This week we discuss the National Complete Streets Coalition and their campaign to improve the quality and safety of our streets for pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit users.
This week we feature the first in a series of project walkthroughs. Paul Cha explains the Union Square Loft project and how the design came to fruition.
This week we feature the second part of our interview with Los Angeles based architects David Thompson and Kevin Southerland in which they discuss the Ridgewood Residence. We are also releasing the Rooftop Pavilion project by New York architect by Paul Cha.
This week we discuss how design philosophy emphasizes the inter-relationship between a house and its site. We feature the Parlette residence by San Francisco Bay Area firm Wilson Associates and are releasing the second part of our SlowHomeTV interview with New York architect Paul Cha.
This week the topic is green building products that are good for both you and the environment. There are Folio entries on Safecoat, a zero VOC paint and Solatube, a tubular daylighting system. There is a SlowHomeTV interview with Dr. Ted Kesik and three residential projects by David Baker and Partners of San Francisco.
The topic this week is the rising interest in modern homes as an alternative to cookie cutter developer sprawl. We have the first in a series of three SlowHomeTV interviews with the award winning Toronto architect Stephen Teeple and in Folio we feature two of his recently completed residential projects.
This week we feature a SlowHomeTV site visit with Mexican architect Jorge Gracia. In addition, we are releasing products by industrial designer Matthew Kroeker and a third project by San Diego architect Jonathan Segal.
This week we feature the first in a series of SlowHomeTV interviews with Michael Christensen, principal of Christensen & Co. We are releasing an interesting green roof product by Pontarolo Engineering and the Geddes House project by Vancouver architecture firm Splyce design.
This week we are posting the second Design Talk segment with furniture designer Niels Bendtsen of Vancouver, British Columbia. In this segment we get more of an insight into how this philosophy is put into action through a discussion of two of his products.
This week we discuss a recent article by Roger K. Lewis for the WashingtonPost.com, In "Economic Downturn Might be a Catalyst for Smarter Growth", Lewis talks about how to transform suburban sprawl through a process of "...rethinking, redeveloping, renewing, revitalizing and retrofitting."
This week we continue our discussion about the shift away from suburban growth. We discuss an article by Christopher Leinberger entitled "Sprawl to meet its limit in Atlanta" in which he looks to Atlanta as an example as a more compact form of growth.
This episode of the Slow Home Report features the Shifting Ground public radio series from NPR as well as projects by driendl*architects and Dan Hisel Design.
This week we feature new entries from California company Ready Solar and Danish firm Dorte Mandrup Architects. We are also releasing the second of our SlowHomeTV interview with Christopher Platt of Studio KAP.
This week the topic is environmentally friendly homes. We are featuring a SlowHomeTV interview with Dr. Ted Kesik, a world renowned researcher on environmentally sustainable building practices. In addition, we are releasing two clips from the new PBS television series and website Building Green TV produced and hosted by Kevin Contreras.
This week the topic is live/work. We are featuring an interview with Zoltan Pali of SPF Architecture from Los Angeles. In addition, we have our final interview with Tim MacDonald of Onion Flats from Philiadelphia.
This week we introduce the Design Studio section of Slow Home. Design Studio consists of an image from the Folio database with a brief analysis. Do you agree with the analysis? What else do you see that is worthy of note?
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