New Stuff:
In Home Page: 2021 HOME: Where Are We
In Absence: Easters
In Left To Myself: America
In Emily’s Days: Coda
In Not (As) Fat: One Meal A Day
In Finding Home: Work Is All We Have
In The Rules: Architecture and The Failed Model of Genius
In Silence In Spring: Flaw Flourishes
In Days ’till Spring: 40 Days
A Great Good Thing:
Turner Brooks and I are interviewed about 50 minutes into this video
“courtesy of Built Beautiful: An Architecture & Neuroscience Love Story with Narration by Martha Stewart“
Coming Soon, See The Trailer Here
Christopher Alexander and the Inadequacy of Genius in the Architecture of the Coming Age
“From This Old House, Clearstory is a window that sheds light on the surprising stories behind our homes.”
Listen to Duo’s contributions to the Clearstory Podcast
Read Duos Articles for CT Insider Here
Time travel at home in the winter of COVID-19
Aesthetic concepts and their impact on charity homes in New Orleans and New Haven
The blight fight in Connecticut’s neighborhoods
Living in history and the old house appeal
‘Antique’ and ‘Modernist’ homes make for strange bedfellows
7 weeks ago we did not have a clue. It was February. Those Chinese had a problem, again, but it was not our problem. And Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. I was buying Birthday Books for my wife, and launched on a mission.
Unless you want to conserve water for reuse, guttering is a waste
Insulating foundation walls below the frost line is a waste
Super-insulated windows almost never pay for themselves
Wind generated electricity almost never recovers its cost
Active solar heating approaches do not recover their costs in most of the climates
Recycled products almost always cost more, initially
Just say no to 72 degrees
The building you save is almost always greener than its replacement
Wood windows and exterior doors
Flat roofs always need more maintenance than pitched roofs
Is there a growing awareness of need to build green?
Swamp Yankee Green: Solid surfaces are better than coated
Swamp Yankee Green: Minimize air conditioning
Ceilings always suck heat
Windows always cost
Less stuff is always better
More insulation is always good, but venting is always good too
More HVAC zones are always good
Eaves on roofs are always good
Employ design that saves – less is not less if it’s right
Swamp Yankee Green
Electronic deliverables biggest recent innovations
Hype and pandering
Houses and belief
What Shelburne Farm’s failure and new life means
Greenwashing and Swamp Yankee Green
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I enjoyed your article “Finding A Home”. I think buying a home is a huge financial decision but people often overlook that it is a very spiritual decision as well.
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