New Website for Bluetime Collaborative (swinburnearchitect.com)
I have a new website designed by Good Bear Productions here at the Cotton Mill in Brattleboro, VT Check it out! It is very beautiful. I have learned that I take good photographs but that way too many...
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I’ve started a new Bluetime Collaborative page on facebook. Haven’t figured it all out yet but it seems like a slightly less formal place to foster dialogue than this blog where you have to sign in to...
View ArticleHeating Options for a Small Home – Fine Homebuilding
Fine Homebuilding magazine has run a lovely and concise article by Martin Holladay this month (March 2011 actually) that covers the options for a small, low heat load home (my favorite type to design)...
View ArticleCLOG – the complete construction log for Tiny house
CLOG – the complete construction log for Tiny house. Caleb and Laura kept a CLOG or Construction Log for their tiny house in Brattleboro. Plans for it are for sale on HousePlans.com The post CLOG – the...
View ArticleFern house featured again on Houzz.com
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View ArticleSuburban Sustainable Design Competition in Keene, NH
I love competitions like this and I’m spreading the word as I know many architects and students read this blog. I’m doing some cut and paste here – hope they don’t mind. Welcome! Thank you for your...
View ArticleVote on Pinterest – 2013 Howies
Vote for this house plan on Houseplans.com for a 2013 Howie Award. I think you do it on Pinterest by pinning and sharing HERE Jan 22 edit – The pinterest voting is only for the people’s choice award...
View ArticleOld Fashioned Stoves in New England
I grew up in Maine with a large wood cookstove similar to this one. Cooking in it was sketchy and it was far from tight or efficient. The top surface and oven provided excellent places to keep pies and...
View ArticleAlways know what and where your AIR BARRIER is.
I’m working on detailing out a smallish house in Greenfield, MA. We probably won’t go full Passive House on this but we will look at what additional costs and detailing it would take. And if we’re...
View ArticleNESEA Pro tour – Hampshire College
Last month I toured the R.W. Kern center at Hampshire College with a bunch of Green building Geeks and fans as part of a NESEA pro tour. This building is being certified under the Living Building...
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