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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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Award Winning California Architecture Firm
Modaa
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Zoltan E. Pali, FAIA
Benjamin Residence
Beuth House
Broomsmith Residence
Lagatuta Residence
Oshry Residence
Whitsett
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Founded in 1988, Studio Pali Fekete Architects (SPF:a) is a Los Angeles based architecture firm specializing in clients and projects that require a high level of design sensitivity, technical expertise, and hands-on principal involvement. The studio houses an award-winning design team, and one of the world�s most accomplished technical documentation workshops.
SPF:a design awards range from Architecture Magazine’s Home of the Year Award (2003) to the AIA National Honor Award (2005) for the design of the Somis Hay Barn. Projects range in size and scope from 5,500 square foot private homes to the 210,000 square foot Getty Villa Museum, and include education, preservation, residential, institutional, commercial, and health care facilities.
The SPF:a team is energetic, cooperative, and diverse. Currently 30 people strong, individual architect experience ranges from entry-level to over 24 years. Architects use a full complement of technological resources to produce rigorously accurate work, including the latest versions of computer-aided drafting and three-dimensional visualization software. Possessing a background and affinity for fine art and design, SPF:a principals have built a fully-modernized 2,000 square foot art gallery space into the firm’s corporate offices. MODAA (Museum Of Design Art and Architecture) regularly features the work of local artists, exploring the relationship and dialogue between art and architecture.
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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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