Design Lab: Vineyard Farmhouse

When it comes to renovations, pulling threads is an expensive proposition. A client comes to you with a house on a pretty piece of land. They’re price sensitive and they think to themselves, “All it needs is a few tweaks to tailor it to my needs.” Amy Alper, AIA, had such a client for Vineyard…

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Design Lab: Old Farm New

Jean Rehkamp Larson wrote the book on farmhouse style—really. Published in 2004 by Taunton Press, The Farmhouse helped make a name for her and the firm she runs with husband Mark Larson, in Minneapolis. So, too, did their award-winning residential work…

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ICYMI: Vernacular in Vermont

Mention the words “New England farmhouse” and nearly everyone in the United States can conjure an image in their heads of what it looks like: a white gabled building wrapped in a protective porch, anchoring its surroundings with dignity and sobriety. And yet, despite everyone’s familiarity with its basic forms, there is no textbook “farmhouse” style. More surprising still, the popularity…

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Tesla Solar Services Coming to U.S. Home Depot Stores

SAN FRANCISCO—Tesla is opening small kiosks inside Home Depot stores to pitch its solar panels and Powerwall electricity storage devices. Some Home Depot locations in southern California already have kiosks, while stores in Las Vegas and Orlando are slated to open them next. The plan is for all 800 U.S. Home Depot locations to feature…

Calling All Architects: 10th Annual Marvin Architects Challenge

WARROAD, Minn.  – The Marvin Family of Brands invites architects in the U.S., Canada, Japan and Israel to submit their work to the annual Marvin Architects Challenge, which honors outstanding residential and commercial design projects that demonstrate creativity and ingenuity…

CRAN Essay: In the Wake

“Rising Waters,” a panel discussion proposed to forefront dialogue on what it means to construct, live, and sustain communities within littoral regions…

Pro-File Design: Robert Hutchison Architecture

No one would look at the work of Seattle-based Robert Hutchison Architecture and call it traditional in style. But the firm is especially open to considering the needs and wishes of its clients. Sometimes those wishes are more emotional than tangible; sometimes they have more to do with the past than the present…

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