My Recent Architecture

My house and land in 2001; And my partial architectural model:

Some of my preliminary designs:

Choosen design (minus balcony and attic dormer):

2012 LEED academic analysys of this project -- for students
in my EGR434 EGR343 "Green Architectural Engineering course:
(LEED2009 intentially used even though residential)

Before and After pictures:

CONSTRUCTION:

Joseph, Anna, and their dad enjoy working with their hands; we dug the foundation with a shovel, layed 450 blocks,
and hammered over 15,000 nails.
The only thing contracted was the roof shingles, plus ~50 hours of laborer help (of the over 3500 total man-hours so far)
  Laborers:
        Dax Kepshire CENGR 04 (in return for Robotics tutoring and minimum wage)
        Granpa John (just for fun)

Views out new windows.

And now to marry the new with the old. Preserving the best of the past while creating the new:

House and barn play area: