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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Free Green Turns House Design Business On Its Head
Free Green Turns House Design Business On Its Head
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 05. 2.08
Design & Architecture in treehugger.com
There is an entire industry of stock plan books and plan sites. Some are created by architects and designers with talent; others are full of the usual faux manors. Very few are modern designs and fewer still are what one might call green. All of them are ripped off constantly by every builder and client who isn't willing to hire an architect and isn't even willing to pay a couple of hundred bucks for a set of plans.
David Wax and his team at Free Green turn the home design business model on its head. They are charging exactly what most people are willing to pay for design: Nothing. (click for photos)
2008-05-02_092419-Treehugger-kitchen.jpg
And they are not bad plans at all; they say “Good home design comes from a collaborative effort in which aesthetics, performance, and value are constantly discussed, debated, and maximized” and it shows. They offer a fairly traditional three-bedroom 2-1/2 bath plan that would not offend anyone (having every standard feature that almost every house in North America has) and an interesting smaller "suburban loft" model, with the promise of many more to come- architects and designers are invited to submit plans for the catalog.
livingroom.jpg
The business model: "we offer free, downloadable, buildable energy efficient and healthy home plans to everyone. Our revenue comes from the green product vendors that we specify into the plans (via an advertising and lead generation model)."
Architects can't make money doing one-off houses and most people aren't willing to pay for it, or don't even value it. The traditional model is broken, so why not market architecture like software or blogs and give it away, making money from the ads? Finally there is a model where somebody "looks forward to helping you [architects and designers] get the exposure and revenue you deserve."
Their construction documents are thorough, complete with "a Location Specific Energy Performance Report for over 200 cities across the United States, and Full Construction Document sets in 24 by 36 format (including all the details, and a LEED-H checklist for use on the job site)."
2008-05-02_092339-Treehugger-working-drawing.jpg
I downloaded the document package and as an architect who has done my share of them, I was pretty impressed. Getting work of this quality and thoroughness done for a one-off house would cost many thousands of dollars. Just the LEED analysis would cost thousands.
kitchen.jpg
I so want this to work; it is a brilliant idea that could succeed where modern prefab failed, by making good green design accessible and affordable right across the country. Their timing is awful, smack in the middle of a real estate meltdown, and there is no guarantee that the person downloading the plans is going to implement any of the green ideas or use any of the products specified. Intellectual property has little value in the housebuilding game, so who knows what will actually get built. It is also almost completely a suburban and exurban business, which will be seriously affected by the price of oil.
However if it works, it could be game-changing. ::Free Green via ::Inhabitat
Thirsty for more? Check out these related articles:
* Design 21 Hosts Carnival of the Green
* Manto: Traditional weavings made modern, loom woven tire-bags
* As the Financial Crisis Hits Home, is T. Boone Pickens Selling Wind Turbines?
* Will Green Design Retailers Survive the Recession?
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 05. 2.08
Design & Architecture in treehugger.com
There is an entire industry of stock plan books and plan sites. Some are created by architects and designers with talent; others are full of the usual faux manors. Very few are modern designs and fewer still are what one might call green. All of them are ripped off constantly by every builder and client who isn't willing to hire an architect and isn't even willing to pay a couple of hundred bucks for a set of plans.
David Wax and his team at Free Green turn the home design business model on its head. They are charging exactly what most people are willing to pay for design: Nothing. (click for photos)
2008-05-02_092419-Treehugger-kitchen.jpg
And they are not bad plans at all; they say “Good home design comes from a collaborative effort in which aesthetics, performance, and value are constantly discussed, debated, and maximized” and it shows. They offer a fairly traditional three-bedroom 2-1/2 bath plan that would not offend anyone (having every standard feature that almost every house in North America has) and an interesting smaller "suburban loft" model, with the promise of many more to come- architects and designers are invited to submit plans for the catalog.
livingroom.jpg
The business model: "we offer free, downloadable, buildable energy efficient and healthy home plans to everyone. Our revenue comes from the green product vendors that we specify into the plans (via an advertising and lead generation model)."
Architects can't make money doing one-off houses and most people aren't willing to pay for it, or don't even value it. The traditional model is broken, so why not market architecture like software or blogs and give it away, making money from the ads? Finally there is a model where somebody "looks forward to helping you [architects and designers] get the exposure and revenue you deserve."
Their construction documents are thorough, complete with "a Location Specific Energy Performance Report for over 200 cities across the United States, and Full Construction Document sets in 24 by 36 format (including all the details, and a LEED-H checklist for use on the job site)."
2008-05-02_092339-Treehugger-working-drawing.jpg
I downloaded the document package and as an architect who has done my share of them, I was pretty impressed. Getting work of this quality and thoroughness done for a one-off house would cost many thousands of dollars. Just the LEED analysis would cost thousands.
kitchen.jpg
I so want this to work; it is a brilliant idea that could succeed where modern prefab failed, by making good green design accessible and affordable right across the country. Their timing is awful, smack in the middle of a real estate meltdown, and there is no guarantee that the person downloading the plans is going to implement any of the green ideas or use any of the products specified. Intellectual property has little value in the housebuilding game, so who knows what will actually get built. It is also almost completely a suburban and exurban business, which will be seriously affected by the price of oil.
However if it works, it could be game-changing. ::Free Green via ::Inhabitat
Thirsty for more? Check out these related articles:
* Design 21 Hosts Carnival of the Green
* Manto: Traditional weavings made modern, loom woven tire-bags
* As the Financial Crisis Hits Home, is T. Boone Pickens Selling Wind Turbines?
* Will Green Design Retailers Survive the Recession?
Sustainable Architecture Resources
Note new website: http://css.snre.umich.edu/
Sustainable Architecture Resources
Linking you to 19 of the best Sustainable Architecture resources we've found.
If you're using your browser's "Find" command with this page, use these keywords:
Topics: appliances, architecture education, building technology, energy analysis, energy efficiency, graywater, green design, green materials, indoor air quality, insulation, lighting, micro-hydro, solar, wind
Resources: calendar, curricula, database, fact sheets, hotline, links, listservs, news, publications, slides, software, technical assistance, video, weather data, workshops
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Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 9126
Berkeley, CA 94709-0126
510/273-2428 e-mail
* Topics: green materials
* Resources: publications: The Architectural Resource Guide, which includes extensive regional and national contact information for manufacturers and distributors of sustainable construction materials; and New Village Journal, a semiannual journal documenting progressive leadership in planning, architecture, and community revitalization. Also: library, research service, green materials display and database available to the public at 2000 Center Street, Suite 120, in Berkeley.
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
1200 18th St NW, #900
Washington, DC 20036
202/530-2202; fax: 202/887-0497 e-mail
* Topics: green materials; green design
* Resources: publications, databases, links, listservs, and software (Green Building Advisor)
Educating Architects for a Sustainable Environment
* Topics: architecture education
* Resources: recommendations, implementation strategies, model curricula, and links
(more)
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Sustainable Architecture Resources
Linking you to 19 of the best Sustainable Architecture resources we've found.
If you're using your browser's "Find" command with this page, use these keywords:
Topics: appliances, architecture education, building technology, energy analysis, energy efficiency, graywater, green design, green materials, indoor air quality, insulation, lighting, micro-hydro, solar, wind
Resources: calendar, curricula, database, fact sheets, hotline, links, listservs, news, publications, slides, software, technical assistance, video, weather data, workshops
*****
Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 9126
Berkeley, CA 94709-0126
510/273-2428 e-mail
* Topics: green materials
* Resources: publications: The Architectural Resource Guide, which includes extensive regional and national contact information for manufacturers and distributors of sustainable construction materials; and New Village Journal, a semiannual journal documenting progressive leadership in planning, architecture, and community revitalization. Also: library, research service, green materials display and database available to the public at 2000 Center Street, Suite 120, in Berkeley.
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
1200 18th St NW, #900
Washington, DC 20036
202/530-2202; fax: 202/887-0497 e-mail
* Topics: green materials; green design
* Resources: publications, databases, links, listservs, and software (Green Building Advisor)
Educating Architects for a Sustainable Environment
* Topics: architecture education
* Resources: recommendations, implementation strategies, model curricula, and links
(more)
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Global Village Shelters
Global Village Shelters: Creating communities and individual homes for people in need. GVS designs as new and integral shelter solutions in the disaster relief market.
Global Village Shelters LLC (GVS)
221 Looking Glass Hill Morris, CT 06763 USA
email for information and inquiries: mferrara@ferraradesign.com
telephone: 860.567.4118 fax: 860.567.4265
Global Village Shelters LLC is a for-profit company based in Litchfield County Connecticut, USA. It is co-owned by father-daughter team Daniel A Ferrara and Mia Ferrara Pelosi.
