This Dutch mountain home is what sustainable living can look like. The underground building has a large glass facade which allows the sun to heat the concrete slabs for heat in the winter. The thermal mass also keeps the home cool in the summer. The wooden cantilever is the piece of the house that is visible above landscape and is used to regulate sunlight. The rooms underneath have an open format to allow the home to grow and change with it’s family. The furnishing is resolutely Scandinavian and imaginative. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ see many more options from this style at the …

    Inspire Notes: Simon Dale wanted a life a little more soulful for his family. He did not want to spend his best years working to live an unsustainable existence in order to pay for a conventional, same-y concrete box. So he moved to Wales in the UK and tucked into a grassy hillside he built a small, woodland home in four months costing him just £3,000 using only a chainsaw, hammer a chisel and plenty of chutzpah. He lucked out when the owner gave them the plot of land in return for looking after the area.   The …