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Harmony Square Dairy Queen – Project Update Part 4

By harrisonburgarchitect | November 12, 2015 | Harrisonburg Architect, project update

Read our progress on the Harmony Square Dairy Queen here: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 5 We are ...

Citizen Architect – Green Building Tours

By harrisonburgarchitect | November 11, 2015 | citizen architect, Green Building

Citizen Architect - Green Building Tours I get involved in a lot of different ways of promoting green building. ...

Green Term Defined: Solatube

By harrisonburgarchitect | November 9, 2015 | green term defined

A Solatube is a tubular daylighting system. The solatube was created in Australia that captures daylight using a ...

Project Update: East Johnson Tiny House

By harrisonburgarchitect | November 8, 2015 | project update

The average size home in the United States for a new single family home has grown from 1,780 sf in 1978 to 2,662 ...

How Much Does it Cost? A Common Question For Architects

By harrisonburgarchitect | November 4, 2015 | architecture

One of the best kept secrets in the construction industry is how much it costs to build a new home. The reason is, ...

Green Term Defined: Heat Flow

By harrisonburgarchitect | November 2, 2015 | green term defined

Green Term Defined: Heat Flow When two objects with different temperatures come together, energy will be ...

Halloween Costumes over the years – which do you think is best?

By harrisonburgarchitect | October 31, 2015 | family

Always an interesting time of year. What are your favorite things to pretend to be? Here are some of our ...

Goose Creek Apartments in Fishersville, Va – Project Update

By harrisonburgarchitect | October 30, 2015 | project update

Goose Creek Apartments in Fishersville, Va is a community with scenic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains in every ...

Blue Ridge Area Food Bank – Project Done

By harrisonburgarchitect | October 28, 2015 | project update

Blue Ridge Area Food Bank The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank project has finished. Sure there are a few minor punch ...

Green Term Defined: Window

By harrisonburgarchitect | October 26, 2015 | green term defined

A casement is a window that is attached to the frame on the side with one or more hinges. They are more air tight ...

Chesapeake Western Depot – Project Update

By harrisonburgarchitect | October 23, 2015 | project update

Work continues to progress on the Chesapeake Western Depot. The brick restoration has started and the roof is ...

Buildings are complicated – so is code compliance

By harrisonburgarchitect | October 21, 2015 | architecture

Buildings are the most complicated machine that the average person has to operate. Trying to figure out how to put ...