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csintexas
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 Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:12 am Post subject: Design contest |
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Show your Residential Design Skills to the World!
http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/
FreeGreen.com is looking for talented designers who can bring progressive design ideas to mainstream America. With 400,000+ visitors per year, 36,000+ house plans distributed per year, and 20,000+ registered members FreeGreen.com is the largest source of Residential Design in the world. Now we want to use this audience to promote new Architects and designers, and increase the influence of thoughtful and sustainable Architecture in the Residential arena.
Whether you are a young designer or an industry veteran, Who’s Next is the perfect contest to kick start a new firm or revitalize an existing one.
All entries will be promoted in an online environment - and the stars will be you. Unlike other competitions the purpose of Who’s Next is to expand your viewing audience, and encourage them to reach out to, and communicate with, you as their favorite contest entrants.
First Prize
* $5,000 Cash
* The implementation of your design into a true house plan by FreeGreen, to which you will retain the rights.
* A free posting of your winning house plan for sale on the FreeGreen Open Source website. Posting to Open Soure typically costs $200
Second and Third Runners Up
* The implementation of your design into a true house plan by FreeGreen, to which you will retain the rights.
* A free posting of your winning house plan for sale on the FreeGreen Open Source website. Posting to Open Soure typically costs $200
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phansford
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting.
Looks more like an attempt to get architects and designers to post their plans on their website for $200 a pop. And whatever it costs to have them covert your design into construction documents. (I think I was reading that correctly)
Still - if you had something to submit - it might be worth it. If you get a decent number of public votes, it might give you the feedback you need to decide whether to pursue developing a line of stock plans. Whether you use this particular website or some other means to get your work out there - such as Checkpoint. |
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csintexas
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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I am in it -I was just thinking of it as fun.
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phansford
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| Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:38 am Post subject: |
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| csintexas wrote: | | I am in it -I was just thinking of it as fun. |
That is the perfect reason to do a competition..... for fun. You will also be able to add to your own portfolio. |
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phansford
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| Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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Chris -
You might like to read this....... someone else is designing for the competition.
http://blog.lamidesign.com/
Patrick |
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csintexas
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Yes that is Greg La Vardera -he and several others active at the CORA forum are in the contest.
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phansford
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Yeah - I have known about Greg's work for sometime. He is a PowerCadd user (or was) and was a frequent contributor on that board here at DesignCommunity. That board is a little inactive due to the stability of the program.
I really like Greg's work and he seems to have found a nice niche. |
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csintexas
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It looks to be down again, -they must being experiencing very large volume of activity.
Do you have an entry?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:05 pm Post subject: Who's Next-m.o.daby design |
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The Freegreen website was experiencing issues, but they say it's all better now. The website ishould be up and running now.
Otherwise you can see my submission here on my website...
http://www.modabydesign.net/Blog/Default.aspx
Hope to see your votes.
Cheers!
Matthew O. Daby |
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csintexas
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cousinbirgco
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Good job..........you got my vote.
Now why don't you articulate the "green" features behind the design.  |
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csintexas
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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Traditional houses are really not ungreen. The modernist have done pretty well at embracing the Green movement and identifying modern style with it but this house can be energy efficient if built well.
Limited windows, good insulation, flexible space, the maximum allowable heated area was 1800 and I decided to cut that two about 1650, this leaves them some money to add more efficient appliances, etc..
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Checkpoint43
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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Chris, your work has always impressed me, and this home is no exception. Good job.
Have you prepared yourself to modify the design for the sake of a general contractor who wants to cut corners and save some money?
For example, uniform wall heights, or engineered roof trusses?
The multiple roof pitches may also be questioned, as well as access to a bonus room above the garage.
People see a window and automatically think, "There's another room up there!"  |
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