A Low-Tech Holiday Home in Spain Maximizes Its Energy Efficiency
Bizna Estudio combines passive house principles with a few regional materials to keep one family cool while on vacation.
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The heat in Albacete, Spain, had one couple dreaming of escaping their city apartment for somewhere cooler—somewhere they and their two kids could spend summers, lazy spring weekends, and time with extended family around Christmas. For that "just right" holiday home, they tasked Bizna Estudio with a sustainable build that was comfortable year-round, easy to maintain, and, importantly, not too hard to get to.
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Caitlin Wheeler
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Caitlin Wheeler was a lawyer in Silicon Valley and is now a writer in Durham, NC. She's written about lawyers with zany careers, the North Carolina wine industry, and global architectural design.