Cooling
Want a cooler home – use your heat pump or air conditioner for cooling too. Plus is your home designed for natural cooling and ventilation too?
Ideas and inspiration
Cooled with a pool
Water-cooled Singapore house by Wallflower Architecture + Design with floating pavilion, pools on rooptop, interior pools on lower level
Keeping your summer cool
The temperature's rising. So before all the fans get sold out this summer, let's get your home cooling ready.
Heat pumps – Not just for heating
This family retreat incorporates a wealth of environmental design features from solar heating and cooling to a construction process that gave a 91% reduction of waste
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Modern family home in tropical climate has two wings and central courtyard
The two wings of this large family home are made of granite and fair-faced concrete – a central reflective pool create cross ventilation to help cool the house
Hill crest home maximises city views and natural light while still maintaining privacy for its owners
The L-shaped design of this family home ensures its indoor and outdoor living areas are private from the surrounding area despite the site being quite open and exposed
Louvres for cross ventilation
What started as a simple renovation of a workers cottage turned into a substantial, multi-year project. The results are impressive
