If you are looking for the best combination of green design, innovative architecture and complete privacy all merged in one beautiful home, Llorenc House in Spain proves to be great inspiration.

Gorgeously designed by Eneseis Arquitectura, the green adobe maximizes the existing space and resources by creating a sustainable residence that is half-buried into ground.

Built on the site after excavating some of the soil, an artificial hill was created on one of its sides, further ensuring privacy. Not only does this make the structure secure and secluded, but it offers excellent natural insulation – a fine example of energy conservation, making the interiors warm in winter and keeping them cool in summer.

The solar passive design expands on green features with a pool that is partly filled up with rain water collected on its roof, a garden that is nourished by a grey water system and many other energy saving features. Despite its new look, it looks grand, spacious and the 40-meter driveway that connects it to the road gives it a regal appearance.

Talk about clubbing style with eco friendly design, no? [via materialicious]

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Ming Tang came up with this brilliant idea of constructing these varied origami-inspired foldable bamboo houses after China had been struck by a severe earthquake of 7.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, last May killing 69,000 people.

After hearing that the Chinese government is planning to invest to build some 1.5 million temporary homes for the least fortunate, Ming Tang decided to design a shelter that was easy to produce, cheap and environment friendly. That’s how he got these beautiful geometrically shaped bamboo houses which are lightweight and easy to install thanks to using basic bamboo poles for the recycled paper covered structure. Because of all these, they are very easily adaptable to any kind of situation.

This year’s Re: Construct competition sponsored by San Francisco’s Urban Re:Vision, honored these Origami-inspired Foldable Bamboo Houses. So do we! – via Inhabitat