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House conversions: a new train of thought
I’ve spent many of my happiest hours on a train. I loved the elevated subway that ran from New York to Coney Island. I loved waking up in a sleeper car in the middle of the Swiss Alps. I reveled in the...
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Get the skinny on narrow-home architecture
I read the Yahoo report on the world’s skinniest house with a smile on my face. It wasn’t because the new skinny architecture is green and almost insanely tiny. It’s that skinny houses – green designs...
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Unique, low-cost home designs for the future
Depending upon the person I talk with in the local café, the United States is rapidly approaching third-world status, or at least grinding the middle class into rubble. I usually don’t launch my ideas...
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Green architecture for book lovers
Every time I move, I make an earnest effort to sell, trade or give away several boxes of books. I collect them by the bushel. Some have deep emotional ties in my psyche and I’ll never give them away,...
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A triumph: Green homes that echo traditional architecture
Green architecture doesn’t have to cancel out traditional community designs or striking good looks. EcoHome magazine’s second annual design awards announced this week went to breath-taking examples...
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Hope floats: Toilet designs you might have missed
When it comes to bathroom designs, the Internet is flush with ideas about the contemporary toilet. These days, you’ll find lots of green bathroom remodeling tips about the latest generation of...
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Breaking the mold: eradicating health risks indoors
I walked into a home here in Washington State over the weekend and I hadn’t gone more than a few steps before I began sneezing uncontrollably. We get about 20 inches of rain a year and this home had...
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Rule the roost from your castle
In 1603, English courts decided in the famed Semayne’s Case that every homeowner had the right to protect his house against illegal entry, making a home truly one’s castle. I’ve walked the damp,...
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Summer weather report: Outdoor showers
There are bath people and there are shower people. Just like people who own a cat and a dog, there are people with baths and showers. My back could be gnarled with sprung muscles, and I’d still prefer...
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Bathroom designs for eccentrics
They say there’s a wrench to fit every nut. That’s a metaphor for saying that there are bathroom designs to fit every taste and eccentricity. The unique comfort stations below prove beyond all doubt...
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