Generic Design
Bow Truss House
The Bow Truss House (BTH) is appropriate for most climates. The truss is composed of a horizontal bottom...
HUG
The House Under Glass (HUG) was designed with a greenhouse as its roof. In place of a cluttered attic,...
Post & Beam House
Post and Beam houses have been built virtually unchanged for a great number of years. It has been, and still...
Queen Truss House
There are a great number of truss configurations, but the Queen Truss is especially advantageous because it is easy to...
The Cube House
The Cube House is architect Tullio Inglese’s earliest house design. In 1968 – before the heightened interest in sustainability...
The Perfect Cape
Imagine: instead of having to pay several thousand dollars a year for oil or gas (non-renewable fossil fuels) and pay...
The Solar Cape
The site of the original Solar Cape was a lightly wooded lot in Burlington, Iowa with a southwesterly slope and...
Two Turf Houses
Using the earth to create human shelters is an age old method of building. At its origins, it represents...
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