Over the years various forms of the garden greenhouse have been applied to actual house designs for people-living instead of plants.

Most recently architect Carl Verdickt has used the gardening solar “hot box” as inspiration for his minimalist open floor-plan that gives off a modern lodge-type effect.

European designers especially have taken to using steel and glass as primary materials for modern structures, and Verdickt’s house is a nice example of how sleek and functional these advanced insulating materials can be. Read post in GLiving.