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Houzz by Suzanne Ennis

Houzz Tour: Modern Vineyard Retreat in Under 1,800 Square Feet

Design Milk

A Portland Apartment Undergoes Bold Transformation by Casework

Curbed

What Can Architects Do to Help Fight Climate Change

Curbed

The Secrets of a Super-Green Home, Revealed

Curbed

New Passive House Under Construction in Madrona

Ann Sacks | Inside Design

A Timeless NW Tudor

Dwell Magazine

Before & After: A Radiant Renovation Opens a Portland Midcentury to Its Forested Lot

Seattle Met

A Passive Home with a Knockout View in Madrona

Seattle Met

Big Chickie Opens This Week in Hillman City

Seattle Magazine

AIA Home of Distinction: Queen Anne Remodel

Seattle Magazine

Expert Tips for Your Next Remodel Project

Seattle Magazine

The Style of Green Building

Seattle Magazine

Natural Environment

Intel Small Business

Hammer & Hand’s High-Tech Take on Construction

Proud Green Home

Countdown: Top 10 Photo Galleries of 2015

Proud Green Home

LEED can learn lessons from Passive House

Proud Green Home

What’s it really like living in a Passive House?

Proud Green Home

Virtual tour of award-winning Passive House

Proud Green Home

Passive house hits the real estate market in Seattle

Proud Green Home

High-performance window installation is the key to this Passive House

Curbed

What Can Architects Do to Help Fight Climate Change

Curbed

The Secrets of a Super-Green Home, Revealed

Curbed

New Passive House Under Construction in Madrona

GreenBuilder Media

Design Competition: Functional Forms

GreenBuilder Media

Karuna House Wins 2014 Beyond Green Award

GreenBuilder Media

2014 Green Home of the Year Awards: Modern Marvel

GreenBuilder Media

2014 Green Home of the Year Awards: Model of Efficiency

Daily Journal of Commerce

Hammer & Hand wins award for passive house

Daily Journal of Commerce

Oregon home wins top Passive House award

Daily Journal of Commerce

Hammer & Hand wins innovative housing award

Daily Journal of Commerce

Hammer & Hand names design contest winners

Daily Journal of Commerce

Hammer & Hand Competition Lets Young Designers Tackle Net-Zero Buildings

Daily Journal of Commerce

Energy Incentives Are Supporting The Wrong Work

Daily Journal of Commerce

Salt & Straw in Northwest Portland ready to open

Daily Journal of Commerce

Portland building gunning for first commercial U.S. Passive House retrofit

Daily Journal of Commerce

Oregon home to meet trifecta of green rating systems

Daily Journal of Commerce

Home building team shoots for 3 green standards

Daily Journal of Commerce

Portland builder launches design program for assisted living

Daily Journal of Commerce

Small jobs become big business in Portland

GRAY Magazine

Next Wave

GRAY Magazine

Silver Fox

GRAY Magazine

Three for Three

GRAY Magazine

Design Redux

GRAY Magazine

High-Low

GRAY Magazine

Tower In The Sky

Green Architecture Building Report

Winners of 2nd perFORM Building Design Competition

Green Architecture Building Report

Karuna House Achieves Green Building Triple Crown

Fine Home Building

Oregon House Wins DOE Award

Inhabitat

Pumpkin Ridge Passive House consumes 90% less heating energy than a conventional house

Inhabitat

perFORM 2015 competition winner redefines net-zero urban living

Mother Nature Network

Communal living slashes energy use at super-efficient Portland building

Mother Nature Network

Designing a passive house for Seattle that’s ‘resourceful, replicable and beautiful’

Portland Monthly

Ten Great New Portland Homes

Portland Monthly

Can Architecture Save the Planet – Or, At Least, Your Power Bill?

Portland Monthly

Design for Small Spaces: Little & Luxe

Portland Monthly

The Bright Way to Design

Portland Monthly

Xico Debuts on Division

Portland Monthly

Inside Salt & Straw’s Scoop Shop

Portland Monthly

Furniture That’s Old and New, Bright and Beautiful

Portland Monthly

Home, Grown: A charming Alameda fixer-upper slowly evolves into one family’s dream home.

Oregon Live

Cool, smart designs displayed at Pearl District First Thursday Aug. 6

Oregon Live

Moroccan Rugs, Macrame’s Back: Retail Studio’s Bohemian Modern Furnishing

Portland Tribune

Exhibit to highlight low-energy building construction

Portland Tribune

Saying bye-bye to extreme temperatures

Portland Tribune

Passive House movement expands into office sector

Portland Tribune

Heating your home with a hair dryer?

