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!
Chesapeake Western Depot – Project Update
Lots of progress since the last post about this exciting project. The spaces are starting to look finished and we ...
Chesapeake Western Depot project updates
Chesapeake Western Depot project updates
Over the last few week there has been an amazing amount of progress at ...
Canstruction Harrisonburg 2016
Canstruction Harrisonburg 2016
Canstruction Harrisonburg 2016 wrapped up earlier in April and it was a huge ...
SVBA Home and Garden Show in Review
SVBA Home and Garden Show in Review
The 2016 Home and Garden Show is in the books. This year's event had the most ...
Today I start over…. as I seem to do everyday
Today I start over.... as I seem to do everyday
I have lost my blogging mojo. Maybe I have said everything I had ...
Harmony Square Dairy Queen – Possibly the Greenest DQ in the Country
A fast-food restaurant is not often thought of as a “green” building. However, when Jane and Michael Blackburn ...
Chesapeake Western Railroad Depot project updates
Chesapeake Western Railroad Depot project updates
Work on The Chesapeake Western Railroad Depot continues and Jim ...
Green Term Defined: Energy Audit
An energy audit is an inspection that looks at energy flow in a building. The objective of an audit is to identify ...
Designing For The Children Of Eastern Mennonite School
Working on designs for every client is a task that I take very seriously. I want all of our projects to be healthy ...
Building a Custom Energy-Efficient Home: Where Do You start?
If you are thinking about building a custom energy-efficient home, where do you start? Many will first go to the ...
Green Term Defined: Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
Energy Use Intensity (EUI) is the "miles per gallon" of your commercial building. You simply divide the total ...
On the Road Collaborative: Sustainable Farm House Tour
This past week our On The Road Collaborative student group had the opportunity to tour a sustainable farm ...