Temenos Garden rendering. Can we build structures using natural, renewable materials, structures that harmonize with the land on which they are built? As an intern architect in the late 80s, I became aware of the great amount of natural resources buildings require, there was a need for architects [...more]
Drew Hubbell:San Diego,California Nestled at the foot of the San Ysidro Mountains in the BorregoSpringsDesertsits the Shimeall guest house—San Diego’s first permitted Straw Bale building. AlthoughCalifornia state law now permits the use of straw bale construction, we found it was important to put together a source book for the building officials to help educate [...more]
The path has been laid and the door in open!!! San Diego County has permitted its first Straw Bale Building. In May the county of San Diego issued its first building permit for a straw bale structure. San Diego county is following in the path of 40 plus other counties in California, however the first [...more]
The word "sustainability" has become fashionable in our world. It is a necessary goal if our society is to continue, but what does it mean? Is sustainability a technological problem, a social problem, a spiritual problem, or is it a combination of all of them and more? How do you make a whole out of [...more]
I find the term "Continuous Architecture" full of challenge and I find it even more interesting that it should be brought up as a serious topic, now in 1993. Why now? My own formal training was not in architecture but in art and sculpture. When I was a student, action painting was in. It glorified [...more]
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