Join Lindal Cedar Homes, CEO Robert Lindal, and west coast Lindal dealers to explore the Turkel Design Lindals for the Dwell Homes Collection, and Lindal’s other modern design programs and services.

Learn more about Dwell on Design and register today at dod.dwell.com. Save up to $15 off admission by purchasing online and using the code DWELL59B

Join us for an hour-long program that will take you through the development of the Modern A-frame; how the disciplined use of the classic Lindal building system simplifies the design, personalization, and construction of these houses without ever sacrificing material quality.

Register here:

Tue, Mar 16, 2010 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/139356730

Sun, Mar 21, 2010 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/297634827

See how the Modern A frame building blocks enable every Modern A-frame to adapt to its site conditions : the path of the sun, the terrain, and the need for privacy. See how the building blocks easily transform each floor plan into an amazing variety of very different houses, ready for your personalization.

This is an ideal program for an aspiring homeowner who wants an efficient planning process, a fresh smart house and the simplicity of a modernist lifestyle warmed by wood.

After the presentation there will be an a question and answer period, during which you can linger and explore the Modern A-Frame with our talented design pros.

Just in time to introduce the latest designs for the 2010 Dwell Homes Collection, Turkel Design will be presenting four LIVE webinars in the upcoming months.

March 3rd, 2010 at 6pm PST
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/139821883

March 14th, 2010 at 1pm PDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/646395858

April 7th, 2010 at 6pm PDT
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/724235874

April 11th, 2010 at 1pm
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/616131835

More details and registration links are available on the Lindal Cedar Homes Events page at: http://lindal.com/homes/events/webinar.cfm

Once again, Joel Turkel of Turkel Design is presenting his Lindal home plans chosen by DWELL magazine for the 2009 Dwell Homes Collection in a LIVE online webinar on July 29th at 6pm Pacific. Also featured in TIME magazine’s Green Design 100 in May, these warm, modern home designs generated a lot of interest at the Dwell on Design show last month.

This webinar series is a great way for you to learn about the Turkel / Dwell plans, and how Lindal’s time-tested building process makes it easy for people to build a green home from the ground up, including intelligent siting of the home on your land, minimal waste during construction, and personalized service from your Certified Green Professional Lindal dealer from start to finish.

The webinar lasts just under an hour, and you can watch it from your computer anywhere you have an internet connection. Joel will be available for Q&A at the end of the presentation as well. Joel’s clear descriptions of the design process and his approachable style will have you hooked and wanting more!

Register now for the July 29th webinar!

Register for the online webinar on the GoToMeeting web site using the following link:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/571114402

And, as always, stay up to date on home building topics, such as green home building, local and national open houses, and more by subscribing to this blog!

At the open house, there will be a point-by-point checklist detailing how the project met the ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standards to become certified by the NAHB. To paraphrase Tom in the original press release, many of the items “are simply smart things to do when you build a quality home.”

If you are in the Seattle area, don’t miss out on this great opportunity to experience an energy- and resource-efficient green built home!

The TD3 2400, designed by Joel Turkel for Lindal Cedar Homes, and included in the 2009 Dwell Homes Collection. Learn about this home plan and others during the green home building webinar, tonight at 6pm Pacific.

Live, from the comfort of your own computer, Joel Turkel of Turkel Designs (architect of the Dwell Homes Collection for Lindal Cedar Homes, as mentioned in a previous post) will be presenting his designs and talking about their intelligent use of circulation, shared space, structure, volume and light and how they incorporate many principles of environmentally conscious design.

Joel has offered this webinar several times in the past, and each time it is a little bit different. I saw it for the first time at our Annual Dealer Meeting in January, and his presentation style is very understandable and informative. Even if you do not end up choosing one of his designs, it is worthwhile to tune in just so you can learn about how the siting and layout of your home can make a difference in energy consumption.

These home plans were also selected by TIME magazine for their annual Green Design 100 this year… Lindal Cedar Homes being the only residential home supplier in the list!

Webinar Details

Lindal’s 2009 Designs for Living LIVE Online Webinar
Tuesday, July 14, 6pm Pacific

Online registration, access instructions and computer requirements for the July 14th webinar:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/208462322

If you would like more information about Joel’s webinars, and see additional dates and times it is being offered, you can visit the Lindal Events page on Lindal.com. As of writing this, it is being offered 3 times this summer, and I will post a quick reminder the day of each event… so don’t forget to subscribe to updates at the top right of this page!

If you are located in the Seattle area, and are interested in the plans designed by Joel Turkel for the Dwell Homes Collection, you are welcome to attend our open house at the Seattle Cedar Model Home on July 15th at 6:30 PM.

