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  • "At first I was enchanted by off-grid living," says Marcus Field. "But the hardships quickly became apparent"

    "At first I was enchanted by off-grid living. But the hardships quickly became apparent"

    Marcus Field spent six years in an off-grid home. With architecture's contribution to carbon emissions in the spotlight and children striking against climate change, he asks if climate activists are prepared for the sacrifices needed to live sustainably. More

    Marcus Field | 15 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Catuçaba by Studio MK27

    Studio MK27 completes slender off-grid Catuçaba house on Brazil farm

    Screens made from eucalyptus run along the front of this long and thin prefab residence, which São Paulo firm Studio MK27 has completed on a farm tucked into the rolling hills of Catuçaba, Brazil. More

    James Brillon | 7 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • The Hut by Midland Architects

    The Hut by Midland Architecture operates off-the-grid in Ohio

    Architect Greg Dutton has designed this treehouse-like, off-grid retreat on his family's property in rural Ohio to be sustainable and in sync with the surrounding environment. More

    Sophie Maes | 30 March 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Visuals of Casa Ojalá by Beatrice Bonzanigo

    Beatrice Bonzanigo to present mobile off-grid home at Milan design week

    Italian architect Beatrice Bonzanigo has unveiled her patented design for Casa Ojalá, a micro home that is transportable, adaptable and off-grid. More

    Lizzie Crook | 11 March 2019 | Leave a comment
  • The Off-Grid Guest House by Anacapa Architecture

    10 off-grid homes for a self-sufficient lifestyle

    From an isolated house in a Californian nature reserve, to a rural house in China that encourages villagers to be self-sufficient, here are 10 off-grid homes where people are living sustainably. More

    Lizzie Crook | 16 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • House of the Year 2018: Lochside House by HaysomWardMiller Architects

    "Breathtaking" off-grid Lochside House wins RIBA House of the Year 2018

    A humble cottage on the edge of a lake in the Scottish Highlands has been named as the UK's best house of 2018. More

    Amy Frearson | 28 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Ecological Living Module by Gray Organschi Architecture

    Ecological Living Module is a UN-backed, off-grid tiny home

    A "micro-farming wall" and a roof covered in photovoltaics are among the features incorporated into a prefabricated micro dwelling created by US studio Gray Organschi Architecture, in collaboration with researchers at Yale University. More

    Jenna McKnight | 7 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Off-Grid Guest House by Anacapa Architecture

    Off-Grid Guest House cantilevers over hillside with Pacific Ocean vistas

    US studios Anacapa Architecture and Willson Design have created a concrete-and-glass dwelling for a coastal property in California, with a bevy of sustainable features that minimise the building's impact on the environment. More

    Jenna McKnight | 13 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Gabled metal Folly cabins provide glamping site in Joshua Tree

    This pair of gabled structures, built from weathering steel by Cohesion Studio, can be rented by visitors in the southern California desert. More

    Bridget Cogley | 8 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Hill Country House by Miro Rivera Architects

    Miró Rivera Architects designs Hill Country House as sustainable prototype in rural Texas

    Texas firm Miró Rivera Architects has built a partially off-grid house with a jagged roofline, as a prototype for a sustainable community in the countryside. More

    Bridget Cogley | 12 July 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Cabin on the Border by So? Istanbul

    Cabin on the Border is an off-grid shelter with walls that open on pulleys

    A system of pulleys are used to raise and lower sections of the walls of this prefabricated cabin on the border between Turkey and Greece, allowing the holiday home to open up to the outdoors or be completely closed during bad weather. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 21 May 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Prefabricated cabin can be transported to remote locations by lorry

    This £39,000 prefabricated cabin by artist Bobby Niven and architect Iain MacLeod is designed to be easily transported on the back of a lorry. More

    Jessica Mairs | 10 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Self-sufficient Yin & Yang house incorporates gardens on its interlocking dual-aspect roof

    Self-sufficient Yin & Yang house incorporates gardens on its interlocking roof

    Architecture studio Penda has released visualisations of a house designed for a tiny plot near the German city of Kassel that show how its owners will be able to grow food on both sides of its terraced roof. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 27 February 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Egg-shaped micro home allows inhabitants to live off-grid

    This captioned movie shows an ovoid micro home by Slovakian firm Nice Architects, which was designed to allow its owners to be self-sustainable and move where they want. More

    Danil Boparai | 23 February 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Lake House by Andersson-Wise Architects

    Off-grid boathouse by Andersson-Wise sits on Lake Austin

    American studio Andersson-Wise has completed a two-storey boathouse in Austin, with openings on the upper level that enable occupants to dive directly into the water. More

    Jenna McKnight | 19 September 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Out of the Valley offers escapism with off-grid cabin made of oak and cedar

    British firm Out of the Valley has developed an oak-framed cabin with burnt-cedar cladding that can be installed anywhere to provide a simple place to escape the stresses of modern life. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 14 January 2017 | 4 comments
  • Camp Baird by Malcolm Davis

    Malcolm Davis creates off-grid retreat in California wine valley

    This weekend retreat by American firm Malcolm Davis Architecture consists of rectilinear volumes clad in weathering steel and topped with sloped metal roofs. More

    Jenna McKnight | 28 December 2016 | 5 comments
  • Casa Solaris by John Hix Architect

    John Hix designs off-grid concrete guesthouse for Caribbean island

    Six apartments stacked in pairs of rectangular concrete blocks make up this Caribbean guesthouse, designed by architect John Hix to be completely self sufficient. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 4 November 2016 | 1 comment
  • AMIE by SOM

    SOM debuts "world's largest 3D-printed polymer building" designed for off-grid living

    Architecture firm SOM has created a 3D-printed structure that generates its own power and shares energy with a companion vehicle, providing a model for off-grid living (+ slideshow). More

    Alan G Brake | 25 January 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Patrick Dillon's SaLo House is an off-grid forest dwelling overlooking the Pacific Ocean

    Architect Patrick Dillon built this sustainable house on a forested hilltop in Panama from salvaged materials that had to be brought to the site by boat and horseback (+ slideshow). More

    Alyn Griffiths | 14 September 2015 | 5 comments

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