http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news-section.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206CHOL Design en jbutterf@hanleywood.com http://www.customhomeonline.com/externals/images/logo_bol.gif http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news-section.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=2069755http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1174675http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1174675As if we needed any more evidence that solar houses can be both high-performing and beautiful, comfortable places to live, the 2009 Solar Decathlon has once again proved the point.Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1174675http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1174675As if we needed any more evidence that solar houses can be both high-performing and beautiful, comfortable places to live, the 2009 Solar Decathlon has once again proved the point.Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1148892http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1148892A suspended meditation chamber—a pod of serentiy— forms the physical and spiritual core of a Bethesda, Md.Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1148884http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1148884Who among us doesn't wish theSun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1148882http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1148882The master bath of 543 House bears a strong family resemblance to the kitchen that occupies the space just below it.Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1148881http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1148881To get both an open interior and a full garage on a 30-foot-by-80-foot lot, architects Barbara Callas and Steven Shortridge gave 543 House, as it's called, a section that rises in a staggered series of split levels.Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1147607http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1147607With its broad, elevated views, this hillside site outside Seattle presents an endless visual feast.Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1147591http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1147591Shaping a big house so it meets the land gracefully is one of architecture's most difficult challenges.Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1147542http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1147542Stroll through any recent upscale suburban development and you're likely to see the same thing: houses in a random assortment of vaguely historical styles with no common design theme, each making a heroic effort to look stately while strenuously ignoring the houses at each side.Tue, 1 Dec 2009 00:00:00 ESThttp://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1109318http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news.asp?referer=rss206&sectionID=206&articleID=1109318The centerpiece of a remodel that joined two existing San Francisco row houses into a strikingly modern residence, this flowing stair provides both circulation and sculptural interest.Tue, 1 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST