Cranbrook House Dining room light that can shine up and down or both. (Probably a custom design by Eliel Saarinen) Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Posts Tagged ‘green building’
I Am Digging Through My “Inspiration Photos” Today & Feeling Inspired
Posted in Found Objects, Information, tagged Cranbrook, Eliel Saarinen, green building, lantern, lighting design, living architecture, plants, vines, W.T. Kirkman on June 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Some North Berkeley ADU Updates
Posted in Design Projects, tagged ADU, air tight ness, airtight, Berkeley, blower door test, Building Science, castle, cottage, decoration, green, green building, net zero, painted beam, pattern, patterns, small buidings, tiny house, tinyhouse on March 5, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The painted ridge beam went in this week. You can see, if you look closely, another castle post to complement the beam.
We also did a preliminary blower door test to check for airtightness and passed with flying colors
And finally we had a ceremonial sage burning inside the building last night…to bring the good sprits and chase away the bad. Due to the airtightness, the building was still smokey in the morning after the ceremony! (The ventilation system is not yet operational and no windows were open)
Living Architecture
Posted in Design Projects, tagged green building, landscape, orderly nature, plants on December 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I have been sorting through old pictures today and found some nice pictures of architectural plants that I collected.
Glorious Springtime Wisteria
Vine Curtain
Nice Wall Vines with Wire (I think this one is gone…so maybe not such a good example)
Unintentional Deciduous Living Roof at the Post Office
This bit of fence, with a neat row of cactuses along it, reminded me of the cactus fence at frida kahlo’s house in Mexico City
trellises, vegetable beds, and roses and vines starting to climb
Posted in Design Projects, tagged garden, green building, small buildings, trellises on June 5, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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