• Light Box

    With an eye for style, Jane Nicholson turns a minimalist white box of a house into a warm and elegant home with a distinctly Parisian sensibility.

    Ottawa Magazine, February / March 2009
    Hattie Klotz

  • Natural Architect

    Some might say Linda Chapman is ahead of the curve

    Ontario Home Builder, Summer 2007
    Terry Tinkess

  • How to build an Eco-friendly house (PowerPoint)

    Lecture session from the National Custom Home
    Building Show & Conference 2006

    October 28 & 29, 2006
    Linda Chapman

  • Sometimes smaller is smarter

    U.S. architect and author Sarah Susanka is the spark plug behind a design movement to deliver modest homes packed with fine finishes and multi-functional rooms.

    The Ottawa Citizen, August 4, 2001
    Kathryn Young

  • Mountain Equipment Co-op Store

    Salvaged materials and energy efficiency paramount for "green" infill retail building.

    Wood Le Bois, Spring 2001
    Linda Chapman

  • Super-Smart Superstore

    International Design Magazine, February 2001
    Gail Finke

  • Designing for Disassembly

    Designing for disassembly provides an innovative strategy for attaining environmental goals and building adaptability.

    Canadian Architect, January 2001
    Vince Catalli and Maria Williams

  • A winner overhaul

    This extensive, and impressive, Glebe renovation won the 2000 Design Award from OCHBA

    The Ottawa Citizen, December 9, 2000
    Kathryn Young

  • The last(ing) straw

    The Globe and Mail, September 9, 2000
    Janice Lindsay

  • Environmental showcase

    Private homes can easily adapt green building ideas from innovative Mountain Equipment Co-op store in Westboro

    The Ottawa Citizen, September 2, 2000
    Kathryn Young

  • MEC makes 'hay' with 'greenprint'

    Linda Chapman gets a lot of wisecracks about the three little pigs and straw houses: The huff-and-puff-and-blow-your-house-down variety. But she knows what the pigs knew and the wolf didn't.

    The Ottawa Citizen, October 16, 1999
    Shelly Page

  • Clutching at straw

    Aylmer couple builds a house to last - out of straw

    The Ottawa Citizen, February 28, 1998
    Karen Turner