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Posted in Green Building Info. on Mar 29th, 2007
So my little girls love to watch this show on ABC called “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Some of you may have heard about it. The idea behind the show is great, and it’s really neat to see people’s lives changed for the better. But i wonder sometimes if they go a little overboard with the [...]
Posted in Building Technology on Mar 27th, 2007
I’m an engineer so I’m always on the lookout for some new and interesting way to build a home. Wired has an article on the Plug and Play modular home:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/home1.html?pg=1&topic=home&topic_set=
I have often wondered if the mass production methods used by the auto industry could apply to home design and production. These guys are [...]
Posted in Green Building Info. on Mar 27th, 2007
Recovering lumber has become a big business in recent years. You can buy floors and posts made from old mines. There are social consequences to this recovery however. In Southeast Asia recovery of teak has resulted in a kind of identity crisis. A few summers ago I found myself looking at [...]
Posted in Green Building Info. on Mar 27th, 2007
Southwest Windpower has been around for about 20 years, but I hadn’t heard of them until recently. They worked with the Department of Energy to produce a really cool wind powered generator for residential use. I don’t know that your neighbors in suburbia will love this going up in your backyard, but if [...]
Posted in Green Building Info. on Mar 27th, 2007
Sounds odd I know. I was curious when I read this headline as it was ironic to find it under the “Building Green” Section of the NAHB (National Associsation of Home Builders) website. The author purposely entitled the article this way to catch attention and it worked. I quickly clicked through to read about it. [...]
Posted in Green Building Info. on Mar 26th, 2007
I just came across this article on livemodern.com. Michelle Kaufmann is the designer of this cool modular homeplan. Hang on… it’s not your common modular house. As you can see, it has a really simple modern style, and the foor plan is pretty nice too. The simple design works well for energy efficiency and apparently [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2007
Welcome to our blog about house plans and home building. I hope you’ll come back and visit often and share your ideas about home building with us. Having built many homes myself, and being invloved in the industry for years; I thought a blog about the subject might help others looking to build their own [...]
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