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We’ve featured Michelle Kauffman before. Her work is pleasing to me, so I thought I’d share some vidoes. These are inside looks into some of her homes, the Glidehouse and the Sunset Breezehouse. Enjoy… MKD video 1 MKD video 2 MKD video 3 thanks michelle and preston

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Every morning I look at the same hilltop near my basement apartment and imagine building up there. Something about the seclusion and privacy, the view, the abundant natural light, and living above the smog gives me a boost of energy as I’m headed for work. For now it’s a dream, and it probably will be [...]

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Agilewaves Inc, a California based IT company, has created the Resource Monitor (shown above) which displays a building’s performance. Their first client, Nueva School in Hillsborough, CA built green, incorporating such things as solar-electric panels and a living roof. When they wanted to measure the performance, they went to Agilewaves. Keeping track of performance has [...]

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Though it may not be the hot topic of the century, building residences with storage containers is getting a lot of attention right now. Let me tell you why. Structure: The biggest reason the idea has caught on is that the structure is already done. No need to worry about structural support. You also don’t [...]

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I’ve seen a lot of cool ideas when it comes to architecture. A lot of them come from renovating old structures. For example, turning old department stores and old churches into a house is pretty cool. It creates an interesting space the seems fresh and accommodating. However, I’ve never seen this before: turning a bridge [...]

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