Saturday, June 02, 2007

Richard Rogers' Oxley Park "Flexi-Houses" - Milton Keynes, U.K.

"The first tranche of houses at Oxley Woods in Milton Keynes, designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, ... go on sale at £199,995 for a two-bedroom property this week."
Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c87d0b08-fc36-11db-93a4-000b5df10621,Authorised=false.html
"The homes are constructed from sustainable materials and employ unique features including an ‘EcoHat’ – allowing hot air to be re-used to optimise energy consumption and provide passive solar water heating.
...houses represent a reduction of approximately 27% in carbon dioxide emissions, compared with a conventional new-build house of similar size. This reduction rises to almost 40% with the inclusion of the EcoHat"
Sources:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/richard_rogers_1.php
http://www.rsh-p.com/render.aspx?siteID=1&navIDs=1,4,25,1361,1363