St. John Cathedral, Napa
This dynamic, modern cathedral (built in the mid 1960′s) had a serious problem with heat gain. We proposed to use passive means to help dump this heat build-up at night, so that the church could be basically ‘reset’ to normal temperatures by morning services. Cool air inlets were proposed at floor level, which would run [...]
OHOME Classic
The Classic model puts a modern twist on the traditional gable-style roof. With it’s clean, contemporary detailing, state of the art fixture and appointments and thermally efficient OHOME structure, the Classic is poised for living well with the realities and uncertainties of the 21st Century.
OHOME Wing
The Wing is easy to ship and build, and is characterized by broad overhangs on all roof edges and clean comtemporary styling. Access to an optional roofgarden is also featured. The roofgarden helps with cooling in Summer months – and is ideally suited to temperate climates. With 12′ ceilings, the Wing offers generous, airy living spaces that are well suited for a wide range of climates.
Vineyard Oaks Of The Napa Valley
One of the first design projects I took over on arrival to Napa was a small subdivision of 14, fairly conventional residential homes. Healthy Buildings wanted to make these oustanding, high-end wine country getaways, and so a rethink of the floorplans to a more contemporary, resort-style open concept design began. What we ended up with [...]
Cumberland House
Another house designed by Linda Chapman of Linda Chapman Architect in Ottawa. LCA requested a complete energy analysis using Hot2000, and the results were surprising. Using some tried-and-true techniques suggested by the builder, Paul Justice, such as ‘wrap and strap’ interior 2×3 insulation, some great economies were achieved that also resulted in a [...]
OHOME Wave
The OHOME™ ships flat-packed inside of a standard shipping container, and all coded and sequenced construction components unload and install easily using our patents-pending SIPFS and SIPFS Assembly Technology, (Structural Insulated Panel & Finish System). Think of the OHOME™ like a giant Ikea™ home in a box. The OHOME™ arrives complete with all the tools [...]
Ottawa MEC Store Expansion
On returning from Napa, California by way of Toronto after trying to get the OHOME projects underway, I took up a contract position with Linda Chapman Architect. Linda Chapman stood out from most of the other postings on the OAA job boards as her website featured some serious eco-cred and a long history with [...]
Balmoral House
One of my first projects with Linda Chapman was to take a schematic design created in AutoCad and generate Construction Documents from the BIM model as quickly as possible. Copyright Linda Chapman Architect 2011 – All Rights Reserved.
Youth Treatment Centre, Ottawa
Proposal designed by Linda Chapman Architect of Ottawa, for Youth Treatment Cottages. Modelled by Andy (images shown by Andy), and rendered by my good friend and mentor Jon Worden (final images not shown here yet). Copyright Linda Chapman Architect 2011 – All Rights Reserved.