Configurations
Materials and Design
The design is a simple structure that would give the affected person/ family stability (durability) and safety during a disaster or refugee situation. To accomplish durability, the shelter has a concentric “ring” structure; the units have withstood winds up to 80 mph. The shelter is built out of a very strong 13mm Polypropylene profile sheet (thick UV resistant white plastic, often used in outdoor applications). Materials safety data is available upon request. The material is biologically inert, does not off gas, and can be reground (recycled) throughout the world. All edges are reinforced with polypropylene extrusions to prevent wear in this high traffic area, also adding strength to the door area and other stress points. All shelter components are pre fabricated and installed prior to shipping and packing. Material samples are can be requested by emailing mferrara@ferraradesign.com.
There are no comparable shelters actively on the market. The cost and ease of set up are both significant benefits for GVS as disaster relief housing. GVS allows any person to set up their own housing without much guidance or strength- no tools are required. GVS also offers several comfort factors: a removable acrylic window with a screen, dual locking door system, and optional fire safe stove pipe aperture in the wall. There are several options that can also be added to the GVS, such as various flooring solutions (including, but not limited to tarps, plywood/ foam, elevated flooring). The cross ventilation creates a temperature equilibrium with the outdoor temps in warm climates- it will not get warmer than the outside temperature.
Duration
The shelter will last 18 months or more. It is possible to extend this time period by using the walls as a footprint on which to build either with brick, mud, hay-bale materials, wood, corrugated tin, et al and providing a more substantial floor (not a tarp); basic maintenance like this can greatly extend its life. We recommend putting shelter units on raised platforms, creating a stable (you can screw the unit onto the platform) and level floor. (more)
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Excerpt from Wired.com:
Issue 13.03 - March 2005
Rebuild Like You Give a Damn
What does that look like?
Something more than a tent, but less than a permanent house. One example is the Global Village Shelter, a flat-pack hut made from a kind of water- and fireproof cardboard. It costs about $400 and can withstand 60 to 80 mph winds. Two people can put one together in 15 minutes.
Rebuild Like You Give a Damn
Wired.com
Issue 13.03 - March 2005
WIRED magazine
Rebuild Like You Give a Damn
The flip side of disaster is a fresh start - at least for those lucky enough to survive. Cameron Sinclair founded Architecture for Humanity in 1999 to help apply innovative design to humanitarian crises. Its motto: "Design like you give a damn." Run on a shoestring budget and a donated laptop, the nonprofit's main asset is its 1,200 volunteer architects organized online through Meetup in 130 cities worldwide. Projects include refugee resettlement in Kosovo, clinics for AIDS patients in Africa, and temporary housing in hurricane-trashed Grenada. Cash donations to the agency have been earmarked to build a model fishing community where a Sri Lankan village was wiped out in December by the tsunami. Also on the group's 2005 agenda: an online design competition called Rethinking Tent City.
WIRED: Designer refugee camps and fishing villages? Sounds like overkill.
SINCLAIR: That's emphatically not what we're about. For every Frank Gehry putting up gorgeous monuments, there are a hundred architects focused on improving ordinary peoples' lives. But they don't get on the covers of magazines - they're the lost children of architecture.
How do you tsunami-proof a fishing village?
There's no way - nothing you'd want to live in is going to stand up to a wall of water hitting your house at 200 mph. But we think better design can help people build stronger, sustainable communities.
Meanwhile, people living near the Bay of Bengal don't have roofs over their heads.
Unfortunately, they're ending up in tents. It's the same idea as always: Put up as much canvas as possible as fast as possible. Tents are great for a couple of weeks. But the reality is that the average refugee spends three to five years in a camp. They need something that allows them to transition back to their original lives, maybe even something that will be permanent.
What does that look like?
Something more than a tent, but less than a permanent house. One example is the Global Village Shelter, a flat-pack hut made from a kind of water- and fireproof cardboard. It costs about $400 and can withstand 60 to 80 mph winds. Two people can put one together in 15 minutes.
Cheap, cookie-cutter TVs, computers, and cars are everywhere - why not houses?
That's called tract housing. It's not going to help the developing world. The less money you have, the more you need something that's going to last.
So, what's the answer?
Show people what can be done if you apply smart design that really takes account of peoples' needs. We also want to co-opt advances in technology - solar panels, recycled materials - and infuse them into communities that traditionally have not been leading-edge.
Blueprints are a kind of software. Is open source design an option?
A dream of ours is to develop a searchable database of designs, sorted by location, by environmental issues, by architect. I've jokingly called it the Open Source Architecture Network. We're already working with Creative Commons on ways to make designs available free around the world. If any Wired readers want to pitch in, we're all ears.
- Spencer Reiss
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Help Build the Commons | Creative Commons
Creative Commons needs your support to help build a participatory culture, in which everyone can actively engage in the creativity that surrounds us. ...
support.creativecommons.org
Issue 13.03 - March 2005
WIRED magazine
Rebuild Like You Give a Damn
The flip side of disaster is a fresh start - at least for those lucky enough to survive. Cameron Sinclair founded Architecture for Humanity in 1999 to help apply innovative design to humanitarian crises. Its motto: "Design like you give a damn." Run on a shoestring budget and a donated laptop, the nonprofit's main asset is its 1,200 volunteer architects organized online through Meetup in 130 cities worldwide. Projects include refugee resettlement in Kosovo, clinics for AIDS patients in Africa, and temporary housing in hurricane-trashed Grenada. Cash donations to the agency have been earmarked to build a model fishing community where a Sri Lankan village was wiped out in December by the tsunami. Also on the group's 2005 agenda: an online design competition called Rethinking Tent City.
WIRED: Designer refugee camps and fishing villages? Sounds like overkill.
SINCLAIR: That's emphatically not what we're about. For every Frank Gehry putting up gorgeous monuments, there are a hundred architects focused on improving ordinary peoples' lives. But they don't get on the covers of magazines - they're the lost children of architecture.
How do you tsunami-proof a fishing village?
There's no way - nothing you'd want to live in is going to stand up to a wall of water hitting your house at 200 mph. But we think better design can help people build stronger, sustainable communities.
Meanwhile, people living near the Bay of Bengal don't have roofs over their heads.
Unfortunately, they're ending up in tents. It's the same idea as always: Put up as much canvas as possible as fast as possible. Tents are great for a couple of weeks. But the reality is that the average refugee spends three to five years in a camp. They need something that allows them to transition back to their original lives, maybe even something that will be permanent.
What does that look like?
Something more than a tent, but less than a permanent house. One example is the Global Village Shelter, a flat-pack hut made from a kind of water- and fireproof cardboard. It costs about $400 and can withstand 60 to 80 mph winds. Two people can put one together in 15 minutes.
Cheap, cookie-cutter TVs, computers, and cars are everywhere - why not houses?
That's called tract housing. It's not going to help the developing world. The less money you have, the more you need something that's going to last.
So, what's the answer?
Show people what can be done if you apply smart design that really takes account of peoples' needs. We also want to co-opt advances in technology - solar panels, recycled materials - and infuse them into communities that traditionally have not been leading-edge.
Blueprints are a kind of software. Is open source design an option?
A dream of ours is to develop a searchable database of designs, sorted by location, by environmental issues, by architect. I've jokingly called it the Open Source Architecture Network. We're already working with Creative Commons on ways to make designs available free around the world. If any Wired readers want to pitch in, we're all ears.
- Spencer Reiss
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Help Build the Commons | Creative Commons
Creative Commons needs your support to help build a participatory culture, in which everyone can actively engage in the creativity that surrounds us. ...
support.creativecommons.org
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FOR A LIFE WITHOUT CONTAMINATION
Alternative Trash Management
Lago Atitlan, Guatemala
puravidaatitlan@hotmail.com
The gods, Heart of the Sky and Heart of the Earth, created the world. The waters parted and a land of mountains, valleys and streams appeared. When the fruit of their labors was revealed in all its glory, and the gods saw the beauty of the earth and its creatures, they decided that it needed guardians.
Sacred book of the Quiché Maya, discovered in Santo Tomás Chuilá, now known as Chichicastenango, at the beginning of the 18th century. ~ Popol-Vuh
Trash collection day
The majority of villages in Guatemala have no trash dumps or system to collect and contain their trash. Trash is dumped on the ground, in lakes and in rivers. Vital drinking water is being contaminated. Children are playing in garbage; and disease is being spread.
Pura Vida teaches villagers to compact clean, dry plastic trash into used plastic bottles, thereby converting waste into easily-storable and transportable “plastic bricks” for construction.
Mission:
To promote environmental consciousness among the indigenous villages of Guatemala, in order to curb the contamination of air, soil and water, promote healthier living conditions, and preserve the beauty of the land.
Constructing with Trash
Goals:
Health and Environment
Teach the relationship between trash and disease in the household.
Teach garbage separation and management solutions: compacting, recycling, and reusing through trash construction.
Work with every family individually through local indigenous health care and environmental promoters.
