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Can you identify the building science issues with this historic home?
Can you identify the building science issues at this historic home?
High Performance Penn Laird Home Project Update: Part 4
This high performance Penn Laird home continues to be built by Trost Custom Homes. Here is a pictorial update of ...
Want a Healthy, Energy Efficient, Durable Home – Get your plan right first!
Over the past few weeks I have been reminded multiple times: the most important element in building is having a ...
Will your home survive a natural disaster?
"Resilience is the capacity to adapt to changing conditions and to maintain or regain functionality and vitality ...
Vented Attic Space – Building Science issues identified
Following up on the blog question posted yesterday. This is a photo taken between a vented attic and a conditioned ...
Can you spot the building science issue in this vented attic space?
This is a photo I took between an unfinished vented attic space and a finished conditioned space. What building ...
And so it begins, design to reality. The making of a home.
There is a lot of emotion wrapped up in the process of design. A client trusts you with their hopes and dreams. ...
Happy New Year! May your architectural dreams come true.
As the sound of midnight rings in the New Year
A brand new opportunity for quality architecture will ...
The Gaines Group 2013 in Review
As we stand here on the verge of a New Year, I cannot help but look back and evaluate what we accomplished in our ...
Happy New Year, we don’t like your design. The life of an architect.
My professional life is filled with emotional extremes. While there is tremendous satisfaction from winning a new ...
Design adds value not cost, hire an architect for better performance, aesthetics, and process
We have a wide variety of projects under construction right now or just finishing. The key unifying element is ...
The air within your homes can be up to 10 times more polluted than the air outside.
Air within your homes can be up to 10 times more polluted than the air outside.
Building science is tricky to ...