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Wednesday, April 16, 2008


TCI recently completed an 11 unit new housing development as part of a first time home buyer's program by the Hilltown Community Development Corporation. The houses were designed by PRFA+LDa Architects to be not only affordable, but to also to be are designed and built to be highly energy efficient. Through a deliberate siting strategy each of the houses take advantage of daylighting, shading and photo-voltaic roof panels. Each of the houses also makes use of highly efficient cellulose insulation, windows and doors and extensive draft stopping to create a tight shell to minimize heating and cooling costs for the life of the building. The Energy Star audit suggests that these houses will use less than 40% of the energy of a conventionally built home.
To see 60+ photos of this project from foundation to finish click here for a slide show, or visit our flickr page.







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Friday, March 28, 2008

This 1970's ranch house underwent a major addition / renovation to breathe new life into the building to keep pace with the changing lives of the owners. To the second story was added a master bedroom, full bath, laundry room and office. The bedrooms, bathroom and living room on the first floor had some minor upgrades and repairs made. Most of the work on that floor focused on increasing the size, functionality and integration of the kitchen and dining room, which were the most heavily used rooms in the house. Throughout those rooms are a series of cherry accents found in the kitchen cabinets, the stairway and even the renovated hearth. The building was completely resided with a more traditional and classic cedar clapboard. A second story porch is situated to view the backyard and the woods beyond.

Original front and rear elevations

Finished rear elevations (front elevation above)

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This second story addition was built to create a master bedroom suite and office upstairs and to take advantage of the views of the valley out the front and the finely planned and manicured yard to the back. The 1950s design had a very small and dark feel to the on the interior accentuated by the low ceilings. We opened up the living room of the house by creating a two story space utilizing the stairway and added light and air by topping the stairwell with an operable skylight. Another benefit to the layout was the added second story bookshelves outside of the new office. The bathroom was finished in a calming blue with matching glass tile accents throughout.

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Monday, March 24, 2008


These are the first pictures (of a future many) of a project that TCI is working on with Valley Community Development Corporation and that was designed by Dietz & Company Architects.


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