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contributors • THE VOICES OF EXPERIENCE

editor’s note • THE VIEW FROM MY DESK

GABLE-END EAVE DESIGN

The Beloved Farmhouse • Understand the hallmarks of this informal style, whether you’re designing a new home or remodeling a classic

Four-Part Farmhouse • Uncommon design goals inform the organization of this multivolume home

Big house, little house, back house, barn

Modern Masonry Farmhouse • A unique home in North Carolina conjures old-world sensibilities with some surprising details

Why can’t this near-perfect material get a date?

How Great Houses Take Shape • An architect explains how to use these six principles of massing to shape a distinctive small home

Resurrecting a Greek Revival • After a devastating fire destroyed this mid-1800s home, the owners and architect teamed up to rebuild a classic

Net-Positive in New England • This new home blends the nostalgia of a traditional Massachusetts farmhouse with the needs of a 21st-century family

A GO-TO ASSEMBLY • For the team at ZeroEnergy Designs, this building assembly is a proven performer.

Federal Farmhouse • A Vermont architect uses the state’s energy-efficiency guidelines to craft a new zero-energy home steeped in traditional character

Passive House Perfection • This compact farmhouse achieves home building’s highest performance standard without a shred of aesthetic compromise

Better Than Average • This practical and healthy home confronts the challenges of location, extreme weather, climate change, and the looming clean-water crisis

For the Sake of Simplicity • Putting the insulation outside of the walls opened up new design possibilities for this low-maintenance Texas home

Rural Landscape, Modern Sensibility • A first-time home designer nails it with an updated farmhouse that includes doubleduty spaces, a serious mudroom, and a five-star energy rating

Cold-Climate Collaboration • A Maine architect designs Michigan’s first certified Passive House to be rooted in tradition

The Architecture of Simplicity • This new zero-energy home captures the spirit of the Shakers with elegant details and a straightforward plan

Building with the care of prayer

HOUSES BY DESIGN • ARCHITECTURAL CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

Keep Craft Alive • CELEBRATING PASSION FOR BUILDING