Education
Educate school children (ages 4-18) about environmental issues and trash through experiential learning, including: campaigns, practical workshops, educational theatre, excursions, and competitions.
Work with the local schools to provide a clean learning environment
Recycle
Create local structures for recycling and reusing trash.
Construct with trash.
Create products using recycled material.
Expansion and Connection
Implement the Pura Vida experience in other Maya communities of Lago Atitlán.
Develop educational and promotiona materials,including videos, radio and television spots, theatre and school curriculum.
Train local representatives to introduce this project to other communities.
Connect communities, schools, businesses, local government and NGOs.
Natural disaster relief for children
Create a adaptable post-trauma therapy program for children to help them cope with the effects of a natural disaster and reconnect with their local environment through recycling
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...The majority of villages in Guatemala have no trash dumps or system to contain their trash....
About Pura Vida:
Pura Vida started with pilot project in January 2005 in the village of San Marcos la Laguna in order to solve the community’s trash problem. After two years of experience the Pura Vida pilot project is emerging as an ecological movement around Lake Atitlán.
Pura Vida believes that as part of nature, human beings are responsible for the waste we produce. Communities must share this responsibility with environmental organizations, corporations, local political authorities, teachers, parents and children. Pura Vida is building with trash while building the environmental consciousness of communities.
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Futuristic Eco-Homes ~ Nader Khalili
Keetsa.com
May 25, 2007
Futuristic Eco-Homes
Khalili’s California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture (CalEarth) designs eco-friendly dome homes which look like they come from the future. They are so energy efficient and self-contained, it has been predicted that these models will be used to design the homes that may one day be built on the moon!
Founder Nader Khalili is regularly invited to NASA to give speeches and presentations about breakthroughs with his work.
“To me it’s obvious to use earth as a building block,” Khalili said in a recent interview. “I don’t consider that I have invented anything at all.”
“We dig up the ground. The earth is placed into sacks. We pile them up and then fix them in place,” Khalili explains.
“All our designs rely on the arch, whether it’s the large domed houses or the smaller dwellings. The traditional shape of a square house with vertical walls is almost designed to fall over one day. With an arch nothing collapses.”
All I can say is that they certainly look cool!
via turkish press
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Filed by erin at May 25th, 2007 on 4:00 pm under Eco Friendly, Green Architecture, Green Business, Green Design
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turkishpress.com
California eco-homes offer glimpse of lunar future
05-25-2007, 13h13
HESPERIA, United States (AFP)
They are eco-friendly, cost next to nothing to build, and in Nader Khalili's dreams, they might one day be housing the first settlers on the Moon.
On a sun-baked fringe of arid California desert that in places resembles a lunar landscape, Khalili, an Iranian-born architect who came to the United States in 1971, proudly surveys his cluster of ceramic, domed homes.
For just over two decades students have been coming to Khalili's California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture (CalEarth) to learn how to build a kiln-fired home from little more than soil stuffed into sacks.
Khalili's work has been recognized by the United Nations and he is regularly invited to give presentations to NASA about the possibilities of his designs being used for lunar colonies.
But while Khalili contemplates houses of the future, he says his designs were inspired by the past.
"To me it's obvious to use earth as a building block," Khalili said. "I don't consider that I have invented anything at all.
"All the Mediterranean civilizations used earth or natural materials in their architecture."
At the CalEarth Institute, students discover how to build homes which are literally dirt cheap (around 3,200 dollars for the design) and some of which are powerful enough to withstand an earthquake.
The designs incorporate only elemental materials -- earth, water and fire -- and rely on basic architectural forms, such as arches and domes. Construction is remarkably simple.
"We dig up the ground. The earth is placed into sacks. We pile them up and then fix them in place," Khalili explains.
"All our designs rely on the arch, whether it's the large domed houses or the smaller dwellings. The traditional shape of a square house with vertical walls is almost designed to fall over one day. With an arch nothing collapses."
Once secured, the interior of the dome dwelling is kiln fired, sealing the interior with a thick crust of terra-cotta.
The total cost of one of the larger, more elaborate homes -- which can be built and completed by three people within the space of a week -- is around 90,000 dollars.
Known as the "superadobe," a reference to the first terra cotta homes built by Spanish settlers of California, Khalili's designs are naturally air-conditioned by strategically placed openings in the walls.
Currently there are three of the houses in Hesperia, surrounded by three smaller domes. None are inhabited although two are fully equipped.
Khalili's designs have attracted the interest of NASA scientists studying the feasibility of building lunar colonies.
The transportation of thousands of tonnes of heavy materials to the Moon from Earth is unfeasible, Khalili said, making buildings constructed from lunar soil or earth an attractive alternative.
"There is an acknowledgement that my design is ideal," Khalili said.
In the short term, Khalili hopes to see the superadobes spread across earthquake-prone California, where local authorities recently approved their design.
The techniques taught at CalEarth have also interested the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Development Programme, who have in the past sent fact finding missions to Hesperia.
Mini-domes based on Khalili's designs were built to house people made homeless by the devastating earthquakes in Iran in 2003 and Pakistan in 2005.
"Imagine a world where every refugee has a roof over their head -- that hardly costs anything," Khalili said.
May 25, 2007
Futuristic Eco-Homes
Khalili’s California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture (CalEarth) designs eco-friendly dome homes which look like they come from the future. They are so energy efficient and self-contained, it has been predicted that these models will be used to design the homes that may one day be built on the moon!
Founder Nader Khalili is regularly invited to NASA to give speeches and presentations about breakthroughs with his work.
“To me it’s obvious to use earth as a building block,” Khalili said in a recent interview. “I don’t consider that I have invented anything at all.”
“We dig up the ground. The earth is placed into sacks. We pile them up and then fix them in place,” Khalili explains.
“All our designs rely on the arch, whether it’s the large domed houses or the smaller dwellings. The traditional shape of a square house with vertical walls is almost designed to fall over one day. With an arch nothing collapses.”
All I can say is that they certainly look cool!
via turkish press
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Filed by erin at May 25th, 2007 on 4:00 pm under Eco Friendly, Green Architecture, Green Business, Green Design
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turkishpress.com
California eco-homes offer glimpse of lunar future
05-25-2007, 13h13
HESPERIA, United States (AFP)
They are eco-friendly, cost next to nothing to build, and in Nader Khalili's dreams, they might one day be housing the first settlers on the Moon.
On a sun-baked fringe of arid California desert that in places resembles a lunar landscape, Khalili, an Iranian-born architect who came to the United States in 1971, proudly surveys his cluster of ceramic, domed homes.
For just over two decades students have been coming to Khalili's California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture (CalEarth) to learn how to build a kiln-fired home from little more than soil stuffed into sacks.
Khalili's work has been recognized by the United Nations and he is regularly invited to give presentations to NASA about the possibilities of his designs being used for lunar colonies.
But while Khalili contemplates houses of the future, he says his designs were inspired by the past.
"To me it's obvious to use earth as a building block," Khalili said. "I don't consider that I have invented anything at all.
"All the Mediterranean civilizations used earth or natural materials in their architecture."
At the CalEarth Institute, students discover how to build homes which are literally dirt cheap (around 3,200 dollars for the design) and some of which are powerful enough to withstand an earthquake.
The designs incorporate only elemental materials -- earth, water and fire -- and rely on basic architectural forms, such as arches and domes. Construction is remarkably simple.
"We dig up the ground. The earth is placed into sacks. We pile them up and then fix them in place," Khalili explains.
"All our designs rely on the arch, whether it's the large domed houses or the smaller dwellings. The traditional shape of a square house with vertical walls is almost designed to fall over one day. With an arch nothing collapses."
Once secured, the interior of the dome dwelling is kiln fired, sealing the interior with a thick crust of terra-cotta.
The total cost of one of the larger, more elaborate homes -- which can be built and completed by three people within the space of a week -- is around 90,000 dollars.
Known as the "superadobe," a reference to the first terra cotta homes built by Spanish settlers of California, Khalili's designs are naturally air-conditioned by strategically placed openings in the walls.
Currently there are three of the houses in Hesperia, surrounded by three smaller domes. None are inhabited although two are fully equipped.
Khalili's designs have attracted the interest of NASA scientists studying the feasibility of building lunar colonies.
The transportation of thousands of tonnes of heavy materials to the Moon from Earth is unfeasible, Khalili said, making buildings constructed from lunar soil or earth an attractive alternative.
"There is an acknowledgement that my design is ideal," Khalili said.
In the short term, Khalili hopes to see the superadobes spread across earthquake-prone California, where local authorities recently approved their design.
The techniques taught at CalEarth have also interested the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Development Programme, who have in the past sent fact finding missions to Hesperia.
Mini-domes based on Khalili's designs were built to house people made homeless by the devastating earthquakes in Iran in 2003 and Pakistan in 2005.
