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?

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Water surrounds all sides of this living pavilion architecture, barn, building, facade, farmhouse, home, house, property, real estate, roof, rural area, shade, sky, tree, teal, black

Cooled with a pool

Water-cooled Singapore house by Wallflower Architecture + Design with floating pavilion, pools on rooptop, interior pools on lower level

View of the lounge area which features timber ceiling, daylighting, estate, home, interior design, living room, property, real estate, room, window, gray

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.

Whether it's summer or winter, a Daikin heat furniture, home, interior design, room, table, white

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

The corners of this gullwing roof are supported architecture, building, cloud, coast, design, estate, facade, home, house, land lot, landscape, ocean, plant community, property, real estate, sea, sky, tree, blue

Contemporary cliff-top house by Michael Mansvelt

Cascade pools - architecture | backyard | building architecture, backyard, building, design, estate, facade, home, house, interior design, mansion, property, real estate, reflecting pool, residential area, room, sky, swimming pool, villa

Low-upkeep luxury

This major renovation and extension by architectural designer architecture, backyard, elevation, estate, facade, home, house, lighting, property, real estate, residential area, resort, sky, swimming pool, villa, blue, black

Expansive outdoor living space with stonework, timber decks and fire pit

Water-cooled pavilion-style house uses cooling breezes created by rooftop pool

Cantilevered ceilings on this new home protect and architecture, elevation, facade, home, house, window, gray, contemporary, SAOTA

New family home makes the most of prized views from its bayside site without compromising privacy

Offering a point of difference to the solidity architecture, backyard, cottage, estate, home, house, property, real estate, residential area, resort, swimming pool, tree, villa, teal, black

Renovation and addition to a suburban home add contemporary living and views

Perfect for entertaining on a grand scale, this apartment, condominium, elevation, estate, facade, home, house, property, real estate, residential area, resort, swimming pool, villa, teal

Major renovation marries old with new delivering new home built on good bones

The brief was for a modern family home apartment, architecture, building, ceiling, design, estate, facade, furniture, home, house, interior design, patio, property, real estate, roof, room, villa, blue

Shipshape

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The two wings of this large family home apartment, architecture, building, condominium, facade, home, house, mixed use, neighbourhood, property, real estate, residential area, blue

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

Designed by architects ARRCC, this new hilltop home architecture, building, elevation, estate, facade, home, house, property, real estate, residential area, sky, black, teal

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