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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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Sustainable Building in Many Forms
Dining Room - DMG Residence
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View to Next Room - DMG Residence
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workshop/apd was founded in 1999 as a design firm with offices in New York City and Nantucket, Massachusetts. Together, partners Andrew Kotchen and Matthew Berman work toward synthesizing the often-problematic restraints of context with a modern and progressive understanding of contemporary living. In addition to focusing on sustainable building, the firm specializes in high-end residential renovations, new home construction, and commercial development. The firm also designs custom furniture, lights and landscaping.
workshop/apd’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Metropolitan Home, Architectural Record, New York Home, Residential Architect, Domus, House Beautiful and Interior Design. In 2006, the firm won the Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans, sponsored by Brad Pitt and Global Green USA. The 120 occupant eco-friendly project broke ground in May of 2007. Since winning the competition, Matthew and Andrew have been invited to speak around the world about their unique take on rebuilding New Orleans with ‘green’ architecture and their innovative approach to bringing ecologically sound design to low-cost housing. The firm’s work has been exhibited at the Venice International Architecture Biennale, the Architectural League of New York, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the 2006 annual AIA Convention in Los Angeles, and in an international exhibition sponsored by the Cultural Exchange program of the State Department of the United States.
Current Projects include: a Manhattan Townhouse, Soho Penthouse Renovation, Garment District Penthouse Addition, Theater District Catering Facility and Event Space, Nantucket Family Compound, Nantucket Resort, Asbury Park Bed and Breakfast, Farmhouse Renovation on the Mediterranean island of Malta, a Virginia Spa and Resort Master Plan, a Sustainable Historic Center in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and a multi-use New Orleans Housing Residence with five single family homes, an 18 multi-unit apartment complex and a community center/Sustainable Design and Climate Action Institute.
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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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