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I always wanted to build a home, but as you are about to see not just any type of home. On October 23, 2006,my wife and I committed to making…

We built an addition onto a small bungalow in a historic district, where we wanted to fully explore building with an ecological awareness.  Fortunately, the historic review board supported our...

Built on a rock outcropping next to a small stream and several trout ponds this house finds a slice of light within a forest setting. A low pitch roof follows…

This project is a 2,400sf home and bed and breakfast now under construction on Bowen Island, which is a Island Municipality located in the northern gulf Islands (20 minutes by…

  The project: The residences – fashioned for a couple of empty nesters whose youngest child inhabits the laneway home – demonstrate that eco density can be green, affordable and…

It's that time again--time to Break Out of the Indoors! We're inviting all you talented carpenters, builders, masons, and homeowners who have created inviting outdoor spaces to share them with…

PROJECT SUMMARY After living in the outdated 1950's ranch-style house for 30 years, an acclaimed Artist-Wife and her Architect-Husband transformed the existing structure into a custom home for the...

This home was designed from the ground up to be near-net zero energy efficient, with a sustainable approach to all materials and maximum coexistence with a 7.5-acre hillside property certified as...

Our top priorities in building this project were to build in a small footprint, use natural building products, and to build so well that the house would stand for generations…

The desire to have a dinner party for 10 guests, all the while being able to connect to them from a new kitchen, inspired this gut rehab with new colors…