We built this home in 2016, and it is still one of our all-time favourite projects. It checks all the boxes – designed and estimated in house, completed on-time and on-budget, located just 40 km from home, first-rate client who is now a friend. Not to mention...
How sweet is it when you are building a house, and your uncle down the road grows your insulation? All the more when you are young, busy organic farmers building a house while running a CSA. It’s inspiring to work with people that accomplish big things by working hard...
This couple worked alongside us all day every day and the bond that formed between us makes this one of our all-time favourite builds. Downsizing from a large family home, this 1500 sq.ft., one-storey home was designed with ease of construction and living in...
Built originally for a monk visiting from Thailand, the Kuti (Thai for cabin) is now a sweet retreat for the couple who own it and their friends. Its small size, the wood stove, the straw bale walls, the pine ceiling and floor make it a cozy get-away. Bolted to huge...
Built at Toronto’s Botanical Gardens, this is one of the city’s few straw bale buildings. Sixteen-inch wide straw bale walls are a hard sell where space is limited and, real estate is pricey. We did receive many inquiries from visitors wanting to buy or rent the shed...
