who among us doesn't wish they had a getaway house, a retreat from the day-to-day grind of living in the real world? well, some clients are realizing they don't have to stretch their carbon footprint to reach such a far-flung oasis...Read More
stroll through any recent upscale suburban development and you're likely to see the same thing: houses in a random assortment of vaguely historical styles with no common design theme, each making a heroic effort to look stately while strenuously ignoring the houses at each side...Read More
To get both an open interior and a full garage on a 30-foot-by-80-foot lot, architects Barbara Callas and Steven Shortridge, AIA, gave 543 House, as it's called, a section that rises in a staggered series of split levels...Read More
As if we needed any more evidence that solar houses can be both high-performing and beautiful, comfortable places to live, the 2009 Solar Decathlon has once again proved the point...Read More