"Imagine a world where every refugee has a roof over their head -- that hardly costs anything," Khalili said.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thatched Roof Huts
Photo from shedworking.co.uk/2008/10/fishing-huts-anglers-sanctuary.html
And she had her cozy thatched roof hut in the woods, where she sat spinning straw into gold, and tended her garden and her goats and her sheep, and the flowers bloomed and smiled as the glinting water in the fountains leapt all around her, and the sun was shining and the moon was still and even in the starlight, all was well in the world.
At long last, the spell was lifted, and the Wicked Witch was dead!
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Sand Bag House by Luyanda Mpahlwa, MMA Architects
10x10 house. Source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/mma-architects-sandbag-houses.php (More photos on web)
MMA Architects Wins Big Prize For House Made of Sandbags
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 10. 6.08
Design & Architecture
We wrote earlier about Luyanda Mpahlwa and his Sandbag Houses by MMA Architects; it was one of the entries in a competition teaming South African architects with international designers to pioneer new affordable housing systems. MMA went it alone, and built an affordable structure that "requires no tools or advanced construction knowledge and can be built for slightly more than $6,000." Now they have won the Curry Stone Award of $100,000, which honours "innovative achievements in humanitarian architecture and design."
10x10 house sandbag detail photo
The building system uses a wood frame to define the form of the house, infilled with bags of sand to give it solidity and thermal mass. The are called "Eco-beams."
Luyanda Mpahlwa of MMA architects
Matt Chaban writes in the Architects Paper:
“From the jury’s point of view, it was both a conventional and unconventional firm doing conventional and unconventional work,” David Mohney, secretary for the prize, said. “They saw it as an inspiration to other conventional firms that they could start doing unconventional work themselves, that they can bring a high level of design and comfort to a project that doesn’t usually have access to it.”
To call MMA unconventional could be considered an understatement. As one of only a handful of black firms in the country, they have long struggled to get work. “Old prejudices die hard,” Mphahlwa said. “Some people take one look at me and do not believe I can build them a house.” The firm took a number of government commissions out of a sense of civic pride and duty but also because they had little choice. Thanks to the success of those projects, including embassies in Berlin and Adis Ababa, they have been able to afford more humanitarian work.
As a testament to MMA’s commitment to that work, when asked what he would do with his share of the money, Mpahlwa said he would probably buy a few more 10X10 houses and send some underprivileged kids to architecture school. On top of the two he has already sent." via Philip Proefrock at Green Building Elements
Additional photos from dezeen.com
See more photos of women filling sandbags and article at: http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/26/sand-bag-houses-by-mma-architects/
Two story sand bag house: http://www.dezeen.com/category/events/design-indaba-08/
Nader Khalili ~ Ceramic and dirt bag houses
NADER KHALILI, Architect and Author
Cal-Earth - (The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture)
Founded and directed by the internationally renowned architect and author Nader Khalili in 1986, it's scope spans technical innovations published by NASA ...
www.calearth.org/
Nader Khalili is an architect, author, teacher, and innovator of Geltaftan firing of ceramic houses and Superadobe Superblock technology.
www.calearth.org/khalili.htm
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SAD NEWS:
Nader Khalili, Noted Earth Architect, Dies at 72
Architectural Record, By Tony Illia, April 21, 2008
Nader Khalili
Nader Khalili, an Earth Architect and teacher known for his innovative work with adobe, died on March 5 of congestive heart failure. He was 72 years old. Among his best-known inventions is the “super adobe” Earthbag construction system. He developed it during the early 1980s in response to a call for designs for human settlements on the Moon and Mars by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The system consists of oblong plastic bags that are filled with dirt and then laid in circular courses, like the blocks of an igloo, and held in place by barbed wire. When covered in stucco, the bags create form a permanent shelter.
Khalili championed Earthbag houses—which cost as little as $500—as an affordable solution for poverty stricken areas in Africa, India, and South America. He received special recognition from the United Nations for his “Housing for the Homeless” proposal in 1987 and his prototypes were recognized with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. Khalili also invented the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire system. Most adobe houses are unable to withstand earthquakes and strong winds, so Kahlili imagined a fired-adobe structure—dubbed the “ceramic house”—that could resist these elements.
Earthbag shelter
Photos courtesy Cal-Earth Institute
Nader Khalili (top) designed the Earthbag shelter (middle), which was recognized with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. When these sandbags are covered with wire mesh and stucco, they become low-cost permanent housing (above).
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Sunday, October 5, 2008
Earthship Florida Project.com/
Recommended by Chris:
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We're Making History In Florida!
Florida’s first Earthship is being built in Manatee County. Designed to be in harmony with the environment and entirely self sufficient, this sustainable structure uses recycled and indigenous materials, generates its own electricity and processes its own waste with NO impact on the environment.
An Earthship is considered an Earthen home. An Earthen home is a house made of materials from around the build site, dirt mainly.
This building technique is as old as human history, but exactly suitable for today's resource-conscious and environmentally friendly building needs. Trees may be getting a bit scarce these days, but there's no shortage of dirt, the main component of earthen homes.
Earth is the ultimate form of "green" building construction, creating no environmental pollution and consuming virtually no energy.
FACT: There are 6 billion people on the planet and 3 billion of them live in Earthen structures and homes.
The science behind this low-tech construction process is fascinating and we want to share it with you.
LISTEN NOW to a podcast about this project!
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Earthship Facts
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Earthships are made out of recycled materials, such as tires and soda cans.
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Earthships catch water from the sky and use it up to four times.
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Water is heated from either the sun or by natural gas, but they can have city/county water as a backup water supply.
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Earthships produce their own electricity, but can have multiple energy sources such as solar and wind-generated energy. The energy is stored in batteries and supplied to electrical outlets in the home.
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Earthships contain and reuse all household sewage in indoor and outdoor treatment cells. The waste is used for food production and in landscaping.
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Earthship toilets flush with greywater that does not smell.
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Because of the way they’re built, Earthships maintain comfortable temperatures in any climate.
— Information obtained from Earthship Biotecture.
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A Word from Our Contractor...
Some of you may know already, but I have been commissioned to build an Earthship, the first one of its kind here in Florida. There are Earthships in nearly every state in the US and many in other countries around the globe, but Florida's strict building code has apparently kept other contractors from putting one up here in the sunshine state. I have spent the last month working with an engineer and with Michael Reynolds to take a set of plans from Earthship Biotecture and provide enough detail to begin the approval process for Florida.
An Earthship is basically a self-contained home; it isn't a dependent structure like a traditional house would be, there are no wires or pipes bringing in outside utilities (off-the-grid). The home has a very slight environmental footprint; it isn't a burden on its surroundings, it works in harmony with the environment. The home is constructed of many recycled materials; things that are normally discarded and taking up space in a landfill. The outside walls are made of used tires pounded full of compacted earth; bottles and cans become "bricks" in the other walls and parapets. The roof of the structure is designed to capture rainwater and channel it into cisterns for storage and ultimately for use inside the home. It is pumped through a series of filters depending on its end use. The greywater that comes from sinks, tubs, washing machines and the likes is directed into a botanical cell in the solarium of the home, this is basically a constructed wetlands with gravel, peat moss, and plants that not only clean the water, but also use the nutrients in it to provide oxygen for the air and food and foliage for the inhabitants of the Earthship. After the water passes through the botanical cell, it is picked up and reused to flush the toilets. Blackwater coming out of the toilets goes into a solar septic tank which accelerates the anaerobic process by heating up the waste material with solar energy using the same principals as a solar oven. The broken-down solids are basically inert and free of human pathogens; the solids are then washed through with liquid waste. This mixture passes through yet another biological filter outside being cleaned by the plants before returning to the earth. The water captured from the roof is used three times before it is returned clean; much different than a traditional house!
The home uses only solar for its electrical needs, therefore it is necessary to make the home as energy-efficient as possible so as not to waste any of the precious energy that is captured by the photovoltaic cells. The building is positioned on the lot and is constructed in a manner to take maximum advantage of passive solar opportunities; this significantly reduces the need for external heating and cooling. The home itself is made of 3' thick earthen walls (remember the tires pounded full of earth) outside these walls, the earth is bermed up providing even more thermal mass, this produces a sort of underground effect for heating and cooling. The earth maintains a pretty constant temperature below the surface, using this principal there will be a series of pipes buried underground running into the home; operable skylights in the roof sections of the house will allow hot air to escape, drawing air in through the underground pipes where it will be cooled by the earth before entering the home...air conditioning without electricity or CFCs!!! In addition to this temperature conditioning method, the home will use very efficient L.E.D. lighting throughout the home; Led’s not only use very little energy to produce light, but they also last a very long time reducing the need to replace light bulbs. The home will use energy-efficient D.C. appliances where possible.
In Michael Reynolds assessment, an Earthship is a contained vessel that has everything you need to survive within itself, food, shelter, water, and energy.
