Baulinder House in the cubism style with panoramic windows

Mission Hills,  Photo  Mike Sinclair

The simple form of the house was conceptualized as a series of stacked boxes with common rooms located at ground level, and private rooms in boxes higher. 

BAULINDER HAUS WAS INSPIRED BY MODERN IDEAS OF ARCHITECT MARCEL BREIER.

In plan, the boxes are oriented in a u-shape configuration to create a generous private courtyard which was designed as an extension of the interior living space, blurring the boundaries between indoors and out. Floor-to-ceiling south-facing windows in the courtyard are shaded by the overhanging second floor above, to obscure the sun in the summer, but allow passive solar heating in winter.

The technical equipment of the house includes a system of heat pumps with a geothermal heat pump HVAC system, energy-saving windows and sprayed foam polyurethane insulation. The external wooden covering is a vertical ship siding, of industrial production. BauLinder Haus was designed to meet the requirements set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for their Indoor airPLUS qualified homes and in an effort to get the Energy Star qualification - minimum energy consumption costs in any form.