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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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East Coast Modern
Two Storey Volume
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Main Floor Dining Room
Garden View
Stair to Kitchen
Outdoor Walk
View of Dining From Above
Open Garden Wall
Slat Screen
Kitchen Table
Hallway Storage
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This house is designed for a jeweler and a writer. It is located on a granite outcrop where meadow land meets a ravine overlooking a trout stream in upstate Connecticut. The house is a multiple split level with living, studio and public spaces disposed on each level. The combined privacy afforded by the site, with the relaxed attitudes of the owners permit distinctions between private and public space to blur. A large sunken communal bath is visible immediately as one enters the house. It can be open or screened off as desired.
Light enters the house in several ways, but almost never directly. The finish and ambience of the house is a combination of rustic and restrained. Concrete, mahogany and glass surfaces complement each other and are touched by green light as it is reflected off the surrounding trees.
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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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