Living Craft Design-Build

Living Craft Design-Build Modern building science using time-honored techniques and natural materials. Natural building for th

04/30/2026

Mini straw panel progress video! Since joining the Seed Collaborative Straw Panel network along with .design , we’ve been slowly but surely planning our Colorado launch of straw bale insulated SIP panels. This mini panel mock up is one the early steps to start sharing this new wall system offering.

03/26/2026

Some passive house level detailing for your viewing pleasure






02/27/2026

Some thermal imaging in action. Temperature differential shown in color. This can help you identify thermal bridges and air leaks in the home, among other things.




02/25/2026

Preliminary blower door testing on the Conifer project was an overall success! The clients and the architect came out the jobsite today for our first air tightness testing. Our goal was 1 air change per hour at 50 pascals of pressure (ACH50). Our first test was around 0.5ACH50. After a little work by our extended team, we got things down to 0.4ACH50. It’s a promising start! If we put in more effort, we think we could probably get down to 0.3, but we are happy where we are at. We still have MEPs and another wall to could and insulate, so we will test again to ensure our air barrier integrity is in place. Thanks to for the thoughtful design and @475.supply for the air barrier consulting and products!
Shoutout to for leading the air sealing details onsite.

blower door





Progress. We are insulating the envelope at our Conifer project. Next will be air sealing and air tightness testing befo...
01/31/2026

Progress. We are insulating the envelope at our Conifer project. Next will be air sealing and air tightness testing before more framing and MEPs. Looking forward to getting the temporary heat set up!





More progress on the Richmond Hill Project. Framing, air sealing, insulation, windows… We are excited to get this place ...
12/17/2025

More progress on the Richmond Hill Project. Framing, air sealing, insulation, windows… We are excited to get this place buttoned up and heated!






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Progress on our Conifer project. The Viking windows from arrived on-site this week and Prospect Home Pros are doing wor...
12/17/2025

Progress on our Conifer project. The Viking windows from arrived on-site this week and Prospect Home Pros are doing work. Window bucks are being prepped and rigid insulation is installed! Scroll all the way to the right if you want to see how we did our window bucks on this one.

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Framing is almost complete on our Conifer build. We had a mild, dry fall and a few inches of snow was a welcome change. ...
12/06/2025

Framing is almost complete on our Conifer build. We had a mild, dry fall and a few inches of snow was a welcome change. We hope you all have a rejuvenating weekend!




A wonderful weekend full of love, learning, and sharing with old friends and new colleagues. Thank you to everyone we ha...
09/22/2025

A wonderful weekend full of love, learning, and sharing with old friends and new colleagues. Thank you to everyone we had the opportunity to spend time with and learn from. It was illuminating and rejuvenating. Big thanks to the board of the , including our owner Cheryl. You all put a lot of work into this and it showed. If all conferences were like this the world would be a better place.



We are excited to announce that we will be taking the stage at the Rocky Mountain Natural Building Conference happening...
08/08/2025

We are excited to announce that we will be taking the stage at the Rocky Mountain Natural Building Conference happening September 18-20 in Bozeman, MT! 🎤

We have been invited with this conference since 2017 and at the time the NaBA was still COSBA (Colorado straw building association) and it’s always a great time to connect with our natural building community, reinvigorate ourselves, and remember all of the reasons we do this work and the impacts that we are having as a community.

See you in Bozeman!

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