One of the most important aspects of the Texas Grow Home project is to develop a safe, comfortable and architecturally pleasing house for a very modest cost. As we get ready to put the houses out for bid we are getting nervous about the costs. Read the rest of this entry »
Sweating the budget
06/06/2008
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Posted by John Henneberger
Bringing folks up to date
06/06/2008On January 8 thirteen judges assembled at the Texas Capitol to review 83 designs submitted by teams of architects from across Texas. The judges included people whose homes were destroyed by hurricane Rita, the mayor of Port Arthur, some of the most prominent Texas architects and national experts in affordable housing design. The judges picked four winning designs. Read the rest of this entry »
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An open invitation to give us a hand
06/06/2008I woke up this morning and realized that we needed help.
It is not that I think we are not managing this project well but the need to get this right, the design of the houses, the fabrication approaches, the design of the program to meet the needs of really poor families all demand that we have some more folks joining us to make sure we have though through the best solutions. Read the rest of this entry »
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