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Denver Traditional Brick Home Complete
I recently had a chance to stop by the completed Pierce Residence in the University Hills neighborhood in Denver. This brick and stucco house is 2700 finished square feet with 3 bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths, and has a large bonus room above the garage. There was a lot of brick detailing on the exterior of this [...]
Habitat Home Site Blessing Ceremony
We attended the site blessing ceremony on Sunday for a house we designed for Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity in Evergreen.
The homeowner has gone through a rigorous selection process and will personally complete 250 hours of sweat equity labor, and purchase the home with an affordable mortgage. The Sioux Trail House is Blue Spruce’s 27th house [...]
Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity 2010 Hard Hats & High Heels Event
Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity is hosting the 3rd annual Habitat Hard Hats & High Heels fundraiser the evening of Saturday, June 12th at a fabulous 6,800 sq. ft. luxury home at Cub Creek Ranch in Evergreen. Donations from the event will help build the next Habitat for Humanity home in Evergreen, which is currently [...]
Navigating the Design and Permitting Process for a Mountain Home
We provide Architectural design, Engineering, Surveying and Real Estate services for residential projects all along the Rocky Mountain Region, and there is no doubt that while permitting a mountain home has a lot in common with its urban counterparts, there are a few issues that are unique to the mountains and most building jurisdictions will have special [...]
Silver Rock Manor Due for Completion in Evergreen Colorado
We recently visited the construction site of the Silver Rock Manor, a high-end luxury residence that we designed in Evergreen, Colorado to see how the project was progressing. The project is coming along nicely and is scheduled for completion at the end of June! They were putting the copper roofing on the Rotunda roof the day [...]
The Organic Modern Home – A Sustainable Design
We recently submitted the Organic Modern Home project for a design award for unbuilt architecture. We’re still anticipating some of these getting under way in 2010. In the meantime here’s the package that we put together to tell the story.
Grants Available for Green Affordable Housing
While helping a client explore the matrix of options for a potential Green Affordable Housing development, I came across two different grant sources that specifically support Green Affordable Housing efforts:
The first grant is “The Affordable Housing Initiative” offered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) through a grant from the Home Depot Foundation and is [...]
Floor Plan for Small 1,200 sf House with 3 Bedrooms and 2 Bathrooms
In addition to the many large custom homes that we design and engineer at EVstudio we also put together a fair number of smaller homes. This floor plan comes from a speculative investment home that we designed for an affordable lot in Denver.
In only 1,200 sf it combines three bedrooms and two bathrooms, an eat-in [...]
CNYC 29th Annual Housing Conference; Steps Toward Energy Efficiency for Existing Multifamily Housing
The Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums (www.cnyc.coop) held their 29th Annual Housing Conference on Sunday, November 15th in New York City. The yearly conference offers a full day of workshops as well as exhibitors that offer various services and products housing cooperatives or condos benefit from.
Two workshops I attended focused on energy awareness. [...]
Renovation and Update of Home in Washington Park Denver
On Friday, we had the chance to view the recently completed Rawley home renovation in Denver’s Washington Park neighborhood. The project is a great example of a home renovation that leaves the existing shell of the home intact while making careful revisions to provide a modern home feel.
The house is a very compact 1,500 sf. [...]
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