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New Postgreen Homes Model – Avant Garage

August 25, 2010

It has a kind of cheesy name, but that doesn’t make the concept any less cool. Postgreen Home’s has introduced a new model built around an existing zoning plan that called for garages. Working with ISA, we came up with some concepts for a model that incorporates the garage and creates an exciting split level [...]

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Two Point Five – The Next Postgreen Homes Model

May 26, 2010

We are about to release our newest Postgreen Homes model and felt that we should throw it up here for some discussion first. Up until now we have limited ourselves to two story buildings. We have hung well below the height limits set by zoning and tried to perfect that old school Philly staple of [...]

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Postgreen Triplex Conceptual Rendering

April 14, 2010

We have taken a look at the potential floor plans for the proposed Triplex, and I have told you about the zoning meeting going on tonight. Now it’s time to share a snapshot of what this thing might look like should we build it. Some explanation: The siding will be fiber cement cut into two [...]

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Tezuka Architects Japanese Design Inspiration

March 11, 2010

I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Takaharu Tezuka of Tezuka Architects give a lecture at UPenn recently. Tezuka is one of my favorite Japanese firms that has been producing amazing homes for about two decades and is getting into some interesting larger commercial commissions as they have grown in the past 5-10 years. If [...]

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Postgreen Homes Concept: Three Bedrooms in 16 Feet?

February 10, 2010

Our current line of houses covers a significant portion of those looking for a new urban house, but we have gotten a little bit of a hard time from those who have a couple of kids and still want one of our homes. This has been particularly the case for those who have a girl [...]

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Calling All Renters: Ideas for a Postgreen Triplex

February 4, 2010

This one is for all of you out there who want the joy of living in a Postgreen Home without the responsibilities of home ownership. We are officially considering our first step into the rental world with a possible multi-family building right behind our 100k Project. It will be all the green, modern goodness you’ve [...]

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Duplex Inspiration – Japanese 9 Tsubo House

January 23, 2010

Recently, we were approached by someone to design and build a small duplex on a tight infill house in Philadelphia. Without getting into too much detail, the lot is roughly 27′ wide by 20′ deep. Tight constraints to say the least. This footprint reminded us of one of our favorite Japanese small house designs – [...]

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House Tattoos: Ink for Your Postgreen Home

January 14, 2010

(Editors Note: Brian Phillips is the principle at Interface Studio Architects (ISA), the designers of our Postgreen Homes line. We are occasionally able to guilt him into writing a post.) A big part of the fun of working with Postgreen is finding design opportunities within the tight parameters of budget, constructability and time constraints.  Simplicity [...]

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Whiteboard Session: SKINNY Floor Plan Options

January 8, 2010

For better or worse we are bringing back the video here at Postgreen. We have a new intro (designed by my brother Gabe Darling) and very, very, mildly improved lighting. This first effort in our return is a quick explanation of the options soon to be available in the SKINNY model floor plan. It isn’t [...]

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New Skinny House Floor Plans

January 4, 2010

In anticipation of our Skinny Project groundbreaking this month we have finalized the floor plans for our newly introduced model . . . the (aptly named) SKINNY. This sleek, simple beauty is designed for lots under 16 feet wide (a common Philadelphia condition), and represents our most efficient interior plan to date. Oddly, it also [...]

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