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Architecture is fun and fundamental...or was that reading? Anyway, these are fun.

Tiny, Colorful Architecture Made from Cardboard - DesignTAXI.com Tiny, Colorful Architecture Made from Cardboard - DesignTAXI.com

Unconventional design and materials in an all too often conventional world. Designing outside the usual high rise box.

Jeanne Gang, Architect In a conventional high-rise building, every floor has precisely the same outline, and it's usually a rectangle. In the Aqua Tower in Chicago, designed by Jeanne Gang and completed in 2010, each curvy concrete floor slab has a slightly different shape. Gang

"Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to build Raleigh's first Passive House. Passive Shotgun House will be that house. Better than it was before. Better...stronger...energy efficient."

The Passive Shotgun House - Can you image living in a house where your utilities costs are 80-90% less than the house you are in now?
I am in the process of designing a Passive House to replace a house that was destroyed by the Raleigh tornado. My client has had the arduous task of fighting his insurance company to admit that it is a total loss. He has won that battle but the replacement funds are slim. With the help from Anchorage Building Corp. we are going to try our best to build the first Passive House in Raleigh. It will be a challenge but we are going to try our best.