Meadow Ridge

Architect: Matthew Bialecki
Matthew Bialecki Associates

Total Sq. Ft.: 2200  Bedrooms: 3  Baths: 2.0

A winner of the AIA New York State 2005 Design Awards, this beautiful passive solar home is an extension of its local landscape. Its stone flooring, timbers, structural framing and lighting, pass seamlessly from interior to exterior, dissolving the normal boundaries between the site and the structure.

Stone Craftsman

Architect: Matthew Bialecki
Matthew Bialecki Associates

Total Sq. Ft.: 4174  Bedrooms: 4  Baths: 3.0

Inspired by the Arts and Crafts houses of Greene & Greene as well as the Adirondack Camps of the 19th century, the Stone Craftsman House is actually a high-performance green building within its historic design. This very spacious home is designed as an advanced passive solar, energy-efficient structure with a strong emphasis on the design of the building envelope for minimal heat requirements and total passive cooling.

Natural Habitat

Architect: David Arkin & Anni Tilt
Arkin-Tilt Architects

Total Sq. Ft.: 1860  Bedrooms: 4  Baths: 2.0

Natural Habitat is featured in the newly released book, "The New Strawbale Home", received the Western Home Award from Sunset magazine, and was featured in Real Simple Magazine. The architects, David Arkin & Anni Tilt, a husband and wife team, conceived of and designed this home to give the residents a sense of being at home in nature.

Sun, Straw and Earthen Floor

Architect: Darrel DeBoer
DeBoer Architects

Total Sq. Ft.: 1500  Bedrooms: 1  Baths: 1.5

The beautiful Sun, Straw and Earthen Floor home is one of our most unique home plans and is a true sanctuary for health and well-being. It has also attracted a lot of attention, and has been featured in the book, "The New Strawbale Home", on the cover and in a feature article in the March/April 2004 issue of Natural Home Magazine, as well as being featured on an episode of HGTV's Extreme Homes. As comfortable as it is innovative, this passive solar strawbale home boasts an entire wall of windows, designed to provide a seamless integration of living space with surrounding nature.

Courtyard House

Architect: Matthew Bialecki
Matthew Bialecki Associates

Total Sq. Ft.: 2747  Bedrooms: 3  Baths: 2.5

Originally designed for an avid gardener, the Courtyard House was inspired by the small barns and barnyards that helped to define the character of its original country setting. The design centers on a central garden courtyard surrounded by an arbor and the simple shed-roofed forms of the L-shaped house. The garden is conceived as the primary space with all rooms located around it.