Joel Turkel will be presenting his plans and design process, showcasing several homes that are in the planning phase right now. Also, Sam Grawe, Editor in Chief of DWELL magazine, will talk about the advantages of modern prefab design in terms of design, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability, and how Lindal is a natural fit within the Dwell Homes Collection of sustainable and standardized modern prefab homes.

Light refreshments will be served, so your RSVP is appreciated. You can call us at 800 508-1833, or email blog (at) lindal (dot) com (replace the at’s and dot’s with their appropriate symbols), and let us know your names, number of attendees, and your building time frame/where you plan to build.
 

The designer, Joel Turkel, will be presenting the home plans (including the one pictured above) selected by DWELL magazine for the Dwell Home Collection.

Working with her dealer, Tom Schuch of Seattle Cedar Homes, and a verifier from Green Dog Enterprises, her home was able to earn certification from the NAHB, as well as by the government-backed ENERGY STAR® Homes program and by Built Green®, a non-profit program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties. Professional salvager Olympia Salvage partnered with expert green builders of MC Construction to deconstruct her old home and recycle or re-use all of the material in her new custom Lindal home.

Read all the details about this home, including how to see it at a public open house on July 18th, in this press release:
Lindal Home is First in State to Receive National Green Certification

Our simple yet elegant booth setup.

Last weekend’s Dwell show was a huge success, with over 12,000 attendees over the course of 3 days.  Our booth was near the back in the CB2 Outdoor Café, which was where all of the “outdoor” products were gathered: sheds, patio furniture, houses, landscaping, even barbeques. Across from our booth was a gleaming Airstream trailer, which I think would match nicely with the steel accents siding on the Lindal TD3 2100 plan!

The TD3 2100 - Can you see this with the matching Airstream out front?

The response to Lindal’s Turkel plans was overwhelmingly positive.  We had over 700 people pick up an invitation to the next live webinars by Joel Turkel this summer, and several people met at length with our dealers at the booth. Speaking of which… a big thank you to area dealers Gary Myers of Santa Barbara Cedar Homes, Frank Vingiano of San Diego Custom Homes, and Dennis Sanford of Rainbow Valley Cedar Homes for taking three long days away from their offices and staffing the booth! I think they’ll agree that the response was overwhelmingly positive!

Okay, enough words… Pictures!

See these photos and more on the Lindal Cedar Homes PhotoStream on Flickr.

These regional meetings are always productive, and I really enjoy being able to talk to our dealers face to face at these twice yearly events… they give us great insight on the local home building climate, which helps us in Seattle stay current on what people want in a Lindal home in different areas of the country (and around the world). I think the biggest accomplishment today was “nailing” down the California Fire Specification for Lindal home packages, and how we can spread the word that we have a system in place to help people rebuild after losing their homes to wildfire. (If you would like to know more about the fire spec building system that conforms to building code requirements in fire-prone areas such as southern California, leave a comment on this post and I’ll put you in touch with a local Lindal dealer who can help you get started.)

Pre-convention Impressions

Walking in to the Los Angeles Convention Center this evening was like walking into the pages of dwell magazine! Our booth is in the Dwell Outdoor section, surrounded by Wolf barbecue “ranges,” patio furniture that brings to mind Bucky Tubes (I’ll snag a photo tomorrow), and modern sheds – with butterfly roofs above corrugated metal siding and clerestory windows, a far cry from the big-box-store aluminum sheds stuck in the corners of suburban backyards around the country!

Right next door to us is Marmol Radziner Prefab, who is also featured in this year’s Dwell Homes Collection. As I entered the building I said a brief “hello” to Michela O’Connor Abrams, the publisher of dwell… now there’s one busy person this week! (She spoke at our Annual Dealer Meeting last January to help us kick off Lindal’s “warm, modern” home plans by Turkel Designs.)

I’ll post what’s noteworthy later this weekend, as well as photos of our booth, once everything is set up completely. My impression this evening was punctuated by little electric forklifts buzzing around, and I’m sure there will be folks continuing their elaborate setups until the wee hours!

I will also be posting LOTS of photos from the show on the Lindal Cedar Homes Flickr PhotoStream. This promises to be an exciting weekend, so make sure you’ve subscribed to updates using one of the tools on the top right corner of this blog!

On a completely unrelated note, after today’s news about Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett I’m wondering what sort of impromptu gatherings might occur here in LA this weekend, as our convention is being held right next door to the Grammy Museum at Staples Center.