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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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Merging the New With the Old
Jul 02, 2008
By Annie Groer from the Washington Post
In the land of the center-hall Colonial, local architect Mark McInturff is a modernist, committed to soaring open spaces, clean lines, large expanses of glass and buildings that fit into -- rather than fight with -- the land around them. In some cases, that means marrying a traditional home to a contemporary addition.
Linda Gates feared it might not be so seamless when she hired McInturff to design a two-story addition to her Bethesda Colonial. But she couldn't be happier. "We cook in this modern kitchen and eat in this traditional dining room, which all feels right," she says. "My husband and I didn't want to 'move' from our current house into a 'new' house."
With the recent publication of "In Residence," his second hardcover (Images Publishing Group, $49.50), McInturff offers a look at 27 projects created by his seven-person Bethesda firm. Nearly all of those featured in the book are local, and, except for Washington's Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, all are residential.
Read the rest of the article.Watch the Slow Home interview with Mark McInturff
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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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