National Institute of Building Sciences

Sustainable Buildings Industry Council Beyond Green Award Winners

Green Building Advisor

Houses by NW Builder Win Awards

Green Building Advisor

Five Different High-R Walls: Passive House Lessons from the Pacific Northwest

Green Building Advisor

Framing and Air-Sealing Tips for High-Performance Walls

Green Building Advisor

A U.S.-Made Door for Passivhaus Buildings

Green Building Advisor

Karuna House: One Project, Three Certifications

Energy Vanguard

Passive House Builder Hammer & Hand Helps You Fight the Devil

Cascadia Green Building Council

Hammer & Hand Design Competition Highlights Beauty + Efficiency

Cascadia Green Building Council

PerFORM 2014 Design Competition

Portland Eater

Pick Your Own Potato at Boise Fry Company, Now Open

Seattle Eater

Before and After: Hillman City’s Big Chickie

Green Architecture and Building Report

Size Matters, Along with Good Design and High Performance

The Oregonian

Earth Day: UO architectural student’s house idea shows sustainability and style

The Oregonian

North Plains couple’s ‘passive house’, built by Hammer & Hand, saves energy

The Oregonian

New cabinets from Hammer & Hand and Bright Designlab

The Oregonian

Forging a Victorian home into the right fit takes perseverance

The Oregonian

Hammer & Hand finishes Passive House retrofit, Glasswood, on Southeast Division

The Oregonian

What all those ‘green’ terms mean when buying wood furniture

The Oregonian

A remodel tucks a new mudroom, bike garage and cozy loft for the kids into an old porch area

The Oregonian

Passive House groups align; spring conference to be in PDX

The Oregonian

Reducing home energy use

The Oregonian

The art of creating a studio: Three special spaces nurture their owners’ dreams

The Oregonian

Four by four: Reviving a 1911 Portland Craftsman takes collaboration

The Oregonian

A remodeled kitchen artfully blends old and new

Houzz

Kitchen of the Week: Bye-Bye, Wall – Hello, Great Outdoors

Houzz

Design Workshop: The Art of Joining Materials

Houzz

The Passive House: What It Is and Why You Should Care

Houzz

Designing Your Kitchen: Where to Put the Sink

Houzz

Kitchen of the Week: Cheery Retro Style for a 1913 Kitchen

Houzz

Houzz Tour: Personality Drives a Modern Addition in Portland

Jetson Green

Karuna House Becomes the World’s Greenest House

Jetson Green

Passivhaus Door Handmade in the USA

Jetson Green

Interview with a Passive House Builder

Jetson Green

Top 10 Jetson Green Articles of 2011

Jetson Green

Efficient Upcycled Duplex in Portland

Jetson Green

Eco Modern Home on the Columbia River

Jetson Green

Musician’s Dwelling is Practically Modern

Jetson Green

Super-Efficient ADU Complete in Portland

Jetson Green

Low-Impact Green Duplex in Portland

Earth Techling

You Might Call This the World’s Greenest House

Earth Techling

Maple Leaf Passive House Blends Old & New For Optimal Performance

Earth Techling

Wood-based Sheathing That Breathes And Insulates

Earth Techling

Oregon Passive House Aims to Slash Energy Bills

Earth Techling

Passive House Doors, Made In The USA

Earth Techling

A Passive House Retrofit Sets Trends In Portland

Earth Techling

Retrofit No-Brainer For Oregon Homeowners

Sustainable Business Oregon

Low-energy, few hassles: A look at the Lemelson passive house

Sustainable Business Oregon

Oregon’s top commercial remodelers’ greenest projects

Sustainable Business Oregon

‘Passive house’ aggressively saves energy

Sustainable Business Oregon

Net-zero energy building to become $1.3 trillion market

Sustainable Business Oregon

Habitat for Humanity focuses on green homes

Sustainable Business Oregon

Clean Energy Works heats up old home

Sustainable Business Oregon

Oregon steps up on passive house standard

Sustainable Business Oregon

Portlander will lead new Passive House Alliance

Sustainable Business Oregon

Hammer and Hand expands with ‘upcycled’ furniture

Sustainable Business Oregon

Interview: Sam Hagerman to Lead Passive House Alliance

The Wall Street Journal

It’s Not Easy Being (Quite So) Green

Residential Architect

Core Principle: Sam Hagerman and Daniel Thomas succeed by putting their employees first

Residential Architect

Triple Crown: an Oregon project pursues three green certifications

Residential Architect

Triple Crown: an Oregon project pursues three green certifications

Retrofit Magazine

Trailblazer: The Nation’s First Commercial Passive House Retrofit

Seattle PI

Check out Seattle’s first ‘passive house’

Earth Advantage Institute

Home on Foam?: “More Structural Support than Soil”

Portrait Magazine

Making It Count

Design*Sponge

Before & After: bright designlab’s Upcycled Furniture

Oregon Home

Something old, something new

Builder Magazine

Cabin Chic: Universal Design Never Looked So Good

BobVila.com

Get the Look: Retro Kitchen

Portland Architecture

Building science and home energy performance revolution

Entrepreneur Magazine

One Man’s Trash

Green Science Oregon TV

Green Homebuilding and Accessory Dwelling Units

Northwest Renovation Magazine

Accessory Dwelling Units – Can Granny Flats Save the World?

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