The Time My Neighbors Accused Me of Stealing Their Park
We dwell in positive spaces.
We’ve placed intention first, for a very long time. I realized that we had to if we were going to practice #thoughtfuldesign. So we live what we create - from minimal lifestyles, encouraging natural life, and thinking about what our consumption will do to the world around us.
Living green has been a part of the GGOArchitects brand since day one - and was a major reason my current house is designed the way it is. When we first began to construct the LEED - Certified Dallas residence, we allowed the land to grow wild for almost a decade, so much so that the neighborhood thought I was illegally building on a park when we began construction.
Working with What We Already Have - Focusing on Adaptive Reuse Projects
Adaptive Reuse projects are not just an opportunity to breathe new life into a forgotten neighborhood. These projects tend to take some serious imagination as you rethink how movement will restructure in a space originally designed for a particular concept.
Conscious building is about thinking of the community as much as thinking about the environment. For us, design is an integrated approach that includes a client’s needs and wants, as much as the context of the neighborhood, to the future legacy we are impacting with the decisions we implement today.
Sustainable By Design
Everything's coming up green for Dallas architect Gary Gene Olp, who combines environmental responsibility with good design.
It's Good to Be Green
A throw back to one of our first articles in Texas Architect, Founder Gary Gene Olp reviews his leading sustainability go-to’s and talks about the true weight buildings have on the world around us.
Last Week's Celebration of Conscious Design with Faulkner Design Group's CEO
When Adrienne Faulkner decided to build her dream home, she put her loved ones at the forefront of her mind when it came to design: integrating systems that furthered their health, details that made their daily experiences more enjoyable, and laying out the floorplan with features focused on keeping people safe.
The Building Blocks of Green Design
We believe the greenest building is one that’s already built - making every one of our building blocks an opportunity for you to improve your current space to make a positive impact on the planet as much as your longterm savings.
A Place in the Sun
Heather Ferreir wanted her first home to be as kind to the environment as it would be to her bottom line. As Jaime Gross found, Heather ended up with that and more-a light-bathed house that has something to teach all of us about clean living.