A little holiday fun for green building enthusiasts #livingbuilding #passivegingerbreadhouse
A new concrete slab, poured and hard troweled, at one of our Seattle remodel projects. Hat's off to Berman Built for working through the weekend to get the hydronic radiant floor ready in time!
“Climate change is the paramount challenge of our generation,” said County Council member Larry Phillips. “It poses immediate threats to our resources and security and is an existential threat to our children and grandchildren. King County has a decade of increasing leadership in addressing climate change, and now our updated Strategic Climate Action Plan puts us once again at the forefront of climate action. I am proud to share our work on climate change with other Local Climate Leader's Circle delegates at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris in December.”
https://living-future.org/news/king-county-makes-bold-commitment-living-buildings
Butterfly porch and entry roof under construction on an energy efficient house outside of Durango, CO
It's a great start and gives us hope that we can turn the corner - Approval of Landmark Climate Accord in Paris
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/world/europe/climate-change-accord-paris.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
It's not really "back" to the drawing board if you find yourself living at the drawing board. Working out some landscape features.
Small, additional homes near alleyways and in backyards are a tried and true strategy for adding housing in dense cities like Seattle. Finding inspiration in this fine book.
hilarious..... and sadly true
https://twitter.com/livingbuilding/status/672143284547035141
Sketching sure has changed over the years...testing out different possibilities for communicating ideas with our shmancy new ipads.
Good to see passive house standards are starting to get recognition in the public sphere.
http://foursevenfive.com/obama-endorses-passive-house-initiative-this-is-big/
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Clark & Chapin Architects is oh so almost about to go live with a brand new website. We are testing all of our connections to other services like Facebook and twitter, polishing up text and sorting photos. Look for an announcement of our launch date soon!