Green Home

Spotlight on the Experts

Dennis Odin Johnson

Dennis Odin Johnson has been designing, manufacturing and building environmentally green homes and dome homes since 1971. His company, Natural Spaces Domes, is one of the leading manufacturers of geodesic dome homes in the world. During his 37 years of building domes, one of his major focuses has been educating and promoting the green aspect and environmental sustainability of dome homes as well …
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Melinda Gray

Melinda Gray completed her Master of Architecture at UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning in 1982. A licensed architect in the state of California, she has more than 15 years experience with small and large scale projects in the Los Angeles area. Her experience includes the design of sound studios, stages, and offices, retail stores, a medical diagnostic clinic, UCLA hospital renovations, a preschool renovation, …
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Peter L. Pfeiffer

HCHW Green Educational Consultants Jenny Brady and Rebecca Foster had the pleasure of getting to know Green Architect Peter L. Pfeiffer this Spring in his home town of Austin, Texas.

Peter Pfeiffer specializes in what we call "Sustainable/green" design and he likes to call “High-performance” commercial and residential building practices. He has been nationally recognized as being instrumental in "mainstreaming" the concept of …
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James Chuda

My wife, Nancy, and I chose to put our energies into something positive, and spent the past five years constructing an all natural home using the safest materials on the market. Building an entirely green home, inside and out, epitomized our lives'  work in environmental activism. The house is an eco-friendly project highlighting holistic and ecological architecture with all materials, products, and furnishings that not only protect …
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Chuda Home

Main Structure

Built into the lush Hollywood hillside, this home is a magnificent marriage of high style and green living. Perfectly oriented to catch the solar potential and the canyon breezes for passive cooling.

The spectacular steel frame windows and doors throughout entire house were custom built by craftsman Arnufa Perla of Perla Iron Works. Perla has worked with steel all his life, starting out in the … Read More »