Blog by krista

As the summer draws to a close and the vegetables in my garden are ready for harvesting its time to take some notes to create a better garden design for next year.  I already asked permission from my husband to make a bigger garden for next year! for those of you that don't know an architect, I...

I often remis on my cycling days in the netherlands. There was this great bar called the "Hemelches" meaning heaven.  The bar was located in the middle of nowhere, but clearly on a cycling path.  During my husband and my long rides (100km+) we often wish there was a perfect place...

...that is the question I get all the time.

But first, what is LEED®. LEED® stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is a process of third part certification that determines the energy performance of your building. Based on a scoring system you can achieve a number of different l...

That's what I felt like after biking 35km to the Fifth Town cheese factory in Prince Edward County. Designed by Lapointe Architect, it has been on my architecture bucket list for many years for a few reasons; it was designed by an architect; it gave me hope that an architecture career in a...