Detail View: SHIMMER: Findhorn Ecovillage

Title: 
Findhorn Ecovillage
Creation Date: 
2006
Dimensions: 
149 x 149 m (floor area)
Image Date: 
2009
Period: 
21st century
Location: 
Findhorn, Morayshire
Country: 
SCOTLAND, UK
Material: 
wood cladding , slate roof
Display Creator: 
RICHARDS, Simon
Terms: 
Eco houses
Image ID: 
10-0464
Description: 
Exterior view: three bedroom house. South facing conservatory, bamboo floors, central vacuum and separate wiring system for computer, telephone, and TV. Post and beam construction. Untreated larch cladding. Underfloor heating with LPG boiler and wood stove. Warm cell insulation. One of the houses built in the Ecovillage (also known as 'The Field of Dreams') for members of the Findhorn Foundation to create "sustainability not only in environmental terms, but also in social, economic and spiritual terms".
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Related Information: 
Findhorn Ecovillage. For more information see < http://www.ecovillagefindhorn.com/index.php >.
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
RICHARDS, Simon
Creator Role: 
Architect.
Subject Heading: 
Findhorn Community
Subject Heading: 
Architecture, Domestic -- Scotland
Subject Heading: 
Architecture -- 2000-2100
Subject Heading: 
Sustainable architecture
Subject Heading: 
Wooden-frame buildings -- Great Britain