Tag archives for design

  1. The Half-Monitor Brooding Barn

    Turns out there’s a much less pretentious name for the kind of structure I’m building than “clerestory cabin”: old-timey hen-house or brooding barn. It seems funny, but knowing that I am building what is essentially a chicken coop is really moving for me. My dad’s dad, Bill Holman, was born on 10-10-1910, and died too…

  2. Here Comes the Sun: Passive Solar Parking Lot

    Here comes the sunĀ  (dadda dum dum) …No, I’m not building a parking lot–it’s just that I’ve been confusing myself with a whirlwind of research about passive solar home design, so this post is a parking lot where I can post some of the things I’ve been looking at so I don’t lose them, but…