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theFERN – Marathon, TX [update]

November 23, 2010

Just received the latest pictures of Steven’s version of theFERN. Looking good! Tweet

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The Philosophy of Sustainable Design

October 4, 2010

The Philosophy of Sustainable Design, by Jason McLennan is unique in “green” books about architecture and building design in that it really gets to the philosophy behind sustainable practices, and not just a list of “dos” or “don’ts.” I appreciate that. McLennan is teaching us to fish. With sixteen chapters and five appendices, the book [...]

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The Lawrence Street House – Rainwater, Part 1

July 22, 2010

In addition to harvesting the solar on our site, we are seriously considering harvesting our rainwater. Eugene gets about 50 inches of rain each year. The rooftop of our main house is about 3,400 sq ft (remember, this includes porches and the garage), and our secondary unit has a roof area of about 1,570 sq [...]

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The Lawrence Street House – Front Porch continued…

June 18, 2010

I know it’s been a while since my last post. There are a couple of reasons for that. First, I’ve been in the final stages of completing my Sustainable Building Advisor class and the last part of the class got even more intense. Second, we’ve been also finishing the working drawings so we can get [...]

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The Front Porch and "The Garden"

April 8, 2010

HISTORY As an architect, the design of place has always held an incredible fascination to me. To be able to be a part of creating a built environment that is beautiful and useful has always held an appeal that is hard to describe. I first wanted to be an architect when I was in fifth [...]

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