The designers of the new Modern A Frame invite you to an introduction of a reborn classic. The new Modern A-Frame may not look a lot like the original, patented by Sir Walter Lindal in the 1960s, but its spirit lives in this fresh and inspired new family of Lindal designs.
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.
MSN.com has reviewed 10 “kit home” suppliers, spotlighting Lindal Cedar Homes and a recently constructed home in the Suncadia Resort in Washington state.
House plan number 39787 in Suncadia, Washington, featured in MSN.com's kit home review.
Lindal materials are pre-cut and delivered to your building site in containers. During delivery, your Lindal dealer will take a careful inventory to ensure they meet the high quality standards expected of Lindal materials, and the correct quantity of material has arrived. In the unlikely event something is missing or damaged (we try our best to avoid this!), the matter is promptly corrected by the Corporate Office, and if replacement materials cannot be supplied in a timely manner a refund for local purchase is issued. Your home is then constructed on-site, usually utilizing a general contractor and experienced builder familiar with the Lindal home construction process, orchestrated by your local Lindal dealer.
Designed by Lindal Cedar Homes’ Seattle Cedar Homes, several covenants dictated the overall look of this home, as well as strict requirements for energy efficiency. To find out more about this home, and see more photos and the floor plan, contact your local independent Lindal dealer.
> See the MSN.com slideshow review of kit home suppliers
> Locate your local Lindal dealer on the Lindal.com web site
After a successful Dwell on Design LA ‘09, it’s time to regroup and take a look at some of the other fabulous green home design initiatives that have been brewing this year here at Lindal.
January 2009: The Dwell Homes Collection was “soft-launched” with a full page ad in DWELL magazine. The calls and inquiries came flooding in, and just prior to the Dwell on Design show DWELL officially announced their partnership with Lindal and Marmol Radziner Prefab for this year’s Dwell Homes Collection:
“Dwell and Lindal Cedar Homes have tapped Joel Turkel of Turkel Designs, a veteran prefab architect, to design three new architectural designs that will be manufactured through the partnership with Lindal Cedar Homes known for their experience building environmentally responsive houses of natural materials. The Lindal/Turkel design team will also offer clients a custom home option in the Dwell Homes spirit. The partnership between Lindal and Turkel has already won them accolades as one of the 2009 Design 100, the best designed green products by Time Magazine (May 2009).” (Excerpted from DWELL press release.)
In February, Lindal Cedar Homes became the first green systems builder approved by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) as part of their National Green Building Program:
“Green building has arrived, and Lindal is clearly prepared to embrace it. Over the decades, Sir Walter Lindal’s leadership in this direction has been clear. He is an industry pioneer who has set a deliberate path in energy- and resource efficiency—the fruits of which are becoming more and more apparent today.” - Joel Robson, chairman of NAHB.
As part of this recognition, over 80% of Lindal dealers have become NAHB Certified Green Professionals after completing an intensive 5-day course on green design and construction. Interesting to note is that much of the material covered in the courses was already part of Lindal’s comprehensive and ongoing dealer training program, such as the importance of siting a home properly on the land, not just so the house has the best view, but also to take advantage of the natural features that will allow for passive solar gain in the the winter, use of the prevailing winds to help cool the home in the summer, and to minimize disturbance of the site during construction.
In conjunction with these partnerships, we released a new “mini” planning booklet, called The Lindal Experience 2009. It contains 9 new home plans, including those in the DWELL Homes collection, as well as details about our partnerships with the NAHB and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage (WFHM). In addressing the difficulties that some people face when trying to finance a custom home, our partnership with WFHM makes it easy for our customers to secure financing with a mortgage lender that understands the Lindal process and building system.
In May, TIME magazine released their annual Green Design 100, recognizing Lindal’s DWELL Homes Collection plans in the “Architecture” category, under the heading “Sustainable Luxury” - Lindal being the only residential architecture firm with product available to the general public.
It’s great to be recognized by these prominent organizations. Even with this recognition, however, one of the questions that was asked several times during the Dwell on Design show was “What makes Lindal ‘green’?” As I mentioned above, one of the most important, yet often overlooked, aspects of green home design is proper siting of the home on your building lot. But with Lindal it goes beyond that. Being a pre-engineered, pre-cut building package of architectural-grade materials that is delivered to your building site, there is far less waste than with conventional stick-built homes. Our customers often remark on the fact that they “barely filled a dumpster during construction of our 2400-square-foot home!” Also, the Lindal building system, utilizing post-and-beam construction, allows for large, open spaces that facilitate air circulation, and can also reduce the surface area of the home which in turn reduces the amount of building materials.
Lindal is also commited to the sustainability of our building materials and, in the name of each of our homeowners, has planted enough trees through the Global ReLeaf program to replace those used to construct our homes.
Finally, I just want to give a shout out to the following blogs for their coverage of sustainable “green” products, and recognition of good design, including Lindal Cedar Homes! (Links open in a new window):
The word is out! Lindal is leading the pack when it comes to sustainable, environmentally-friendly green building practices. With over a dozen Turkel plans in the planning stages, and several scheduled for delivery this summer, I have it on good authority that the first open house for a Turkel-designed Lindal home in Washington state is just around the corner! Subscribe to updates via email or RSS feed, and you’ll be the first to know when and where…
Over the past several months, there has been a huge amount of interest in the new, modern home designs created for Lindal Cedar Homes by Turkel Designs. After our ad in dwell magazine, where we announced the new TD3 series home plans and their inclusion in the 2009 Dwell Homes Collection, it became apparent that we had touched a nerve in the “warm, modern” home designs category, and the inquiries have been flooding in.
- At home in the modern world: TD3 2400 by Turkel Designs for Lindal Cedar Homes and inclusion in the Dwell Homes Collection
What does this have to do with Dwell on Design ‘09? Well, it is the official launch of this year’s Dwell Homes Collection, and Lindal Cedar Homes is going to be there! Together with Marmol Radziner Prefab, Lindal is honored to be chosen for this elite collection of modern home designs, with exposure to a devoted following of modern-design-loving dwell magazine readers.
Dwell on Design ‘09 LA:
Modern Design Convention Details
Date: June 26-28, 2009
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown LA
More details and online registration at www.dwellondesign.com
I will be attending the show, and plan to update this blog regularly with each day’s happenings. Stay tuned! Or better yet, subscribe for updates by email or RSS feed using the tool in the top right corner of every page of this blog…
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Filed under Events, Home Plans by Trina Lindal on March 2, 2010