JOHN BROWN is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
In the first of our interviews with Alan Crawford of Crawford Partnership, Alan talks about how the firm started and their approach to residential building.
In the first of three interviews for SlowHomeTV, architect Drew Mandel talks about his first single family house - his own. 83A Marlborough Avenue is an infill project built on a site only 13' wide.
In our final interview with Niels Bendtsen, founder of Bensen, Niels talks about design as well as Bensen's environmentally responsible approach to manufacturing.
In the second of our series of interviews with Niels Bendtsen, founder of Bensen, Niels talks about the Canyon sofa as well as the About Face rotating cabinet.
In the last of our series of interviews with Omer Arbel, Omer talks about the 21series of fixtures as well as Bocci's unique approach to custom and one-off designs.
We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.
We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