We have decided that this build is important to get people talking and coming up with solutions to the problems we are facing today: rising energy costs and shortages, food shortages which are being exacerbated by the diversion of food crops to energy production, and an increasingly polluted environment. To that end, we are opening up this build to people who are interested in learning more about the systems that go into making such a home work, and to those who just want to get some hands-on experience building an Earthship.
I am excited as we move ahead on this project and look forward to working with a group of interested individuals.
Bryan Roberts
Eco-Tech Construction
CGC 1515073
earthshipflorida.com
We're Making History In Florida!
Florida’s first Earthship is being built in Manatee County. Designed to be in harmony with the environment and entirely self sufficient, this sustainable structure uses recycled and indigenous materials, generates its own electricity and processes its own waste with NO impact on the environment.
An Earthship is considered an Earthen home. An Earthen home is a house made of materials from around the build site, dirt mainly.
This building technique is as old as human history, but exactly suitable for today's resource-conscious and environmentally friendly building needs. Trees may be getting a bit scarce these days, but there's no shortage of dirt, the main component of earthen homes.
Earth is the ultimate form of "green" building construction, creating no environmental pollution and consuming virtually no energy.
FACT: There are 6 billion people on the planet and 3 billion of them live in Earthen structures and homes.
The science behind this low-tech construction process is fascinating and we want to share it with you.
LISTEN NOW to a podcast about this project!
---
Earthship Facts
*
Earthships are made out of recycled materials, such as tires and soda cans.
*
Earthships catch water from the sky and use it up to four times.
*
Water is heated from either the sun or by natural gas, but they can have city/county water as a backup water supply.
*
Earthships produce their own electricity, but can have multiple energy sources such as solar and wind-generated energy. The energy is stored in batteries and supplied to electrical outlets in the home.
*
Earthships contain and reuse all household sewage in indoor and outdoor treatment cells. The waste is used for food production and in landscaping.
*
Earthship toilets flush with greywater that does not smell.
*
Because of the way they’re built, Earthships maintain comfortable temperatures in any climate.
— Information obtained from Earthship Biotecture.
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A Word from Our Contractor...
Some of you may know already, but I have been commissioned to build an Earthship, the first one of its kind here in Florida. There are Earthships in nearly every state in the US and many in other countries around the globe, but Florida's strict building code has apparently kept other contractors from putting one up here in the sunshine state. I have spent the last month working with an engineer and with Michael Reynolds to take a set of plans from Earthship Biotecture and provide enough detail to begin the approval process for Florida.
An Earthship is basically a self-contained home; it isn't a dependent structure like a traditional house would be, there are no wires or pipes bringing in outside utilities (off-the-grid). The home has a very slight environmental footprint; it isn't a burden on its surroundings, it works in harmony with the environment. The home is constructed of many recycled materials; things that are normally discarded and taking up space in a landfill. The outside walls are made of used tires pounded full of compacted earth; bottles and cans become "bricks" in the other walls and parapets. The roof of the structure is designed to capture rainwater and channel it into cisterns for storage and ultimately for use inside the home. It is pumped through a series of filters depending on its end use. The greywater that comes from sinks, tubs, washing machines and the likes is directed into a botanical cell in the solarium of the home, this is basically a constructed wetlands with gravel, peat moss, and plants that not only clean the water, but also use the nutrients in it to provide oxygen for the air and food and foliage for the inhabitants of the Earthship. After the water passes through the botanical cell, it is picked up and reused to flush the toilets. Blackwater coming out of the toilets goes into a solar septic tank which accelerates the anaerobic process by heating up the waste material with solar energy using the same principals as a solar oven. The broken-down solids are basically inert and free of human pathogens; the solids are then washed through with liquid waste. This mixture passes through yet another biological filter outside being cleaned by the plants before returning to the earth. The water captured from the roof is used three times before it is returned clean; much different than a traditional house!
The home uses only solar for its electrical needs, therefore it is necessary to make the home as energy-efficient as possible so as not to waste any of the precious energy that is captured by the photovoltaic cells. The building is positioned on the lot and is constructed in a manner to take maximum advantage of passive solar opportunities; this significantly reduces the need for external heating and cooling. The home itself is made of 3' thick earthen walls (remember the tires pounded full of earth) outside these walls, the earth is bermed up providing even more thermal mass, this produces a sort of underground effect for heating and cooling. The earth maintains a pretty constant temperature below the surface, using this principal there will be a series of pipes buried underground running into the home; operable skylights in the roof sections of the house will allow hot air to escape, drawing air in through the underground pipes where it will be cooled by the earth before entering the home...air conditioning without electricity or CFCs!!! In addition to this temperature conditioning method, the home will use very efficient L.E.D. lighting throughout the home; Led’s not only use very little energy to produce light, but they also last a very long time reducing the need to replace light bulbs. The home will use energy-efficient D.C. appliances where possible.
In Michael Reynolds assessment, an Earthship is a contained vessel that has everything you need to survive within itself, food, shelter, water, and energy.
We have decided that this build is important to get people talking and coming up with solutions to the problems we are facing today: rising energy costs and shortages, food shortages which are being exacerbated by the diversion of food crops to energy production, and an increasingly polluted environment. To that end, we are opening up this build to people who are interested in learning more about the systems that go into making such a home work, and to those who just want to get some hands-on experience building an Earthship.
I am excited as we move ahead on this project and look forward to working with a group of interested individuals.
Bryan Roberts
Eco-Tech Construction
CGC 1515073
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Building with Cob & websites
Catherine Todd Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:24 AM
To: Sue Pearson
Dear Sue,
Yes, I finally found this email (which I have retitled so I can find it again in the future). THANKS! I was panicking over money, and then remembered about cob and your email! What a relief! I even have books on building with cob, but just forgot about them with all the sales pitches from "traditional builders" and not seeing much of the work around. That says something, doesn't it? I have to make a list of all the ways I can build without much money, and make a website, DVD and book. Including your artwork and ideas. We both make money, yes? I can't believe you spent the time to do this, and THANKS AGAIN!
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:29 AM, Sue Pearson wrote:
"I know what you mean about building material costs: they are sky-high in Guatemala, too, while wages are still very low, at $5.00 to $10.00 or $20.00 per day, depending on skill level. It's pretty incredible & not easy for many people down there. Build with COB, you say? This is possible in Central America?"
Remember we spoke about Ianto's book on cob building? all his places are built out of cob only (would be great to use outside of your plastic recycle bottles!) You said there was a cob builder across the lake from you...There is TONS of information on the web about cob building and lots of books at the library. I checked out as many as our area had, then go to the used section on Amazon and buy the one's I really liked. You should have plenty of sand, clay and straw in your area, its certainly a good cheap way to go! Be careful its addicting! you'll be looking at the websites and reading the books, its a very cool thing! Its just like clay, you can model stuff and carve stuff and shapes are only left to your imagination! you can make all your furniture shaped right into the walls! I love it and can't wait to try it in Mexico,. If I had a house I'd be at awhile here, I'd start with an oven and then make lots of remodel jobs with it, arched doorways, half walls, its endless!!!
Hate to give you something that will just eat more of your time but here are a few of the websites I have booked marked. It is not a bad time taker though, cause it could give you a good, cheap way to build one (or some) dwellings in Pana! Just save this email for future reference..
http://www.appropedia.org/Blue_ox_earthen_oven
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=797446823830833401
http://www.amazon.com/Pizza-Peel-10Handle-12-Blade/dp/B0001MRS9I/ref=pd_bbs_sr_11?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1210314363&sr=8-11
http://www.cobworks.com/mexico2005.htm
http://handyprojects.blogspot.com/2005/04/earth-mud-cob-adobe-horno-oven-links.html
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/buwicostgu.html
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/cob.htm
I'm sending a floor I just finished painting for a friend who had plywood put on her cement floor studio. Its done with a wood grain tool and it does a great faux wood look. This floor was done with 4 colors and came out super. It was a big job but it looks great.
The tool, if you haven't seen one, is only $5.... [see other post for photo of floor]
Well got to go... later!
To: Sue Pearson
Dear Sue,
Yes, I finally found this email (which I have retitled so I can find it again in the future). THANKS! I was panicking over money, and then remembered about cob and your email! What a relief! I even have books on building with cob, but just forgot about them with all the sales pitches from "traditional builders" and not seeing much of the work around. That says something, doesn't it? I have to make a list of all the ways I can build without much money, and make a website, DVD and book. Including your artwork and ideas. We both make money, yes? I can't believe you spent the time to do this, and THANKS AGAIN!
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:29 AM, Sue Pearson wrote:
"I know what you mean about building material costs: they are sky-high in Guatemala, too, while wages are still very low, at $5.00 to $10.00 or $20.00 per day, depending on skill level. It's pretty incredible & not easy for many people down there. Build with COB, you say? This is possible in Central America?"
