the midcentury ranch for a new generation
6 min read I’m speaking at the MREA Energy Fair, Friday May 15th at 2:30 and 5:30 to spread the good word on green design and remodeling.
Here’s what I plan to say!
I’m speaking at the the MREA Energy Fair, in Custer, WI, this Friday, delivering two lectures on green building. Continue reading “Speaking at MREA Energy Fair: Remodel to Create Your Green Dream House”
3 min read Saturday, I gave a lecture at the MREA Energy Fair in Custer, WI about the joy of working with my parents to design their timber frame, straw bale, passive solar house, Underhill, completed four years ago. Here’s some of what I said.
If you happened to attend that lecture, the work I’m doing now might seem very different. After all, remodeling a 1950’s ranch LOOKs pretty dissimilar to building a timber frame, sod roofed house from scratch. However, I feel strongly that both projects come from the same place – a desire to use buildings to live lightly on the earth. Continue reading “In other News: Just Gave a Talk on Underhill at the MREA Energy Fair”
