In Big Sur, California, a home designed by Studio Schicketanz to produce at least as much energy as it consumes features windows with a thermal barrier and insulated glazing.
FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO SHRINK THEIR HOME'S ecological impact, there's one piece of very good news: just staying where you are is a great place to start. According to a study commissioned by the British moving specialist Buzzmove, the fuel, packing materials, and more needed for the average move consume roughly the same amount of energy as leaving a lightbulb on for about eight weeks. That figure shoots up considerably if you're moving into a brand-new house, with carbon-dioxide emissions from single-family home construction running as high as 50 tons, as calculated by Britain's Building and Social Housing Foundation. That's the equivalent of leaving a single lightbulb on for 300 years.
But as millions of Americans discovered during the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes the house you have just isn't enough. The pandemic made comfort and quality of life at home more important, says architect Tom Kligerman, speaking of the recent collective obsession with improving the look and feel of our interiors. At the same time, he notes, “more and more of my clients are genuinely concerned about the environment.” As it turns out, the two positions aren't really in contradiction: In recent projects, the team at Ike Kligerman Barkley has been replacing clunky air conditioners with discreet geothermal systems and using textured, fully renewable cork to line kitchen floors. In Kligerman's view, greenification is a basic part of the renovation designer's remit these days.
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And How! - Decorator Nick Olsen transforms a Sag Harbor home into a Hamptons retreat with an irreverent humor.
If you must go to the Hamptons, however-because it is devilishly good fun, after all-you may notice an apparently modest, low-slung cottage on Sag Harbor's Main Street and think, with a comfortable sort of feeling, Now that is how a house should look. Nestled amid the Botox bars, helipads, and club-staurants, it could almost set the sordid world aright both a rebuke and a solution to the chaos that surrounds it. A real home.
You Stay Here
At a Martha's Vineyard compound, Steven Gambrel and Tom Kligerman have made a guest retreat so good, visitors may never want to leave.
WHAT'S IN THE MIX?
Rayman Boozer brings his mastery of color and pattern to the renovation of a Harlem duplex for a young family.
THE EMPIRE
A 19th-century gem in Cambridge, Massachusetts, gets a tour-de-force restoration thanks to Frances Merrill of Reath Design.
Now You See It
A modernist beach house's discreet profile hides killer views and knockout interiors by Rafael de Cárdenas.
CIRCLE D'AMOUR
For an object lesson on how to design a Paris love nest, look to Pierre Yovanovitch.
PARK AND RECREATIONS
With the rise of electric vehicles and a fresh focus on design, the once overlooked garage is becoming a future-forward source of joy and energy at home.
Just Like That, But Cheaper
One writer tried to replicate a classic ELLE DECOR interior in his apartment. Could he do it for $500?
But This is My Home - One writer discovers that living in an architectural icon can be a blessing and a curse.
One writer discovers that living in an architectural icon can be a blessing and a curse. My husband and I moved into the Kallis House in Los Angeles six years ago. It was designed in 1946 by the modernist architect Rudolph Schindler, and it's believed by many, including Frank Gehry, to be among Schindler's best. The house is eccentric, perched on the lip of a hill, with a butterfly roof and a shaggy exterior made of grape stakes. The interior is an unfolding series of surprising angles, with a wonderful wide view of the San Fernando Valley.
A SISTER STORY
Jewelry designer Brent Neale Winston and her decorator sibling, Ramsey Lyons, recast a historic Long Island home.