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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.
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A Laboratory for Art and Architecture
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As the name suggests, our studio is a collaboration. We inclusively attempt to build links between individuals, disciplines, and paradigms. Our studio also desires to be a laboratory for art and architecture, bringing ideas together, and blurring the line that would normally define one discipline as separate from another. We begin with an understanding of a client's values and desires, we aim to provide designs that reflect a project's individuality and it's relationship to its environment.
Colab studio was formed in 1999 by the married duo Matthew and Maria Salenger. Both completed undergraduate studies in architecture at Arizona State University and University of Arizona, respectively, prior to graduate work in London.
Maria, born and raised in Phoenix, obtained an MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London. Maria is a non-linear thinker, making unusual connections between ideas and subjects, constantly providing her with fresh perspective views of a subject.
Matthew, raised on the island of Maui, spent 10 years in college in studying history, graphic design and art before finally graduating with honors from the Architectural Association of London Diploma School. An avid surfer, reader, percussionist, and colorist, he enjoys including diverse ideas into a single subject.
Colab studio has completed various nationally published projects in studio and public art, as well as residential and commercial architecture in phoenix including the Cedar Street Residence, the Butterfly Garden at Tres Rios, the St. Clare Chapel, and the Arizona 9-11 Memorial at the State Capital.
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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.
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