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Author Archives: Robert Boles

7 Oct 2018

Put a cork on it!

by Robert Boles | posted in: DESIGN, ENERGY, GREEN, Insulation, UNCATEGORIZED | 1

Let’s talk about cork. What do you think about when you think about uses for cork? When I think of cork, I immediately think — wine. What a wonderful material to keep delicious wine in its bottle. What could realistically top (no pun intended) keeping wine safe while letting it … Read More

carbon negative, cork, insulation, outsolation
4 Oct 2018

A warm cozy blanket

by Robert Boles | posted in: DESIGN, ENERGY, NET ZERO, UNCATEGORIZED | 0

Insulation The house I grew up in, just over the coastal ridge from our new house in Pacifica, was built in ultra-modern style in 1956. Like most houses of the day, it had little or no insulation. The roof was sheathed in a newish ‘high-tech’ material, Homasote board, essentially a … Read More

cellulose, fiberglass, foamglass, insulation, Mr. Insulation, rockwool
1 Jun 2018

No ifs, ands or buttresses

by Robert Boles | posted in: CONCRETE, DESIGN, ENERGY, FOUNDATIONS, GREEN, MATERIALS, SYSTEMS | 0

THE STRUCTURE BELOW THE SKIN A building’s structure is typically hidden away once the ‘skin’ goes on, just like the skeleton of a person. It’s fundamentally important to how a building stands up and takes the weight of the people and their goods down to the ground, even while the … Read More

advanced framing, cantilever, stucture, timberstrand
18 Sep 2016

Less and More (more or less)

by Robert Boles | posted in: DESIGN, UNCATEGORIZED | 0

We’ve just completed construction drawings on a new home to be built by Mansour and Kathy Moussavian in Los Altos, developers for whom we’ve worked on over half a dozen projects. Unusually for our practice and for our collaboration with the Moussavians, the home is in a ‘modern’ style. No … Read More

Bay Area, los altos, modern, New Home

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