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Thinking about the future, I see hope.

By harrisonburgarchitect | June 28, 2016 | citizen architect
Thinking about the future, I see hope. As I return to blogging, I am going to take a less technical approach to ...
Deborah Smith received her Master of Business Administration degree from EMU

Deborah Smith received her Master of Business Administration degree from EMU

By harrisonburgarchitect | June 24, 2016 | citizen architect
Deborah Smith received her Master of Business Administration degree from EMU Congratulations on your achievement ...

Chesapeake Western Depot – Project Update

By harrisonburgarchitect | June 3, 2016 | 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

By harrisonburgarchitect | May 3, 2016 | project update
Chesapeake Western Depot project updates Over the last few week there has been an amazing amount of progress at ...

SVBA Home and Garden Show in Review

By harrisonburgarchitect | April 30, 2016 | citizen architect
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

By harrisonburgarchitect | April 25, 2016 | artwork
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

Harmony Square Dairy Queen – Possibly the Greenest DQ in the Country

By harrisonburgarchitect | March 30, 2016 | project update
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

By harrisonburgarchitect | March 29, 2016 | architecture
Chesapeake Western Railroad Depot project updates Work on The Chesapeake Western Railroad Depot continues and Jim ...
Green Term Defined: Energy Audit

Green Term Defined: Energy Audit

By harrisonburgarchitect | March 28, 2016 | green term defined
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

By harrisonburgarchitect | March 23, 2016 | architecture
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?

Building a Custom Energy-Efficient Home: Where Do You start?

By harrisonburgarchitect | March 22, 2016 | architecture
If you are thinking about building a custom energy-efficient home, where do you start?   Climate ...