In January of this year I had the honor of participating in a design competition hosted by the City of Shaker Heights.  Twelve teams submitted conceptual

As I write this I am sitting in a sunlit courtyard with early spring flowers in bloom, listening to the birds singing. Besides these natural

One of the most popular residential building styles in the United States, a Colonial style home is a favourite among American families. With the characteristic

Reading this book had been on my list for a while, partly because it got a good deal of attention from USA Today, NPR and

This is a great time of year to see whether you could lower your heating bills by adding insulation. If you can see the pattern of

“Someone thought those ceiling beams were beautiful. It would not have been me.” Debra Silber wrote this recently in an article for “Fine Homebuilding” magazine on