Rick Hauser
Build small, smart and invest in the sun
Talk is cheap, but building is not. Some of you have asked me to stop talking about building small and show an example of a small, sustainable home. Fair enough.
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A nature center with a mission in Madagascar
Perry architect designs a research facility to suit the forest of a lush African island.
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Tar and feather your building, or rehab it
I am a building owner and I don’t want anyone telling me what I can and cannot do with my building. That's why I love the National Register.
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Buying for your Inner Architect
To help make sense of it all I’ve developed these five simple rules for making your Inner Architect’s Holiday Shopping List.
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Occupy the Genesee Valley
As an architect, I “occupy” much of my time exploring how design can amplify the experience of place, and how places can enhance the rituals of daily living.
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‘Main Street LLC’ brings buildings back to life
As the title implies, this is a for-profit development group that nonetheless recognizes the qualitative — as well as quantitative — benefits of reversing the momentum caused by blighting structures.
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Design tips from farmers
The height and breadth and length of a modern free stall barn can feel like a cathedral from the inside — seemingly endless rows of trusses.
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What camping teaches us about our homes
If it comes as a surprise that a feature about architecture should start with a column about camping, it shouldn’t
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