Blogs & Articles
We’re thinking and doing
Multi Generational Zero Energy Home in Avon
We love domesticity. We love to create homes for people to thrive in. That can mean different things for different people at different times, so we...
Design: Ornamental or Fundamental
“He’s pictures, he’s words” the client offers as an executive summary of the service provided by the two ad agency representatives sitting in the...
Trade Students Like Our Net Zero Home
We had the opportunity to host a dozen students from Vinal Tech High School in Middletown on a tour just for them and their interest in learning about how and why we design and build high performance homes.
Right Sizing a Home that Fits
We’re pleased to be featured in this timely book. Author Sheri Koones has had her finger on the pulse of a number of significant trends in building responsibly and in “Downsize: Living Large in a Small House” she is once again aligned with the times.
The Passive House Solution
This was written in 2012 to introduce Passive House as a new way of building I know something new. I know how to design and build homes that are...
The Cape Cod House
A few years back I heard this poem read by Manchester native Steven Straight at that great summer event at the Hillstead Museum in Farmington, the...
The 6 Question that lead to your New Home
Designing and building a home of lasting beauty that produces as much energy as it needs with comfort, health, durability and energy security baked in is an exciting journey.
But where to begin? By asking these six questions and being led by the answers the journey makes sense. These questions provide a structure and give shape to a path to follow.
Built Different Built Better
How our homes perform suddenly matters much more. Performance is an exciting new dimension to how we think about, build, and remodel those homes.
Turn this House Around!
Here is a pretty great story of a house on a river and the folks who have chosen to live there and the changes we have been employed to make. Every...
Right Sizing A Home That Fits
Being thoughtful about what we need, right-sizing the project, and discovering what’s possible at what cost is the foundation of every design process we guide folks through to create a home that fits.
A Missed Opportunity. The Difference Matters.
We approach design and construction of homes differently. It is an opportunity to create a decidedly better building and home of lasting beauty with levels of comfort, health, durability, and energy security unlike homes of the past. We offer a smarter choice.
The Quarry in your Kitchen
So many kitchens. So many stone countertops. Beautiful, swirling marbles. Rich chocolate caramel granites. Blues. Golds. Emerald greens. Works of...
Blogs & Articles
We’re thinking and doing
Multi Generational Zero Energy Home in Avon
We love domesticity. We love to create homes for people to thrive in. That can mean different things for different people at different times, so we...
Design: Ornamental or Fundamental
“He’s pictures, he’s words” the client offers as an executive summary of the service provided by the two ad agency representatives sitting in the...
Trade Students Like Our Net Zero Home
We had the opportunity to host a dozen students from Vinal Tech High School in Middletown on a tour just for them and their interest in learning about how and why we design and build high performance homes.
Right Sizing a Home that Fits
We’re pleased to be featured in this timely book. Author Sheri Koones has had her finger on the pulse of a number of significant trends in building responsibly and in “Downsize: Living Large in a Small House” she is once again aligned with the times.
The Passive House Solution
This was written in 2012 to introduce Passive House as a new way of building I know something new. I know how to design and build homes that are...
The Cape Cod House
A few years back I heard this poem read by Manchester native Steven Straight at that great summer event at the Hillstead Museum in Farmington, the...
The 6 Question that lead to your New Home
Designing and building a home of lasting beauty that produces as much energy as it needs with comfort, health, durability and energy security baked in is an exciting journey.
But where to begin? By asking these six questions and being led by the answers the journey makes sense. These questions provide a structure and give shape to a path to follow.
Built Different Built Better
How our homes perform suddenly matters much more. Performance is an exciting new dimension to how we think about, build, and remodel those homes.
Turn this House Around!
Here is a pretty great story of a house on a river and the folks who have chosen to live there and the changes we have been employed to make. Every...
Right Sizing A Home That Fits
Being thoughtful about what we need, right-sizing the project, and discovering what’s possible at what cost is the foundation of every design process we guide folks through to create a home that fits.
A Missed Opportunity. The Difference Matters.
We approach design and construction of homes differently. It is an opportunity to create a decidedly better building and home of lasting beauty with levels of comfort, health, durability, and energy security unlike homes of the past. We offer a smarter choice.
The Quarry in your Kitchen
So many kitchens. So many stone countertops. Beautiful, swirling marbles. Rich chocolate caramel granites. Blues. Golds. Emerald greens. Works of...