It has been a fun past couple of months. Hans is now a Certified Passive House Architect. Through the friends and contacts he has made in the Passive House Alliance, he is learning all sorts of great tips on how to build smarter and more efficiently. We thank those brave pioneers who built the very first houses so we could all learn from them! Hans has recently been asked to design a home that will be very energy efficient in Tahoe and is working with another architect as the Passive Consultant for two of his homes.
Somehow he has still managed to start the design work on our home in what little spare time he has. Who said Passive Houses are ugly? Well, they never met my guy! By the way, the building below the house is Hans' dream man-cave. A wood shop, auto shop and artists studio. Some of the Outside features will change a bit, such as stair connections and the back planter areas but the house design is becoming pretty solid. I love it! It will have 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths , a formal dining room, and a massive kitchen and family space where a curved wall of glass lets you overlook the greenbelt with its deer and other creatures. The slope of the land also allows us to have a large wine cellar under the family area.
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| Front entrance round window is the dining room location |
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| The curved wall of windows looks out toward the Greenbelt |
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| A birds eye view |
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