by admin | Apr 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Reusing buildings is one of the most effective and radical strategies we have for reducing carbon emissions from the built environment. It’s effective because reusing and renovating a structure has a lower embodied carbon footprint than building a new one. And if...
by admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
The clients who come to me want to work with “new” materials. I put quotes around the word “new” because they really aren’t new techniques. These alternative methods are time tested, proven techniques, and they’re just just new to us because we’ve become accustomed to...
by admin | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
I never back down from a challenge. And one of my favorite things about being an architect is designing a structure with a very tight budget. Some of my favorite clients have been the ones who want their own space but also want the bare minimum and need to spend the...
by admin | Feb 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
I don’t like being a debbie downer, but the “natural building” industry unfortunately has set up a lot of unrealistic expectations for consumers. They’ve been fed this pipe dream that if they scrape together salvageable materials and build with mud, they can build a...
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
In this blog series, I will take you through the step-by-step process of building a Cob Oven, an Earthen Bench, and a Rammed Earth oven base. These items were built in a semester course I taught for the American College of Building Arts. Everything you...
