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Design Build Part 6: Purpose and Compassion

I could have stopped right here. Right at the stage pictured here. There’s something so compelling about the fresh new concrete bones of...

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Jul 28, 20212 min read

Design Build Part 5: Stemming Out of the Earth

The truth about building your own home with your bare hands is that you will need help along the way. For me that started with the...

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Jul 14, 20211 min read

Design Build Part 4: Exactly Which Way is North Anyway?

Designing and then building a passive solar home requires careful calculations based on the exact location on the globe and an exact...

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May 20, 20213 min read

Design Build Part 3: Design & Communication

I'll never forget taking this photo. Seemed appropriate somehow that the first signs of habitation were an office chair and drafting...

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May 13, 20213 min read

Design Build Part 2: Finding Design Space

When I began designing our home, my wife and I were living at my family's bed and breakfast. I was the only one in my family left in New...

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Apr 29, 20214 min read

Design Build Part 1

Warning: Architects in Tractors are Closer Than They Appear. I am often asked about my experience designing and physically building my...

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