It’s time to build your dream house! You’ve spent years imagining design and layout. The perfect amount of yard space, a garage just the right size. A home with enough room for entertaining, plenty of storage space, a floor plan that fits you to a tea. Then there’s style. You’ve looked at magazines, websites, photos,…
What if you never had to pay the electric bill? Or the water bill? Or the heat? If your home consumes no more energy than it puts out, the structure can maintain its own energy needs with no outside resources. This is called net-zero energy. In order to do that a building needs to minimize…
The Sydney Opera House is considered a masterpiece of architectural work. The designer is world renown. But it couldn’t have been built without a structural engineer. Architects are usually hired when a project is meant to be creative, beautiful and push the limits of design; something that isn’t normally done and therefore can’t be built…
“Let’s go to the town planning board meeting tonight,” said no one. Ever. Unless there’s conflict or a neighborhood has reason to rally around a cause, planning boards aren’t front and center news. But if a supercenter wants to build next door, the community gets to have a say. Some might think it’s a lot…
ABC’s of Building a House From looking at just a cardboard house it is easy to see how much goes into building a home. Before a contractor ever steps foot on your property, there’s a long process. Some of it is fun, like designing and imagining the layout. Then there’s the tedious but strategic and…
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