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A Memory of Light: Sunlight and Architectural Design
We’ve been designing homes around the position of the sun since we started taking shelter millennia ago. The era of tract housing and subdivisions...
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What We Find Behind Drywall: The Challenges of Remodeling Older Homes
Discovering Hidden “Treasure” Remodeling an existing home presents many challenges that are not typically found when designing a new home. The above...
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Design Build Takes a Village
Imagine you are in a maze. The idea is to find your way through a series of passages to find the end. Imagine there isn’t only one end goal to find,...
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Navigating Architecture: Active Design
The architecture school on the University of Michigan campus is located a bit far from the central campus most are familiar with – the one that holds...
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The Big Ideas in ‘The Not So Big House’
Living Smaller, Better, Healthier Like many green builders out there, I have been a devotee and ardent practitioner of a “not-so-big” lifestyle, and...
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“…You Have a Lot of Meetings…”
I go to work everyday with a happy heart. This is probably the cheesiest sentence ever, but it is sincere. I have found a work/life balance as a...