Below are some contacts and resources to help you in your sustainable design search. Included are some builders and engineers I feel are worth talking to.
resource groups in the Pacific Northwest:
www.cascadiagbc.org Cascadia Green Building Council - This has many links to groups in the NW.
www.ecobuilding.org Eco Building Guild - Many builders and specialists here
www.ecohaus.com Retail sales of environenmental building products - fun shopping
contractors in the Portland Oregon area that I have experience with:
tkenyon698@gmail.com A talented developer and builder who is not afraid of the unconventional
Shawn D Stevens - CCB 131487 - New Castle Remodeling A true craftsman builder with green cred.
mlatham06@comcast.net - CCB 173074 -SQ FT Construction A builder with years of experience in commercial structures
structural engineers:
www.nedengineering.com Ryan Nedwicke, PE Excellent residential and light commercial specialist
twolden@artisanengineering.com Tim Wolden, Principal - a creative engineer who does large and small and has done straw bale work
crafts people:
www.silvermooncreations.com Randy Haislip - woodcrafter musical insturments - wood art
enjoyable books:
A Pattern Language - Christopher Alexander
The Natural House Book - David Pearson
The Straw Bale House - Steen, Steen, and Bainbridge
Design Outlaws on the Ecological Frontier - Chris Zelov
favorite designers:
Antonio Gaudi
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Frank Lloyd Wright
Christopher Alexander
E. Faye Jones
Antoine Predock
Pietro Beluschi
