Tag: architecture
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239: How to Build the Right Home
Jennifer Crawford first appeared on Home Style Green when Our New Home Coach was just getting started. Six years on, she’s back to discuss her journey and why she still believes strongly in helping people build the right home. 2020 has been an interesting year for everyone, Jennifer included. A few months after starting a…
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233: Using the Gifts of the Site to Create Healthy Resilient Homes
Living Shelter Architects is a design firm led by Terry Phelan in the Northwest of Washington State. The focus of their work is to provide healthy, resilient homes by combining natural materials with the “gifts of the site”. Terry took the “path less travelled” by choosing to apprentice instead of studying at university to become…
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228: The Shape of Sustainable Architecture
Architects shape the places where they work. Good Architects are also shaped themselves by their surrounding environment. For Chaney & Norman Architects, responding respectively to the natural environment of Central Otago is fundamental to their work. Living and working in Wanaka, Beth Chaney is very conscious of being part of a place that most people…
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224: Why are we so far behind?
I’ve heard it said that New Zealand and Australian are a decade or two behind the US and that the US is a further decade behind Europe when it comes to the quality of our buildings. That leaves us with a lot of catching up to do. Why are we so far behind? I’m not…
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223: Sustainable Architecture
Throughout her career, Anne SalmnoIn has always been interested in sustainable architecture. In 2019 she was made a Distinguished Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects, a high honour available to a maximum of only ten people at any one time. As a trailblazer throughout her career, Anne is a worthy recipient of this…
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221: Polystudio
Daniel Wolkenberg is a student of the 90s. He took the fairly typical route out of Architecture School and worked for a couple of different studios as a graduate. During this time Daniel worked on some fairly major projects such as Federation Square in Melbourne. He gained experience in master planning and got exposure to…
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Your House is Probably a Prototype
What does a new house in a subdivision, and a test car on a racetrack have in common? They’re both prototypes One of them goes through lots of iterations to discover imperfections and a whole team of designers and specialists work together to get it right before it’s finally made available to purchase. …The other…
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142 Bamboo is Sustainable
Bamboo Technologies, LLC (Bamboo Living) design and manufacture structurally certified bamboo homes. Founded in 1995, Bamboo Technologies has produced over 350 homes in Hawaii and around the world. I spoke with founder David Sands about why bamboo is sustainable and a great building material. Bamboo is Sustainable The speed at which it grows is a key reason why…
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126 What’s the Responsibility of Architecture?
Dominique Gettliffe and Alejandra Baltodano believe in the responsibility of architecture to make spaces that are good for people. Architecture shouldn’t be about the ego of the artist. The responsibility of architecture is to be a catalyst for people to create amazing spaces. Spaces Make a Difference to Life What is it about a building…
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121: The Sociable Kitchen
Ever noticed how people always seem to ‘turn up’ in the kitchen? Chris Larson definitely noticed this and has developed the concept of the sociable kitchen as a principle of his house design philosophy. He’s also in to making passive solar homes beautiful, which I love. Check out Chris Larson Architecture. Thanks to Pro…