Design Matters
Thoughts of an ArchitectA Message from The Firm
Our blog, Design Matters, is a place for our team to share our knowledge, community events, projects, resources, and opinions. It is a place for you to keep up with us and for us to hear from you. Thanks for reading!
Home and Garden Show
The flowers are blooming, the trees are turning green, it must be that time of year again: time for the SVBA Home ...
Design Matters, OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE!
Architecture is a symphony of parts and pieces, music frozen in time. Architecture is art that impacts the lives ...
Green Innovations Tour 2012 – Harrisonburg
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1-5 pm
Preserving Downtown's Past. Creating a Sustainable Future.
tour downtown: ...
Shop local to build community!
Shop local to build community!
EarthCraft comes to the Commercial Market
The latest news in the Green Building Movement is the introduction of the EarthCraft Light Commercial regional ...
Hire an architect to save money!
Hire an architect to save money!
Business Matters: Solar PV that makes Cents
Does Solar PV makes sense for business? YES.
Check out my slides here: CAAV - Solar Business
Active solar PV ...
What are your energy expectations?
I know when we were looking for our first home we never talked about the monthly electric bills. We were ...
Rainwater Harvesting – Design Matters
One of the most important things an architect can bring to a project is knowledge of materials and systems. In ...
LEED is a Tool that Creates Better Buildings
The LEED rating system has faced some serious criticism over the last several years for the actual building ...
Does Going Green Cost More? Nope!
Does Going Green Cost More? Nope!
Sustainability defined – Because that is the way we always do it is not the answer!
As Thomas Jefferson said to James Madison in 1789, "The Earth belongs to the living. No man by natural right can ...