The current schedule:

To attend the event nearest you, please RSVP online. For more information or to request a speaking tour with Steve Glenn for your organization, please contact info@livinghomes.net.

LivingHomes CEO Steve Glenn with Interface CEO Ray Anderson. (Photo: Siel)

Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, spoke at the LivingHome in Santa Monica last night.  He discussed sustainable business and signed copies of his new book, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist: Profits, People, Purpose—Doing Business by Respecting the Earth.

Siel Ju wrote about the event for the mother nature network.  Read it here.

The current schedule:

To attend the event nearest you, please RSVP online. For more information or to request a speaking tour with Steve Glenn for your organization, please contact info@livinghomes.net.

The Wood-Framed Ray Kappe LivingHomes

Now all Ray Kappe LivingHomes are available with wood framing.  Ray Kappe, FAIA, is one of the most respected modern residential architects.  He started the Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc), and has designed over a dozen LivingHomes.  Wood is cheaper than steel so we are able to offer these LivingHomes for less cost.  Read on…

RK6: The Latest Ray Kappe LivingHome

Introducing the newest member of the Ray Kappe family of LivingHomes.  The four-module RK6 offers an efficient floorplan with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a flexible bonus room, and dramatic double height space.  Like its siblings, this standard model features an open floorplan, floor-to-ceiling glazing, and an extensive environmental program.  Read on…

When: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 7:00AM-9:00AM

Where: The Regency Club, West Los Angeles

Register for the event.

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Steve Glenn’s LivingHome is featured in Hollywood Bachelor Pads by Carol Kipling.  Buy it here.

See all books featuring LivingHomes.

Steve will speak about “Building the First LEED Platinum Home: What’s In It and Why”. You’ll learn about the LEED Platinum LivingHomes we’re building and see what we do to reduce their impact on water, air, material resources, and power.

The details:

Time:
16 September 2009
5:30PM – 7:30PM

Location:
USGBC Offices
410 Occidental Avenue S
Seattle, WA 98104

The event is open to the public and there is no charge. However, space is limited, so RSVP today.

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Reinvention 2009

When will the economy get better? Or will it—heaven forbid—get worse? So much of what we felt we knew is unknown to us now. No matter which way the Dow points, one thing is for sure: How architects work and with whom are changing at lightspeed. The model for nearly everything you do is being rewritten. Leaner and smarter staffs; more productive and entrepreneurial collaborations with other people and other companies—these are the orders of this new day. It’s not just “more with less,” it’s also “more with more”—more complexities, risk, and innovation than you ever thought possible.

Join us for the sixth annual Reinvention Symposium and find out how architects are already redefining the scope, capacity, and relevance of their practices. In the new economy, flexibility, engagement, and a solid grasp on value are all-important. Architects are uniquely poised to retool, rebuild, and reshape their communities from the ground up. In the next productivity boom, architects won’t just serve the same dull masters, they’ll blaze a new and better path ahead.

Click here for more information, or download the Reinvention Conference PDF.

The event is free and open to the public.  Here’s the details:

Time:
28 August 2009
12:00PM – 1:00PM

Location:
AIA Offices
403 NW 11th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209

Cost:
Free (bring your own lunch).  Come early; seating is limited to the first 50!

We were filming TBS’ “Movie and a Makeover” in the LivingHome! I suppose this is not technically a makeover episode, since the house is already finished. We shot scenes throughout the entire house, showcasing the sustainable materials and efficient technology. They talked a lot about the opportunity to pick a standard LivingHome floorplan and customize it with different materials. In fact, modular closets and non-loadbearing walls can be removed or reconfigured throughout a LivingHome, allowing considerable flexibility for a changing household. I look forward to seeing that in the show!

There were nine crew and cast members here, plus Steve and me. It was interesting to watch; so many minute details have to be considered for the shots to be just right.

It should be a fun episode. It’s focused on affordable methods to achieve the sustainability and beauty of a LivingHome. I sure hope they pair the segment with a good movie! Steve voted for Star Wars.