The gnarled root of a tree reflects, like the wrinkles and stoops of an old person, the adventures of its life. It is a history to be acknowledged and honored in the places we make and live.
FENG SHUI: ENERGETICS OF PLACE
The feng shui section of this website covers the role of chi energy in sustainable design.
FLEXPLEX , 2008.
Modular, net-zero-energy affordable flex-homes.
LIVING ARCHITECTURE , 2007.
Chapter for Biophilic Design book on reconnecting architecture and nature.
FLEX-HOUSING, 2007.
Home design that can adapt to changing family and community needs - accessible for home occupations, ADUs, duplexing, etc.
FREE HOMES , 2007.
How to use a CLT structure to eliminate home financing costs forever within 25 years.
NEAHCASA, 2007.
Strategies our own CLT is using to transform the housing market and achieve 80% reduction in overall housing costs.
PLACES TOUCHING SPIRIT, 2006.
How our places can bring us into deeper connection with the rest of creation.
SACRED ART, SACRED SPACE, 2006.
The different roles of art and architecture in a world where all is held sacred, and where the primacy of energetic realms is understood.
BANK OF ASTORIA: Building Community Sustainability, 2001.
National Award Winning Project in Sustainable Design, 2001 AIA Architecture + Energy Program. Community and spiritual as well as material dimensions of sustainability, and what happens when we touch the heart of our institutions in design.
TOUCHSTONES, 1994..
Some excerpts from THE HEART OF PLACE and BUILDING REAL WEALTH which give a hip-pocket short-list of reminders and checklists for designing from the heart.
PUTTING HEART INTO OUR HOMES from YOGA JOURNAL,1986.
How our surroundings mirror our values, and how to bring our homes to reflect the values of nurture, love, and being a part of the ongoing creation of life.
PUTTING HEART BACK INTO OUR HOMES, forANOTHER KIND OF SPACE, Dealing & Meltzer, ed. 2001.
A piece of my own journey into the wholeness of making places.
THE HEART OF PLACE, 1993.
From feng-shui to sacred building to the economics of sustainabile design to learning from and designing places from the heart. Book xero-published in manuscript form. To order
"The Soul of Natural Building", from NATURAL BUILDING COMPENDIUM, Lynne Elizabeth and Cassandra Adams, ed., Wiley & Sons, 1999.
What do we seek through the use of natural building materials?
THE SACRED ART OF BUILDING from IN CONTEXT Magazine, 1986.
A brief look at touching the spirit of place, the heart and soul of where we live.
THE SPIRITUAL HEART OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, 1993.
Diseases of the spirit in our culture, breaking loose from the values of greed and violence, an introduction to the role of "chi" in design, putting heart back into our architecture, and making cities which can move our hearts.
THE SACRED ROOTS OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN, 1995.
A personal commentary on moving to patterns of enriching and nurturing living and working.
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRIMER, 1973.
The 1973 edition of the Environmental Design Primer gives an overview and introduction to the issues of sustainable design beyond those gone into more depth in these more recent articles. It is currently out of print, but available through Interlibrary Loan, or used book searches from powells, amazon, or b&n.com.
IN A WILD GARDEN, 1989.
Learning to shake loose the conventions of gardening and landscaping. Learning from where we are, and from the wisdom of eons of interacting of the communities of life we join in a new place.
THE SHRINE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND THE WATERS,1997.
The importance of our surroundings showing that we value all of Creation, and what happens when we go about ensuring that it does.
OUROBOROS from LIVING LIGHTLY, 1973.
One of the first integrative "ecological designs", in a northern climate, and demonstrating the principle that one plus one equals at least three!
THE PANTHEON REVISITED, 1990.
A response to an article in Design Spirit on sacred geometry, questioning some of the conventional application of that term and searching for the depths in geometry and design where power does exist.
MULTICULTURAL DESIGN IN AUSTRALIA, 1995.
From Winter Cities to desert countries- the power that comes from living and designing in touch with the heart and spirit of different places.
NOTES ON ECOLOGICAL HOUSING IN JAPAN, 1993.
Every culture and situation gives a different facetted look into the dimensions of change and the nature of sustainability. Why is Japan looking for ecological housing?
SUSTAINABLE CITIES - JAPAN, 1994.
A work plan for bringing a place and culture back in line with its roots, its ecological supports, and its own dimension of sustainability.