http://reindeer-design.com/blog thoughts for warm homes Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:20:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Craig Claus I have to question an approach used by many architects and design professionals that substitutes an average homeowner as the client in a system that was setup to handle large commercial projects.  For a 25,000 sq ft house on $50 million budget it might work, but for a ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=21 I just posted the first entry to my blog in months.  Could this be my New Year's resolution?  If it is, I suppose I should have started January 1st.  Maybe I'm just coming out of hibernation early. Other than blogging, what else is there to do at 5am when the rest ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=20 by Craig D. Claus I recently had the great pleasure of attending a presentation by John Wagner, who is an author and speaker in the Green industry.  The event was sponsored by a local building materials supplier, Brock's, and Boston Cedar.   The target audience was builders and contractors wanting to know ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=19 by Craig Claus Shingle Style can describe a wide variety of informal homes that have a certain woodsy, vacationing, seaside or mountain cottage "feel". Beyond the common shingle and stone clad exteriors, there are several architectural house types whose features can be found in the Shingle Style home. Historically, ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=13 by Craig Claus We (Marion and I) had a fun time hanging out with fellow exhibitors and meeting and speaking with a great bunch of attendees at the Lakeside Living Expo, July 18-20 at Gunstock Mountain in Gilford, New Hampshire. Despite some not so nice weather, over 5,000 people ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=11 At the Fryeburg (Maine) Home Garden and Flower Show this weekend, I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion on the current and future state of energy efficient and green homes. The panel and the seminar series was sponsored by Smart HomeOwner Magazine. One attendee asked ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=9 by Craig Claus Alright, what's the deal with the prior posts on comprehensive design? Is one house really all that different from another? As long as there's enough rooms to cover the basics of cooking, sleeping, bathing, and television watching, why should we spend time and money on customized ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=8 by Craig Claus I was recently reading through the AIBD (American Institute of Building Design) publication Design Lines and came across an article entitled "The Well-Designed House" by Varina Wooster. In the article she looks at the essential principles of architecture that were set forth by the roman architect, Vitruvius, ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=7 by Craig Claus I've put together a matrix to try to get a better feel for this concept of Comprehensive Design. It shows some areas of architectural design, building materials, and construction methods where the components of "value" could apply. The matrix displays how principles of efficiency, durability, and ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=6 I've been trying to encapsulate my design style, philosophy, etc. in a paragraph or two then give it a title of some type. The best I've come up with thus far is "comprehensive design". I really want to stress a "whole" house design approach that addresses clients needs ... http://reindeer-design.com/blog/?p=4