Articles Featured Articles Portfolio Slideshow green designPublished September 4, 2010 at 10:17 am No Comments
Removing an original chimney in a quiet neighborhood in Farmington Hills, Michigan, provided our clients with the opportunity to redesign the interior of their home. It was blocking views, disrupting circulation and separating the kitchen from the entertainment spaces. Furthermore, it had caused multiple other problems for years: including, for example, roof leaks, insect infestation,
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Articles Featured Articles Portfolio Slideshow green designPublished August 31, 2010 at 10:58 am No Comments
Our clients were losing heat and cooling through a poorly insulated roof structure. Huge icicles formed at the eves as their heating bills soared above $800 per month. They sorely needed maintenance but were also interested in improving the general appearance of the property. In our design, improvements to the roof and exterior siding became
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UncategorizedPublished May 2, 2010 at 12:25 pm No Comments
The initial proposal for a home office that could also function as a guest bedroom. Included refinishing the floors with tung oil, adding new base moulding and repainting the walls and trim.
green designPublished May 1, 2010 at 9:31 am 6 Comments
Design in green for today’s family kitchen can be a challenge. First of all, budgets are tight. We want more space that is carefully planned to entertain our friends with lean meals, but we have limited resources to work with. And while we have an eye on saving the earth’s resources, our own, family finances
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Portfolio Slideshow UncategorizedPublished April 29, 2010 at 10:47 am 2 Comments
Green design saves money in energy bills. Southeast Michigan Built in 1961, this house began as a simple ranch with one long gable roof. Our clients retained us to study improvements in energy efficiency, maintenance and overall appearance. Shingles needed to be replaced, siding repainted and insulation added to the ceiling. We proposed to combine
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UncategorizedPublished April 27, 2010 at 7:15 pm No Comments
Are you having trouble finding your perfect house plan on all those stock plan sites? Well, look no further. Until May 1st, we will be offering custom green home plans at prices lower than some stock plans! We can do small house plans, modern house plans, green house plans, net zero house plans, contemporary house
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Articles Featured ArticlesPublished April 24, 2010 at 8:46 am No Comments
Going green can be the easiest or hardest thing you ever do. It depends on how green you want to be. Green design, or a green lifestyle, does not necessarily have a quantifiable definition. You might say there are many “shades of green.” In the most general sense, the measure for an individual, a building,
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UncategorizedPublished April 22, 2010 at 10:22 am 1 Comment
Designed and built for the owner of a lumber yard and avid carpenter in 1948, this Michigan ranch house rests between tall trees, looking westward over the Rouge River basin. The original siding is milled, clear redwood with a 9 inch exposed lap, painted white. A natural split stone wall section and central chimney provide
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ArticlesPublished April 14, 2010 at 11:52 pm No Comments
The roots of building science reach back thousands of years to the origins of human society. It is possible to trace, for example, in the primitive remnants of stones piled in front of an ancient cave, the origins of masonry building. The best solutions to building problems often combine the application of design principles which
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ArticlesPublished April 14, 2010 at 11:44 pm No Comments
The controversy surrounding the prospect of global warming and the sharp rise in the cost of fuel have led many people to believe that so-called “green” design is a recent response to contemporary conditions. Nothing could be further from the truth. Energy efficient design is literally thousands of years old. Primitive peoples carefully oriented their
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