Let The Light Shine In: Removing the scaffolding and setting the skylight in place
After the cable is tightened to…
Lifting The Center (and all the connections that follow)
“At the center of your being you have the answer, you know who you are and you know what you want.” Lau Tzu
Prefabulous
“Watching the ease of the walls going up was amazing.” Assembling a house panel by panel has got to be the fastest method for creating space! It is incredible to see it coming together! The…
Get the plywood down on the floor
“Get the plywood down on the floor, cause then we can sweep it and REALLY play house!” There are many exciting junctures in the process of building a house. One of them is when the floor joists are…
What’s happening in the Pre-Fab shop?
“Meanwhile, back at the ranch” There is a lot going on in the design room and the shop while the foundation is being dug and the walls poured. Shop drawings of house components are regularly sent to…
The basement begins to take shape
“Form equals function and function informs the form.” After the concrete cures in a couple of days, it’s time to remove the bracing and supports. Now it’s time to lay out the floor joists. Our…
Our Round Green Home
“It takes more than one brain to brainstorm.” Lars and I have a sense of the size and basic shape of our Mandala. I like the Yin/Yang , privacy/connection balance of the basic Cypress…
Clearing the land
“This , too, shall pass.” It is a big decision for us to site the house right in the center of a grove of trees. We want the closeness to nature, the privacy and the feeling of sweet “containment”…
How to Design a Green Round Mandala Home
“We all have within ourselves a blueprint for just the home that will shelter our spirit.” Victoria Moran Building a home is like designing and creating a container for your future life. It’s…
We found the land! Now what??!!
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is in knowing how to do it and virtue is doing it” ~ David Starr Jordon Looking for land was fun. Finding the perfect spot was magical.But, now the work…