Pretty Good House Workshop for Architects

Emily is the co-author of Pretty Good House: A Guide to Creating Better Homes, and founder and principal of Mottram Architecture, a boutique practice specializing in new homes and renovations that are beautiful, functional, comfortable, healthy, and durable.

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Earn 12 AIA HSW Learning Units

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Pretty Good House provides a framework and set of guidelines for designing, building, or renovating a high-performance home that focuses both on its inhabitants and the environment. It keeps in mind that few people have pockets deep enough to achieve a “perfect” solution. The essential idea is for homeowners to work within their financial and practical constraints both to meet their own needs and do as much for the planet as possible.
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A Pretty Good House is:

• A house that's as small as possible
• Simple and durable, but also well designed
• Insulated and air-sealed
• Above all, it is affordable, healthy, responsible, and resilient.

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This comprehensive workshop will review the Pretty Good House framework and work with participants to learn and understand guidelines to design and build well-crafted, practical homes that maximize performance and comfort for their users.

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