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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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Inner City Infill Capturing A View
Balcony Elevation
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Exterior Detail
View From Street
Exterior Curtain Wall
Elevation Front and Back
Main Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
Upper Floor Plan
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Parkhill Residence
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Calgary, Canada West
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5A Street,
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This 2,000 sq.ft. narrow lot house is 17 feet wide and three storeys tall. It is located on a ridge in one of Calgary's older inner city neighborhoods and has a dramatic view of the mountains from the front of the house. Floor to ceiling windows in the third floor master bedroom and second floor living room take advantage of the view. A double height space at the rear of the house connects the main floor garden living area with the living area on the second floor. The kitchen cantilevers into this volume and overlooks the garden through a two storey window. The combination of commercial clear anodized aluminum window units, dark grey stucco and clear cedar siding gives the house a taught modern exterior skin that also responds to the surrounding context of more traditional houses.
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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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