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alternative architecture: Direction for 2010
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Friday, January 1, 2010. In recent months my work has centered around energy retrofits, and I have been able to discuss alternative approaches with an energy efficiency team while working on proposals for a Sustainability Training Center in New Bedford. I also imagine testing these different approaches at the Center. A couple days and a couple $K) to achieve well sealed and insulated outside walls. Posted by community builder. Labels: affordable energy retrofit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There ...
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alternative architecture: June 2012
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Saturday, June 16, 2012. A Year of Doing Alternatives. It's been a year since writing on this blog, which I often think about. The previous post about starting the Center Cafe. To complete the development of ecoNewBedford describes much of the past year. My design-build management skills continue to make the business. It's a process I express as "plan to execute" within a masterplan framework. The ecoNewBedford project expanded again during the past year to include a shop called Off-Centre. It's been a g...
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alternative architecture: February 2010
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Sunday, February 21, 2010. Since January instead of saying "Architecture for the New Economy", I have been using "The Art of Construction for the New Economy." I feel this better represents what I practice; how are we going to make this and how are we going to make it happen? I have just been reading Milton Glaser, a renowned graphic artist, who writes about making things as the alternative to controlling things. For me alternative architecture is spontaneous making. 160;statement about . A beautiful Fal...
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alternative architecture: May 2010
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Sunday, May 23, 2010. How Much Does Your Building Have to Say? It is remarkable to have a place to refer again to Buckminister Fuller. In the spirit of his question "how much does you building weigh? I am asking "how much does you building have to say? Being efficient and making statements requires quiet commitment. . Posted by community builder. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Expanding opportunities to practice architecture. How Much Does Your Building Have to Say? View my complete profile.
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alternative architecture: June 2009
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Friday, June 5, 2009. Connected By What We Do. Posted by community builder. Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Reaching your final goal will involve a variety of resources and collaborations. Leave your questions as a comment. Posted by community builder. As time allows I meditate. About artifacts of the future as solutions for the present. A recent google alert to a posting. Thrilling Wonder Stories: Speculative Futures for an Alternate Present. Allowed me to make an alternative statement about the future. There...
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alternative architecture: Show Your Work
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Sunday, March 15, 2009. Using the slideshow capability of the blog is a excellent way to show projects. These are examples of work that did not make to our website. Posted by community builder. Urban arts and crafts. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Expanding opportunities to practice architecture. Cascieri Continues to Inspire. Boston, New Bedford, and villages in Massachusetts., United States. View my complete profile. Pictures From Hazelwood Park. Find Tools to Work Out Your Own Designs.
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alternative architecture: Architecture for the New Economy
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Sunday, December 6, 2009. Architecture for the New Economy. For almost a year now I have been managing the construction. Finances of the Smart Growth Mixed-Use in New Bedford, MA. Originally conceived as a land use and economic development demonstration project, now, thanks to timing, it has become a lesson on Architecture in the New Economy. . As a demonstration project, the Smart Growth Mixed-Use on Brock Ave is an example of value oriented Architecture. Posted by community builder. Boston, New Bedford...
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alternative architecture: Architecture Meets Business Development
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Thursday, June 23, 2011. Architecture Meets Business Development. It's been much too long since posting, but the time was well spent expanding the opportunity to practice architecture. For some time I have worked to develop an income property that has required persistence and fortitude in the ongoing recession. With this project, though, doing nothing was a worse prospect than moving forward in an uncertain economy (see ecoNewBedford. Posted by community builder. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). This ...
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alternative architecture: March 2010
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Monday, March 15, 2010. Alternative architecture is industrious. There's a thread between all the ways to be industrious and the alternative architecture that is created. Design is practiced to get as much as possible out of as little as possible. The effect is intended to have a broad reach while remaining accessible. Its optimistic rather than sentimental. It's inventive, crafty and technical. More along these lines can be viewed at:. Framework for Populism (BAC Architectural Thesis).
