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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. [...]
Extreme Home Makeover Finally Complete
What started out as a fairly typical remodel and addition to an older mountain home for the young-at-heart couple Eleanor Kulin and Mike Sullivan, turned into quite an experience. Upon opening up the exterior walls, all kinds of things were discovered about the home, which was used as a rental for many years, as well as a habitat for [...]
Another HGTV Casting Call for Denver Colorado Homeowners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2010 HGTV CASTING CALL SEARCHING FOR
DENVER AREA HOMEOWNERS
A chance to be on HGTV and win up to $5,000
Denver, CO (November, 2009) — Producers at High Noon Entertainment are searching for homeowners planning on home renovation in 2010 for the next hit HGTV show. “If you think you’ve got what it takes [...]
Rendering for Silver Rock Manor Complete
We have completed the final rendering for the Silver Rock Manor in Evergreen Colorado. We were able to develop the original model in Revit, then take it through 3ds Max in order to get the photoreal effects you see below. The background image is an actual photo taken on site from the appropriate vantage point. The only [...]
Hand Colored Rendering of Soda Creek Home Completed
We have been working with KCH Properties on a new home design in Soda Creek and have recently completed the schematic drawings that will be used in the marketing efforts. The home boasts over 7,000 square feet of open living space, 5 bedroom suites and a bonus room over the garage that can serve as [...]
SIPs Design Guidelines to Reduce Cost
We just recently completed another SIPs design for a single family home in Colorado. Along the way, we came across some very useful information on how to value design the home so that we were able to achieve the best cost on the SIPs package. While you can design just about anything with SIPs, it is [...]
The Santa Fe Style – Blending Pueblo and Territorial Architecture
The Santa Fe style is a variation of both the Pueblo Revival and Territorial Style of architecture, made popular in the late 1800s. It became the standard in New Mexico after it was defined by the Santa Fe Historic Zoning Ordinance of 1957. The ordinance mandated the use of the Pueblo or Territorial Style on [...]
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