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Green Design - Page 4 of 24

  • Reducing A New Home’s Resource Footprint

    An organized waste stream and the use of recycled building materials were key to keeping the trash-to-materials ratio low.

  • Third-Party Blower-Door Test Pays Off

    Verifying high-performance house metrics under California's Title 24 earns some rebates from the utility company.

  • Queen Anne Pavilion

    Overlooking the Puget Sound on Queen Anne Hill, this garden pavilion is a dramatic modernist treat. On a sloping hillside, the “front” opens up with soaring windows. On the entry…

  • Installing Standing-Seam Roofing and Cladding

    Installing Standing-Seam Roofing and Cladding

    Carpenters adapt their tools and water-shedding strategies to work with standing-seam steel panels.

  • Windows and Doors Are Critical to a Tight House

    Our air barrier gets us to 1.0 ACH50. Our windows and doors get us Passive House tight.

  • A Desk Area Changes with its Owner

    Designing for a pre-teens room provides its own specific challenges. This desk area was set up to grow with the owners changing needs. Originally the shelf height was set up…

  • Climate Change for Builders: The Biggest Opportunity

    Faced with consequences equivalent to a giant asteroid set to hit the earth in 10 to 50 years, we designers and builders owe it to the future to do our part—and we need to start right now.

  • Locally Sourced Shiplap Cedar Siding

    Wood milled from trees on the family property adds character and a personal touch to our new home.

  • A Picture Window

    A window that opens up a home office onto a meditative garden expands the space in countless ways. Being able to experience the natural world while working can be delightful.…

  • Harvest Time

    It is harvest time in Sonoma and Napa Counties, the grapes are ready. This modern structure with corrugated siding is ripe with agricultural references. The peaked roof, farmhouse exterior lights,…

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