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MSU researchers featured in New York Times for wildlife crossing structures

MSU researchers featured in New York Times for wildlife crossing structures An MSU researcher and a former MSU graduate student have been featured in a Times story about over- and underpasses for wildlife, which have been advanced by MSU's Western Transportation Institute for nearly two decades.

Adobe brick combines with wood in a low-carbon villa in Chiang Mai

Adobe brick combines with wood in a low-carbon villa in Chiang Mai Made from adobe brick, bamboo, stone and more, this low-carbon villa in Chiang Mai embraces natural, local materials throughout. See the results here.

Recently completed project: Sunroom in Sterling, VA.

Governor Northam Signs Clean Energy Legislation

governor.virginia.gov Governor Ralph Northam, 73rd Governor of Virginia

Working from home is pretty routine now. Glad I started Willoughby Design, LLC in 2013.

Recently completed renovation in Reston, VA.

Cheezy Architecture Videos

Just a bit of architectural humor...

youngarchitect.com A collection of cheezy Architecture Videos for Architects and Students.

Sign & Shine

Loudoun County homeowners can now enroll in the Sign and Shine solar program. Go solar for $0 out of pocket and save money on your electric bills. 1,000's of Virginia homeowners have already signed up. Click below to learn more.

Not Too Little Too Late. Unfinished Gaudí Basilica Gets Permit 137 Years Later

npr.org The Sagrada Familia church got the permit Friday, allowing construction to continue with completion projected for 2026. The church's foundation agreed to pay the city of Barcelona millions of dollars.

ArchDaily

Thank you for your works Mr. Pei.

I.M. Pei was arguably the greatest living member of the modernist generation of architects. His most notable work was the Louvre Pyramid.

[04/10/19]   Project currently under construction:

Custom single family home located in Middleburg, Virginia.

Montana State University

Montana State University students are playing an important role in helping the homeless in Bozeman.

MSU architecture students are designing and building prototypes for a new program called Housing First Village, a planned community to be built off campus based on the “Housing First” model. The concept behind the project is that people need stable housing before they can find jobs and otherwise turn their lives around.

Partnering with the Human Resource Development Council and the local faith community, MSU students designed and built the first tiny house prototype for the village over three semesters as part of professor Ralph Johnson’s “Design for the Community” class in the College of Arts and Architecture. Two days before spring commencement, they celebrated its completion by welcoming more than 100 visitors to the 150-square-foot house in MSU’s Family and Graduate Housing.

Royce Smith, dean of the College of Arts and Architecture, said the students are contributing creative solutions to some of our communities’ most pressing problems.

“This particular project touches every facet of assistance and humanity in such a special way,” Smith said. “This work is a crucial part of our land-grant mission — helping students to use their skills to contribute to a better Montana.”

Upworthy

These plants are the most effective at cleaning indoor air.

ArchDaily

WOW ! 👀

Architecture Exchange East 2018 Conference

HuffPost

It’s good practice to research what items your local recycling center will accept and recycle. Send items clean and dry.

It turns out, many of us have no idea how or what to recycle.

Demolition underway on a 1950’s era townhouse Addition & Renovation project

Timeline Photos

Visiting one of my favorite buildings I have ever been in. Great to see the changes after 24 years of construction. Perhaps I’ll be lucky enough to see it complete in 30 or so more years... @ Basílica de la Sagrada Família

Lawns Are an Ecological Disaster

earther.com Neil Tyson often conjectures that maybe aliens have concluded humans aren’t intelligent enough to contact. He’s probably referring to our capacity for war, but lawns may display our talent for fruitless carnage even better.

Montana State University

Good to see Design/Build is alive and well at MSU.

Students and faculty from the School of Architecture at Montana State University hosted an open house for the first prototype small home for HRDC’S Housing First Village.

Project currently in design: Custom home located in St. Mary's County, MD.

Designscapes – Beyond Black

http://beyondblack.org/designscapes/

Willoughby Design was recently featured in "Designscapes", a new book by Beyond Black Publications.

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