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.
     
Labels: affordable, energy efficient, first time home buyers, flickr, foundation, Hilltown CDC, housing, Laurel Road, photos, PV panels
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)
      Labels: addition, housing, photos, ranch, second floor
Monday, March 10, 2008
In addition to our Project Gallery we have put together a new and ever growing photo collection. It showcases our current and past work in all stages of development. Use it to get ideas for your project or just to browse. If you see something that you would like to know more about, feel free to contact us.
Click here to view many more photos of our work!
Or view the photos as a slideshow!
Labels: admin, flickr, photos
Please bear with us as we rebuild the projects section of the site.
After some problems with our posting system, we are beginning with a clean slate and starting over with new and updated photos of projects that currently under production or from our archive of completed projects.
Check back soon.
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