Remember we spoke about Ianto's book on cob building? all his places are built out of cob only (would be great to use outside of your plastic recycle bottles!) You said there was a cob builder across the lake from you...There is TONS of information on the web about cob building and lots of books at the library. I checked out as many as our area had, then go to the used section on Amazon and buy the one's I really liked. You should have plenty of sand, clay and straw in your area, its certainly a good cheap way to go! Be careful its addicting! you'll be looking at the websites and reading the books, its a very cool thing! Its just like clay, you can model stuff and carve stuff and shapes are only left to your imagination! you can make all your furniture shaped right into the walls! I love it and can't wait to try it in Mexico,. If I had a house I'd be at awhile here, I'd start with an oven and then make lots of remodel jobs with it, arched doorways, half walls, its endless!!!
Hate to give you something that will just eat more of your time but here are a few of the websites I have booked marked. It is not a bad time taker though, cause it could give you a good, cheap way to build one (or some) dwellings in Pana! Just save this email for future reference..
http://www.appropedia.org/Blue_ox_earthen_oven
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=797446823830833401
http://www.amazon.com/Pizza-Peel-10Handle-12-Blade/dp/B0001MRS9I/ref=pd_bbs_sr_11?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1210314363&sr=8-11
http://www.cobworks.com/mexico2005.htm
http://handyprojects.blogspot.com/2005/04/earth-mud-cob-adobe-horno-oven-links.html
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/buwicostgu.html
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/cob.htm
I'm sending a floor I just finished painting for a friend who had plywood put on her cement floor studio. Its done with a wood grain tool and it does a great faux wood look. This floor was done with 4 colors and came out super. It was a big job but it looks great.
The tool, if you haven't seen one, is only $5.... [see other post for photo of floor]
Well got to go... later!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Modern Kit Houses: Thinking Inside the Box
October 15, 2004
HAVENS: LIVING HERE; Modern Kit Houses: Thinking Inside the Box
AS TOLD TO BETHANY LYTTLE
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E2DE163AF936A25753C1A9629C8B63
WHO -- Andrew Reid, 33, a mortgage lender, and his wife, Kindra, 29, a law student, from Kirkland Washington.
WHAT -- 3-bedroom Glide house
WHERE -- Chelan, Wash.
Andrew: Here's the kind of thing we'd hear all the time when we'd tell people about the house: ''You're building a mobile home that costs what?'' Even when it was finished, friends would come out and they'd walk around and say: ''Wait, you mean it doesn't have wheels?''
Kindra: We're at the forefront of a new building movement. Manufactured homes, modular construction and prefab housing have been around a long time, but this is something more hybrid, more high-tech than that. The house is stick-built just like any traditional home, but the building happens off-site in a warehouse. Then the house is transported to the site and placed on a foundation.
Andrew: For people like us who live in the Northwest, land of endless rain, it's perfect. The house gets built in ideal dry conditions. All of the materials used are eco-friendly.
Kindra: What's really magic about the house is its beauty. Outside, it's somewhat industrial looking, but inside it's a celebration of nature. There are bamboo floors, wooden cabinets. There's rugged stone tile in the bathroom, and when you stand in the shower, the floor feels like real ground. I used to associate contemporary with cold, impersonal spaces, but this house has completely changed that. It's like living in a Japanese garden. We're on a bluff, and we look out the walls of glass at Lake Chelan and views of high desert surrounded by mountains. It's amazing to walk around in here now and think back to July when it arrived, in two pieces, at the site. As told to Bethany Lyttle
ON THE MARKET
Information was provided by the manufacturers.
MANUFACTURER -- Michelle Kaufmann Designs, Los Angeles
WHAT -- 3-bedroom Glide house
HOW MUCH -- About $120 a square foot
Finishing, floors, windows, walls and paint are included, but the foundation and transportation are extra. Built in a factory using environmentally responsible materials, this 1,566-square-foot house can be ready in as few as four months. It comprises a series of shallow buildings, which can be placed in several configurations. The house can be customized for solar, geothermal or wind power. There are 2.5 bathrooms. (415) 462-0561; www.glidehouse.com.
MANUFACTURER -- Clever Homes, San Francisco
WHAT -- 3-bedroom SA1 ''NowHouse''
HOW MUCH -- About $48 a square foot
This house is 46 percent glass. It has a fixed-price floor plan, which includes a roof, walls, bamboo floors, external walls, partitions, aluminum-clad windows, doors, insulation and a rough staircase. The plan can be modified for a two-story house and enlarged to as many as five bedrooms. The emphasis is on green, sustainable materials for both building and finishing. (415) 344-0806; www.cleverhomes.net.
MANUFACTURER -- Alchemy Architects, St. Paul
WHAT -- 1-bedroom weeHouse
HOW MUCH -- $49,000
This 436-square-foot house was designed to be easily shipped on highways. The house can be expanded with additional modules. A screened-in porch can be added for about $2,000. It is finished and includes hardwood floors, insulated windows, a kitchen, a full bathroom with tile floors, lighting and walls. It has an oxidized steel exterior and fir interior. It arrives with wiring and plumbing that is ready to be hooked up. Heating is by woodstove. The price includes delivery, but not a foundation. (651) 647-6650; www.weehouses.com.
MANUFACTURER -- Rocio Romero, Perryville, Mo.
WHAT -- 2-bedroom LV Home Kit
HOW MUCH -- About $97 a square foot
Designed to be used as a second home, the LV Home is 1,150 square feet and has two full bathrooms. The price includes the exterior shell package but not windows, interior walls, doors, cabinets or internal finishing. The house has nine-foot ceilings and large window openings. The bathrooms are tiled from floor to ceiling. The exterior walls are made of steel coated with an aluminum-zinc alloy. The house can also be configured with one bedroom and one bathroom. (573) 768-6116; www.rocioromero.com.
MANUFACTURER -- Resolution: 4 Architecture, New York City
WHAT -- 4-bedroom Z-Series 3-Bar Bridge
HOW MUCH -- $150 to $175 a square foot
One of several baseline designs, this house's floor plan and structure can be modified and customized. The price includes a foundation, walls, energy-efficient windows, bamboo flooring, appliances, tile, fixtures, countertops, paint, eco-friendly ventilation and heating and flooring. No finishing is necessary. Almost all of the roof areas have been designed for use as outdoor space. The two-story house uses a bridge design, which connects three modular units. (212) 675-9266; www.re4a.com.
MANUFACTURER -- Royal Homes, Wingham, Ontario
WHAT -- 2-bedroom Royal Q1
HOW MUCH -- About $100,000
This is specifically intended for use as a second home. The two-bedroom unit is 620 square feet and has a full bathroom. There are two picture windows, which can be installed on the sides or ends of the unit. One interior wall has built-in cabinets. All building materials are environmentally friendly. There are options for countertops, floors and fixtures. Royal Homes is not licensed to provide foundations outside Ontario and Michigan. (416) 346-5738; www.royalhomes.com.
* Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company
HAVENS: LIVING HERE; Modern Kit Houses: Thinking Inside the Box
AS TOLD TO BETHANY LYTTLE
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E2DE163AF936A25753C1A9629C8B63
WHO -- Andrew Reid, 33, a mortgage lender, and his wife, Kindra, 29, a law student, from Kirkland Washington.
WHAT -- 3-bedroom Glide house
WHERE -- Chelan, Wash.
Andrew: Here's the kind of thing we'd hear all the time when we'd tell people about the house: ''You're building a mobile home that costs what?'' Even when it was finished, friends would come out and they'd walk around and say: ''Wait, you mean it doesn't have wheels?''
Kindra: We're at the forefront of a new building movement. Manufactured homes, modular construction and prefab housing have been around a long time, but this is something more hybrid, more high-tech than that. The house is stick-built just like any traditional home, but the building happens off-site in a warehouse. Then the house is transported to the site and placed on a foundation.
Andrew: For people like us who live in the Northwest, land of endless rain, it's perfect. The house gets built in ideal dry conditions. All of the materials used are eco-friendly.
Kindra: What's really magic about the house is its beauty. Outside, it's somewhat industrial looking, but inside it's a celebration of nature. There are bamboo floors, wooden cabinets. There's rugged stone tile in the bathroom, and when you stand in the shower, the floor feels like real ground. I used to associate contemporary with cold, impersonal spaces, but this house has completely changed that. It's like living in a Japanese garden. We're on a bluff, and we look out the walls of glass at Lake Chelan and views of high desert surrounded by mountains. It's amazing to walk around in here now and think back to July when it arrived, in two pieces, at the site. As told to Bethany Lyttle
ON THE MARKET
Information was provided by the manufacturers.
MANUFACTURER -- Michelle Kaufmann Designs, Los Angeles
WHAT -- 3-bedroom Glide house
HOW MUCH -- About $120 a square foot
Finishing, floors, windows, walls and paint are included, but the foundation and transportation are extra. Built in a factory using environmentally responsible materials, this 1,566-square-foot house can be ready in as few as four months. It comprises a series of shallow buildings, which can be placed in several configurations. The house can be customized for solar, geothermal or wind power. There are 2.5 bathrooms. (415) 462-0561; www.glidehouse.com.
