Custom Northern California Home
This home in Northern California was designed to collaborate with the surrounding landscape. Through
strategically placed glass windows and doors one feels like they are outdoors wherever they are, the spaces are washed with natural light, while breezes are used to help keep the house cool. Sustainable materials and systems are used throughout including FSC certified [...]
Custom Modular Home – home as theatre
I recently had dinner with my friends Jodi and Ben in their absolutely stunning home. I designed their home with them and MKD and it was completed in the past year. While most of it was built in a factory as 5 modules plus 2 roof modules, it was custom designed specifically to their site, [...]
Custom home in snow country
Scott Landry recently went on a site visit to a newly completed custom home in California snow country (built with modular technology). While there, he shot these terrific candid photos of the house showing the stunning mixture of the Cor-ten weathering steel (love the low maintenance factor of Cor-ten, and how it quietly nestles into [...]
How green building can save the housing industry
By John F. Wasik
Green is gold. Why didn’t homebuilders get this idea? They could be building new homes again, employing millions, making inner cities and suburbs habitable and bring down the cost of housing for everyone.
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Uplifting inspiration from down under
I always enjoy checking out what thoughtful architects in Australia are doing. In general, they have been ahead of the U.S. in terms of incorporating energy and water saving design elements and systems into their homes. It has been a part of their overall design philosophy for decades. This recent project by CplusC architect’s is [...]
