are steel with a tapered “V”-shape, recalling the lightness of a dancer. The house reflects the continuing FINNE investigation into the idea of crafted modernism, with cast bronze inserts at the front door, variegated laser-cut steel railing panels, a curvilinear cast-glass kitchen counter, waterjet-cut aluminum light fixtures, and many custom furniture pieces. The house interior has been designed to be completely integral with the exterior. The living pavilion contains more than twelve pieces of custom furniture and lighting, creating a totality of the designed environment that recalls the idea of Gesamtkunstverk, as seen in the work of Josef Hoffman and the Viennese Secessionist movement in the early 20th century. The house has been designed from the start as a sustainable structure, with 40% higher insulation values than required by code, radiant concrete slab heating, efficient natural ventilation, large amounts of natural lighting, water-conserving plumbing fixtures, and locally sourced materials. Windows have high-performance LowE insulated glazing and are equipped with concealed shades. A radiant hydronic heat system with exposed concrete floors allows lower operating temperatures and higher occupant comfort levels. The concrete slabs conserve heat and provide great warmth and comfort for the feet. Deep roof overhangs, built-in shades and high operating clerestory windows are used to reduce heat gain in summer months. During the winter, the lower sun angle is able to penetrate into living spaces and passively warm the exposed concrete floor. Low VOC paints and stains have been used throughout the house. The high level of craft evident in the house reflects another key principle of sustainable design: build it well and make it last for many years! Photo by Benjamin Benschneider

This site hosted a 1850s Farmhouse and 1920s Cottage. Newly renovated, they make for excellent guest cottages with fun living spaces!
Small beach style screened-in back porch idea in Grand Rapids with decking and a roof extension

This site hosted a 1850s Farmhouse and 1920s Cottage. Newly renovated, they make for excellent guest cottages with fun living spaces!
Small beach style white one-story wood exterior home photo in Grand Rapids

A wonderful custom home designed by Dreamline Modular Homes of Lexington, MA. The modular components were built by Excel Homes, and then finished on site by the staff of Drealine. This home was chosen as the 2015 Modular Home of the Year by the MHBA. Photographer: Joseph Hilliard