MANUFACTURER -- Clever Homes, San Francisco
WHAT -- 3-bedroom SA1 ''NowHouse''
HOW MUCH -- About $48 a square foot
This house is 46 percent glass. It has a fixed-price floor plan, which includes a roof, walls, bamboo floors, external walls, partitions, aluminum-clad windows, doors, insulation and a rough staircase. The plan can be modified for a two-story house and enlarged to as many as five bedrooms. The emphasis is on green, sustainable materials for both building and finishing. (415) 344-0806; www.cleverhomes.net.
MANUFACTURER -- Alchemy Architects, St. Paul
WHAT -- 1-bedroom weeHouse
HOW MUCH -- $49,000
This 436-square-foot house was designed to be easily shipped on highways. The house can be expanded with additional modules. A screened-in porch can be added for about $2,000. It is finished and includes hardwood floors, insulated windows, a kitchen, a full bathroom with tile floors, lighting and walls. It has an oxidized steel exterior and fir interior. It arrives with wiring and plumbing that is ready to be hooked up. Heating is by woodstove. The price includes delivery, but not a foundation. (651) 647-6650; www.weehouses.com.
MANUFACTURER -- Rocio Romero, Perryville, Mo.
WHAT -- 2-bedroom LV Home Kit
HOW MUCH -- About $97 a square foot
Designed to be used as a second home, the LV Home is 1,150 square feet and has two full bathrooms. The price includes the exterior shell package but not windows, interior walls, doors, cabinets or internal finishing. The house has nine-foot ceilings and large window openings. The bathrooms are tiled from floor to ceiling. The exterior walls are made of steel coated with an aluminum-zinc alloy. The house can also be configured with one bedroom and one bathroom. (573) 768-6116; www.rocioromero.com.
MANUFACTURER -- Resolution: 4 Architecture, New York City
WHAT -- 4-bedroom Z-Series 3-Bar Bridge
HOW MUCH -- $150 to $175 a square foot
One of several baseline designs, this house's floor plan and structure can be modified and customized. The price includes a foundation, walls, energy-efficient windows, bamboo flooring, appliances, tile, fixtures, countertops, paint, eco-friendly ventilation and heating and flooring. No finishing is necessary. Almost all of the roof areas have been designed for use as outdoor space. The two-story house uses a bridge design, which connects three modular units. (212) 675-9266; www.re4a.com.
MANUFACTURER -- Royal Homes, Wingham, Ontario
WHAT -- 2-bedroom Royal Q1
HOW MUCH -- About $100,000
This is specifically intended for use as a second home. The two-bedroom unit is 620 square feet and has a full bathroom. There are two picture windows, which can be installed on the sides or ends of the unit. One interior wall has built-in cabinets. All building materials are environmentally friendly. There are options for countertops, floors and fixtures. Royal Homes is not licensed to provide foundations outside Ontario and Michigan. (416) 346-5738; www.royalhomes.com.
* Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company
Friday, August 22, 2008
Shipping Containers For Better Housing
HOME:Home-Improvement/New-Construction
Shipping Containers For Better Housing, By James Osborne-Johnson
Level: Basic
Dad was a Master Builder of the old school and known for his quality workmanship. When his teams built a house, it was solid, square and built to last. Before I could follow in his footsteps, the credit squeeze of the 1960's hit, he closed up shop and we went farming, but I have always been interested in developments in the building industry.
Traditional structures are built with frames of timber or steel, and with materials not as plentiful as they were, framing timbers are not the quality they used to be. I still have friends who are in the building game and one is a plasterboard fixer. These days one of his greatest frustrations is trying to hang plasterboard on frames that are not square and which have warping in the timbers. If the underlying structure is not square and flat, the finishing off cannot look as good as it should. He is often delayed in his work while the framers are called back to square up their work.
Consider also the time and material usage in building the frames, erecting and finishing them, all adding to the cost of he structure. Consider also the foundations of the traditional structure, the many stumps to stabilize the floor, or the concrete slab. Then there is the vermin proofing, and decay proofing to add to the costs.
Used shipping containers are built to carry payloads of 20 tons, across the oceans of the world, without distorting or corroding. They are built to precise measurements so that they can be stacked on top of each other, loaded onto trucks, trains and ships and precisely lock into place so they won't move in transit. They are designed so that they can carry their 20-ton payload supported by only the four corners of the container, without distorting and I repeat, they can be sacked on top of each other. They are sealed to be weather proof and secure to prevent break-in and theft.
Of course they have been used for storage sheds and offices on building sites for some time now, because they can be easily relocated without damaging them, They are designed to be lifted and moved by cranes and forklifts. In places like Papua New Guinea they are used as corner stores because of the security they offer as burglar proof, robber proof structures. They are built to be secure.
Mining companies have seen the benefits of using shipping containers as housing for their workers at mine sites for some time as they can be fitted out at a workshop, transported to a mine site and quickly installed and inhabited.
Recently there has been some discussion that the use of shipping containers as housing might be a useful alternative for housing the poor and homeless, but the criticism has been that this will crate ghettos of substandard housing, creating more problems than would be solved.
I would suggest that the humble shipping container represents the greatest revolution in the building industry for some time. As other materials are becoming less available and the issues outlined above persist and increase, shipping containers, which have outlived their original purpose, litter dockyards around the world. They are ready made housing modules, awaiting discovery and use. They are economical building blocks, more solid and durable than traditional materials and methods, which can be erected faster and more accurately than our current styles of housing.
When set on solid foundations, they are cyclone/hurricane proof, would survive earthquakes and landslides better and can be used either above or below ground level.
Of course there are some limitations. Modules predominately come in 8-foot widths and either 10 or 40-foot lengths. Cutting them smaller would compromise their design strength. They already come at standard ceiling height for housing. However, sidewalls can be opened up for wider living areas, but designs need to be multiples of the standard dimensions of shipping containers. And of course, they look like shipping containers, unless of course, with a little imagination, you clad them as you would any other form of housing. And there will be some building authorities for whom these are outside their ability to perceive the benefits and approve.
Realistically the limitations are only our lack of imagination in utilizing these amazing building blocks for safer, environmentally friendlier, more economical shipping container housing. They have been approved as housing structures and additions in various authorities around the world and any change takes some effort to bring about.
For those who can catch the vision, here is an opportunity waiting to be explored further.
Sir James Osborne-Johnson long time owner/developer of http://www.captainslacko.com/ along with the beautiful, Lady Toni Osborne-Johnson we are building our personal wealth through multiple streams of passive income. Using only proven strategies from Millionaire Mentors who have amassed their wealth from nothing, we eliminate many of the mistakes they have made and accelerate our personal wealth growth. Saving on costs is one way to create investment funds and one way to do this on housing is explored at http://www.shippingcontainerhousingonline.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=James_Osborne-Johnson
http://ezinearticles.com/?Shipping-Containers-For-Better-Housing&id=1414220
James Osborne-Johnson - EzineArticles Expert Author
Article Submitted On: August 15, 2008
Shipping Containers For Better Housing, By James Osborne-Johnson
Level: Basic
Dad was a Master Builder of the old school and known for his quality workmanship. When his teams built a house, it was solid, square and built to last. Before I could follow in his footsteps, the credit squeeze of the 1960's hit, he closed up shop and we went farming, but I have always been interested in developments in the building industry.
Traditional structures are built with frames of timber or steel, and with materials not as plentiful as they were, framing timbers are not the quality they used to be. I still have friends who are in the building game and one is a plasterboard fixer. These days one of his greatest frustrations is trying to hang plasterboard on frames that are not square and which have warping in the timbers. If the underlying structure is not square and flat, the finishing off cannot look as good as it should. He is often delayed in his work while the framers are called back to square up their work.
Consider also the time and material usage in building the frames, erecting and finishing them, all adding to the cost of he structure. Consider also the foundations of the traditional structure, the many stumps to stabilize the floor, or the concrete slab. Then there is the vermin proofing, and decay proofing to add to the costs.
Used shipping containers are built to carry payloads of 20 tons, across the oceans of the world, without distorting or corroding. They are built to precise measurements so that they can be stacked on top of each other, loaded onto trucks, trains and ships and precisely lock into place so they won't move in transit. They are designed so that they can carry their 20-ton payload supported by only the four corners of the container, without distorting and I repeat, they can be sacked on top of each other. They are sealed to be weather proof and secure to prevent break-in and theft.
Of course they have been used for storage sheds and offices on building sites for some time now, because they can be easily relocated without damaging them, They are designed to be lifted and moved by cranes and forklifts. In places like Papua New Guinea they are used as corner stores because of the security they offer as burglar proof, robber proof structures. They are built to be secure.
