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As the housing market bubble settles, now we start to see the implication and role of architecture design in housing. During the housing boom, many people we’re buying houses just to turn around and sell them right away. Because of the frenzy to meet demand, many developers neglected the time tested principle that good architecture can withstand time and recession. In this article, I’ll take a look at some basic design ideas and principles that many developers have ignored. These basic principles should be addressed when designing a home or anything else for that matter.

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With St Patrick’s Day right around the corner, what better time to bring up the topic of being green. Many companies are now jumping on the green movement, and to a certain extent, its great, any bit helps. What bothers me is that, so many of these companies are just not doing enough, mostly they’re just doing a lot of talking. As an individual, you don’t need to do much talking, taking action is easy. Lowering your carbon footprint is simpler than you’d expect.

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The Southport project was not the biggest nor was it the most complex, however, considering its size and scope, it was one of my most memorable project due to all its challenges. As it turn out, this is the first residential roof top with a sports court!

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