Truly Affordable Housing

Truly Affordable Housing

What makes housing affordable? Low rent/purchase cost. How about no cost – even income for the buyer? A duplex does this – they don’t have to be ugly. And affordable housing, if realized in a certain way, can be very profitable. But, it still needs...
High Performance Minimalism

High Performance Minimalism

The clients for this northern Illinois project (home and office) had already designed their project. I helped them tweak it some and detailed it as well as sourced, ordered and coordinated the big material items (bins and insulation) and supported the effort remotely...
Affordable housing with premium features

Affordable housing with premium features

Rather than compromise, why not upgrade everything and spend less to build and condition it and don’t spend time maintaining it? That is what these designs accomplish, and you can start out lean and add to them as money becomes available if you want. They are...