Mining companies have seen the benefits of using shipping containers as housing for their workers at mine sites for some time as they can be fitted out at a workshop, transported to a mine site and quickly installed and inhabited.
Recently there has been some discussion that the use of shipping containers as housing might be a useful alternative for housing the poor and homeless, but the criticism has been that this will crate ghettos of substandard housing, creating more problems than would be solved.
I would suggest that the humble shipping container represents the greatest revolution in the building industry for some time. As other materials are becoming less available and the issues outlined above persist and increase, shipping containers, which have outlived their original purpose, litter dockyards around the world. They are ready made housing modules, awaiting discovery and use. They are economical building blocks, more solid and durable than traditional materials and methods, which can be erected faster and more accurately than our current styles of housing.
When set on solid foundations, they are cyclone/hurricane proof, would survive earthquakes and landslides better and can be used either above or below ground level.
Of course there are some limitations. Modules predominately come in 8-foot widths and either 10 or 40-foot lengths. Cutting them smaller would compromise their design strength. They already come at standard ceiling height for housing. However, sidewalls can be opened up for wider living areas, but designs need to be multiples of the standard dimensions of shipping containers. And of course, they look like shipping containers, unless of course, with a little imagination, you clad them as you would any other form of housing. And there will be some building authorities for whom these are outside their ability to perceive the benefits and approve.
Realistically the limitations are only our lack of imagination in utilizing these amazing building blocks for safer, environmentally friendlier, more economical shipping container housing. They have been approved as housing structures and additions in various authorities around the world and any change takes some effort to bring about.
For those who can catch the vision, here is an opportunity waiting to be explored further.
Sir James Osborne-Johnson long time owner/developer of http://www.captainslacko.com/ along with the beautiful, Lady Toni Osborne-Johnson we are building our personal wealth through multiple streams of passive income. Using only proven strategies from Millionaire Mentors who have amassed their wealth from nothing, we eliminate many of the mistakes they have made and accelerate our personal wealth growth. Saving on costs is one way to create investment funds and one way to do this on housing is explored at http://www.shippingcontainerhousingonline.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=James_Osborne-Johnson
http://ezinearticles.com/?Shipping-Containers-For-Better-Housing&id=1414220
James Osborne-Johnson - EzineArticles Expert Author
Article Submitted On: August 15, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Clerestory Windows Barn Search
Dear Casey - or is it AMY?
I can't wait to build with Clerestory Windows; so glad you reminded me about them, and that you used them in your horse barn. Here's what I found searching for: clerestory windows barn. Photos attacked at end.
Stephen Knox, architect, timber frame homes and barns: http://stknox.com/BarnDesign.html
The Triton Daysailor
The original design for the barn called for seven clerestory windows along the upper edge of one of the walls. Because of the way the barn ended up situated ...
www.lackeysailing.com/daysailor/boatbarn/insulation.htm
The Complete Guide to Contemporary Sheds: Complete Plans for 12 ... - Google Books Result
by Philip Schmidt - 2008 - House & Home - 239 pages
In addition to their unique architectural effect, clerestory windows offer some practical advantages over standard windows. First, their position at the top ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1589233352...
clerestory windows on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
clerestory windows by omoo. View omoo's map. Taken in a place with no name (See more photos or videos here). barn sitting room ...
www.flickr.com/photos/gansv1846/1582079379/ - 83k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Clerestory Windows pictures and videos on Webshots
Clerestory Windows pictures, videos, images and albums from Webshots. ... 1882 Eight Sided Barn at The Red Mile in Lexington ...
www.webshots.com/search?query=Clerestory+Windows - 94k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Selected Round Barns
This set of buildings, including the round white barn in the center of the photo, ... "turret-like" structure with clerestory windows between each dormer. ...
Show map of 9526 Locust Hill Dr, Great Falls, VA 22066
www.thebarnjournal.org/round/barns.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Home Plans - Home Plan Details : Barn House
The Barn House was originally commissioned by a gentleman farmer for his farm in ... windows, as well as indirect light from upper level clerestory windows, ...
www.healthyhomeplans.com/home_plans/home_plan_detail.php?plan_id=158
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Clerestory - Architecture Glossary
Definition: A clerestory, pronounced clear story, is a high wall with a band of narrow windows along the very top. The clerestory wall usually rises above ...
architecture.about.com/od/structural/g/clerestory.htm - 19k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Clerestory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The clerestory carries the clear glass windows at the top of the picture. ... The iconic road sign for a factory shows multiple clerestory windows ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerestory - 27k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Clerestory Windows Highlight Passive Solar Homes
Clerestory windows make for stunning architectural detail, but how can they lower your ... Clearly, clerestory windows are a critical passive solar element. ...
solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-information/clerestory-windows-highlight-passive-solar-homes/ - 16k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
HPUC
The North Clerestory Windows The first six windows are made of single large sheets ... The South Clerestory Windows These windows, by the Connick Studios, ...
www.hpuc.org/Architecture/Clerestory%20Windows.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
architypes.net - Clerestory Windows
Clerestory windows, placed at ceiling level around the edge of a room are very ... Like skylights, clerestory windows also allow people to see the sky, ...
architypes.net/pattern/clerestory-windows - 14k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Tucson Clerestory Windows - Tucson AZ Real Estate
Clerestory windows are set high in the wall, they enhance a room's feeling of spaciousness by bringing daylight deep into the house. ...
www.tucsonazrealestateblog.com/tucson-living/tucson-clerestory-windows/
I can't wait to build with Clerestory Windows; so glad you reminded me about them, and that you used them in your horse barn. Here's what I found searching for: clerestory windows barn. Photos attacked at end.
Stephen Knox, architect, timber frame homes and barns: http://stknox.com/BarnDesign.html
The Triton Daysailor
The original design for the barn called for seven clerestory windows along the upper edge of one of the walls. Because of the way the barn ended up situated ...
www.lackeysailing.com/daysailor/boatbarn/insulation.htm
The Complete Guide to Contemporary Sheds: Complete Plans for 12 ... - Google Books Result
by Philip Schmidt - 2008 - House & Home - 239 pages
In addition to their unique architectural effect, clerestory windows offer some practical advantages over standard windows. First, their position at the top ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1589233352...
clerestory windows on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
clerestory windows by omoo. View omoo's map. Taken in a place with no name (See more photos or videos here). barn sitting room ...
www.flickr.com/photos/gansv1846/1582079379/ - 83k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Clerestory Windows pictures and videos on Webshots
Clerestory Windows pictures, videos, images and albums from Webshots. ... 1882 Eight Sided Barn at The Red Mile in Lexington ...
www.webshots.com/search?query=Clerestory+Windows - 94k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Selected Round Barns
This set of buildings, including the round white barn in the center of the photo, ... "turret-like" structure with clerestory windows between each dormer. ...
Show map of 9526 Locust Hill Dr, Great Falls, VA 22066
www.thebarnjournal.org/round/barns.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Home Plans - Home Plan Details : Barn House
The Barn House was originally commissioned by a gentleman farmer for his farm in ... windows, as well as indirect light from upper level clerestory windows, ...
www.healthyhomeplans.com/home_plans/home_plan_detail.php?plan_id=158
---
Clerestory - Architecture Glossary
Definition: A clerestory, pronounced clear story, is a high wall with a band of narrow windows along the very top. The clerestory wall usually rises above ...
architecture.about.com/od/structural/g/clerestory.htm - 19k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Clerestory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The clerestory carries the clear glass windows at the top of the picture. ... The iconic road sign for a factory shows multiple clerestory windows ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerestory - 27k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Clerestory Windows Highlight Passive Solar Homes
Clerestory windows make for stunning architectural detail, but how can they lower your ... Clearly, clerestory windows are a critical passive solar element. ...
solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-information/clerestory-windows-highlight-passive-solar-homes/ - 16k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
HPUC
The North Clerestory Windows The first six windows are made of single large sheets ... The South Clerestory Windows These windows, by the Connick Studios, ...
www.hpuc.org/Architecture/Clerestory%20Windows.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
architypes.net - Clerestory Windows
Clerestory windows, placed at ceiling level around the edge of a room are very ... Like skylights, clerestory windows also allow people to see the sky, ...
architypes.net/pattern/clerestory-windows - 14k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Tucson Clerestory Windows - Tucson AZ Real Estate
Clerestory windows are set high in the wall, they enhance a room's feeling of spaciousness by bringing daylight deep into the house. ...
www.tucsonazrealestateblog.com/tucson-living/tucson-clerestory-windows/
Stephen Knox, Barn Design Photos
Maine Barn Designer Stephen Knox stknox.com/BarnDesign.html
From architect Stephen Knox: "A wonderful Douglas Fir barn built in a serene and remote location. Many generations will come to appreciate the expansive spaces and the quality of the detailed joinery."
This architect has wonderful designs and website with timber frame structures. What more could anyone want? See: stknox.com/BarnDesign
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