When I first met owners Ken and Lisa Chovil, they were looking for a general contractor that could work well with their designer, Christine Coder, to upgrade their home in Bellingham’s Ridgemont neighborhood. It had long been their dream to update the interior and add more storage. Over the course of the project, there were…
Chuckanut Crest View Home
Located on beautiful Chuckanut Crest with sweeping views of the bay, this modern home was designed with intent. The kitchen has multi-purpose features, such as the island built on a metal frame with rollers that allows it to serve either as one long island, or, if pulled apart, a separate formal dining area. The homeowners…
On Placemaking: An Anthropologist’s Perspective
Placemaking. It’s been called everything from a buzzword to a movement. It even comes in varieties like “creative.” And, depending on who you ask, it’s two words and not one. But what is it? And furthermore, what makes it such a hot topic?Defining placemaking has been one of its biggest issues from day one. Taken…
An Open Letter to Google re: Livable Cities
This was originally published on my Medium page here. This year would be Jane Jacob’s 100th birthday, and what better to celebrate the memory of this incredible woman than walking along the very streets she helped fight to protect in New York City. This champion of everyday social life in public space and her de facto…
Brian Fried
Who are you, and what do you do?Hello, my name is Brian Fried. I am an inventor that loves to find new ways to make life easier or more interesting! Many of my inventions have been licensed for me to earn royalties and I have also manufactured some of my products, working through all the…
