Sustainable homes

Font de Sa Cala, on Mallorca’s north-east coast, has long appealed to people who want a slower rhythm by the sea without being cut off from everyday essentials.

Can a 50 m² house look like a small contemporary building? That's the effect the KAYA 4L aims to achieve.

Sustainable homes in Spain are climbing rapidly up buyers’ priority lists, with energy efficiency now a central part of the property conversation.

In the Caldes de Malavella countryside in Girona, within the natural setting of Camiral Golf & Wellness, stands a house that raises a question increasingly common in contemporary architecture – can a home directly improve the health of those who live in it? Designed by Fran Silvestre Arquit

Villa Sense, located in La Gran Reserva, Sotogrande, is a new luxury residence designed by ARK Architects with bioclimatic architecture. The design makes full use of the site’s orientation, natural light and ventilation to minimise energy consumption while maximising comfort. Part of the exclusive development The 15, the home combines efficiency, harmony with the landscape and a sense of spaciousness.

Villa Noon will be a reality in Sotogrande, specifically in the exclusive "The 15" area. The home will achieve zero water consumption through atmospheric water generation, rainwater collection and grey water reuse. Moreover, its HVAC system also achieves an efficiency of over 700%, producing more energy than it consumes and even allowing surplus energy to be sold back to the grid. idealista/news has exclusive information that the property will be priced at €11.4 million with a guest house and €9.8 million without.

"The house that no one dared build until now".

Residential solar panel installation has boomed in Spain in the last two years. In 2022, 2.5 gigawatts (GW) of self-consumption power was installed on more than 200,000 homes, twice as much as in 2021. Most were single-family homes, as residential installation is more complicated.

There is a wide variety of prefab houses to choose from. Over the years, many companies and builders have joined the modular housing trend and as a result, the selection has increased.

The Oasis building has the honour of being the first passivhaus residential building in Murcia. This collective housing building is located in Murcia's old town.

Tucked away in the rainforest landscape near La Union in southern Chile is a small cabin called 3×3 Retreat. Estudio Diagonal Architects designed this tiny house to create a sense of cohesion between the structure's 'radical geometry' and the site's natural, organic essence.

The use of earthy colours in home design is a trend that has been gaining popularity in recent years. Drawing inspiration from the warm, earthy tones found in nature, this architectural approach aims to create a harmonious connection between the home and its surroundings.

Prefabricated houses have revolutionised the world of construction and architecture, offering innovative, economical and ecological solutions.

Incredible as it may seem to some, some people like and want to live in extreme environments. Deserts are probably the most extreme environments in this category.

Living in a big city has many advantages. Cultural, leisure and even employment opportunities are found in large urban centres.

Within the prefabricated housing options, container homes are experiencing a boom in popularity.

The Brazilian architect and 3D visual designer Felipe Campolina displayed his proposal for the Micro Housing 2022 contest, driven by Impact Design Competitions.

Pollution and carbon emissions have become one the main problems facing humanity.

Sustainability and efficiency are two words that are becoming increasingly important in the real estate and construction business. And it is under this premise that Keep was born. David Taranilla founded the company, which offers 100% customisable industrialised housing starting at €149,000.

Madrid City Council, through the Delegate Housing Department, has decided to make a clear commitment to restoration; to transform and improve the residential fabric of the Spanish capital.

Among the many initiatives aimed at preserving and improving the environment, the architecture sector occupies a special place and is very active. That has not always been the case.

Energy efficiency and sustainability are no longer the ugly duckling of the real estate sector, but have now become serious selling points capable of attracting potential buyers. Companies know this, and they talk it up in their promotional material.

Madrid and Barcelona can boast of being two of the most sustainable cities in the world. The 2018 Sustainable Cities Index, compiled by Arcadis, places these two Spanish cities among the 30 most sustainable in the world.

The Earth has more water than land surface, a fact that has led man to design numerous urban development projects on the sea: from The World, the archipelago of artificial islands in the form of a globe in Dubai, to Artisanopolis, a modern Atlantis that they want to build on the waters of French Pol