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The view and landscaping work here is gorgeous, the designers really did a great job of framing the view!

Another amazing home. I loved the architect talking about the home, materials and site planning. 🔥

01:29 I really love the view when walking through into the main living space😍

the views are so stunning and the simple yet cozy layout of that living space makes it a perfect pairing, absolutely loved this property

Spectacular is not a minimalist word but there's no other word to describe this design and build.

I love the home itself! From the view, to the materials, its very motivating to live in a home like that. Thanks Local Project

Beautiful angles, finishes and simplicity... well done!

Stunning execution on so many levels. Bravo.

Love everything about this both inside and out.

Gorgeous!

Absolutely stunning design and so thoughtful ❤

Fantastic visuals....

Me gusta . Es sencilla y habitable. Hermosa

How does the use of concrete blocks reduce carbon footprint? How is such a large property reducing your footprint? How does it minimise impact, its concrete throughout with signifcant groundworks

Beautiful design! I would have liked more explanation regarding the sustainability aspects, though. I appreciate the longevity aspect, but we also need to reduce emissions in the short term. Are we sure concrete blocks were the best choice?

Beautiful ❤❤❤

Love the concept and thought that went through this design.

stunning!

Really beautifully curated.

Simple, functional and modest! (music was incredibly distracting)

Linda demais.

Interestingly most of the comments are about the energy input to making concrete blocks. Normally I would agree that it wouldn't be the material of choice, but one has to look at the location of this house, it is in Tasmania where >90% of the electricity is generated by Hydro power not hydrocarbons.

the music is kinda too much in this one....

Sustainability as a term is used too frequently for marketing purposes. Most houses built over the past 100 years are sustainable, as they are constructed with the intention of a long lifecycle from concrete in some form, that doesnt mean they reduce carbon footprint quiet the opposite. This properties materiality is orientated to high carbon footprint material through the input and output processing operation involved

I'm surprised that there is no mention of the cement used in the brick. It's a major source of greenhouse gases and many designers are specifying alternatives, like fly ash or blast furnace slag.

красиво!

Design is fantastic, voice edit is rough

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Love it...Question: How much?

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this is stunning design .. not sure how i feel about the schpiel about sustainable materials but its built almost entirely out of concrete : which im sure we all know contributes to over 4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide pollution annually .. so thats a bit odd. is it a beautiful house ? absolutely.

Am I the only one who finds it funny it's always about sustainability in these videos but they only cater to the rich who probably pollute more than anyone else? You had people on here in the banking, investment and fuel industry but their mansion is made of concrete so that's their part settled :p Not saying they shouldn't work this way, I just find the contrast funny

I am beginning to thing the “ Local Project “ should be called the “ Concrete Project “ - you have a forum to promote the “ Environment and Sustainability “ through wonderful design and your missing it on almost every build !

The house is spectacular. But that horrible sofa??? 😂

do you have any videos that also tap into equability?

Exactly how is a concrete block , concrete floors sustainable and environmentally friendly - are we now into fooling ourselves?

What would be cool is to kill the music and instead let us hear the sounds of the environment in which a house is situated. Much more immersive and authentic for the viewer. It's a beautiful house by the way, although I couldn't give a stuff about all it's supposed "green" credentials. And I suspect the cost is far beyond the reach of most people, like most architecture. $6000 per sqm might be environmentally sustainable, but it's not financially sustainable....

Make sure to reuse the toilet water for showering too

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A shstainable made of concrete blocks and with huge glass panes... Hmmm....

That's an awful lot of bricks, made from raw materials extracted from the ground and transported to the brick factory using machines powered by cheap abundant, flexible, reliable hydrocarbon energy. The same sort of energy used to power the brick furnace and transport them to this location before craning the pallets of bricks into place, before they were in turn finally positioned atop the hydrocarbon power excavated foundations, carved into the hydrocarbon power levelled ground. All atop the hydrocarbon powered water purification, supply and waste treatment systems, and the many sanitary plastic hydrocarbon based fittings that they utilise. I give you points for using the thermal mass of bricks and orientation of the building to passively heat and cool your building; such efficiency should be complemented. What a shame those photovoltaic cells and the toxic materials used to make them will have to go to landfill in about 25 years though? What a shame it would be to give up the great hydrocarbon generated societal wealth that made this elaborate structure possible because of a fake climate crisis? A fake climate crisis much like the 'global cooling crisis' predicted in the 1970s that we're supposed to be suffering now, and all the other crises predicted by the officially designated 'experts' (very often not actual climate researchers), over the last 50 years, which also have not come to pass.

She said "Small Footprint" !!! 🤣 Your property is about 750 m² (8,000.00 ft²). How can you consider that a "Small Footprint"?

The verbal commentary for this project was was very distracting. Wanted to hear more about the actual design of the house and less about the “sustainability” narrative. FIne, we get it. Focus more on the spaces.

4:51 ‘..one way in which we do that is to minimise footprints of buildings and build buildings as large as they need to be and no larger’ (while walking to a balcony outside a ridiculous oversized house for two people with pretentiously high ceilings. Nice try at sounding conscious or not being ‘larger than you need’. Being smaller than a 5 hectare 8000 square metre mansion, doesn’t mean you are not larger than you need to be.

Genuinely nice project! In my opinion, however, focusing on the design rather than an environmental agenda would do it more justice.

Architect needs to reevaluate her supplychain

another great house but these videos (particularly the choice of music) make everything seem so monumentally pretentious that it undermines the architecture

So this place is ‘sustainable’ because they picked a brick supplier on the island. Wow that is setting the bar very low. I mean, the architecture firm ppl sounded fancy but if that toilet block costed 3 times what it should, how is that sustainable?

This costs more and totally nullifies the sustainability aspect of it. if it's expensive then it's not sustainable.

04:13 “the impacts of climate change are incredibly real” 🤣🤣🤣. How about narcissistic environmentalists who won’t allow councils to clear fire breaks through bush and clean up wood fuel on the forest floor. And, how about arsonists?