Blog Posts

• Archi – Trend – Ture – Adapting design in a pandemic.

  biophilia

  10/20/2020

  As, humans we have always been quick to adapt when challenged. Maybe that is why we are still here 200,000 years after the first “modern” man roamed the earth. Therefore, it is not surprising that our adapting design response to a pandemic, is us yearning for our new normal to be actually “normal”. Yearning for […]

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• Why you “should” use an Architect

  Architect

  09/04/2020

  There it is! Your wonderful, new purchase. It could be a home that needs some TLC (Tender Loving Care), a renovation, or a piece of land. All holding the “promise” of your dream creation. What steps do you need to take, to make a dream a reality? Go all gung-ho and do it yourself!  You […]

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• Hlevel’s Road Tripping Takeaways

  America

  07/21/2020

  Hlevel’s alternative summer plans The pandemic is in full throttle and it has sadly laid waste to many a family’s summer plans. Whether it be due to fear, flight restrictions or safety protocols. Therefore, as the Hlevel family we had to come up with another fun summer travel plan and road tripping was the perfect […]

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• Michaela Reiterer Henning – Hlevel Interview

  Interview

  06/19/2020

  As I look over my interview notes with Michaela Henning, owner, principal architect, and Green AP of Hlevel Architects, I make the conscious decision to write it up from a friends perspective. I feel this will provide a warmth and relatability that is often so lacking in a question, answer interview.  Yes, I am also […]

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• Is Cohousing the future of Elder Care?

  Co Housing

  05/29/2020

  In light of the recent and ongoing pandemic, I place fingers to keyboard today to analyze and discuss changes that need to be made when housing and caring for the elderly. Discussing, the possibility that an elder cohousing model can provide a safe and healthy environment for our older generations, to live their fullest life, […]

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• Global Warming and RISE of the Pandemic.

  biophilia

  04/27/2020

  SO, it would seem, that a nice hot earth is the perfect incubator for a new, juicy pandemic. AND a pandemic is what we have with the Coronavirus. It is here and it cannot be avoided, nor ignored. Therefore, when one is in danger, the best thing to do, is to meet it head on. […]

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• “Stay at home” – survival tips from Hlevel

  Community

  04/05/2020

  Dear reader, so this is a blog that will be a little different from how I usually write. Firstly I would like to make this an informal, honest space. A post for us at Hlevel to share how we have been figuring out the “stay at home order”. Navigating this intense and unexpected new way […]

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• Working from home, a social distancing revolution

  biophilia

  03/26/2020

  The Premise that is “WORKING FROM HOME” Once thought of as the secret domain of laziness. A place where people “work from home” and then do an hour, flip on the TV, take a shower, put a wash on, before they meet friends for early drinks. Yeah, yeah working from home your employer will say, […]

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• Social distancing – A Hlevel COVID 19 Update

  Announcement

  03/23/2020

  Life changes can be positive! It has been a strange and difficult start to Spring. Normally we see this as the season for growth, new life and transformation. For better or worse, as a society we have definitely seen many changes during March. We have had to implement a serious rethinking to the way we […]

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• TREND – Adaptive reuse! Breathing new life into historical buildings.

  biophilia

  02/21/2020

  Adaptive Reuse? Old buildings breathe romance, they exude a glimpse of a past era. They signify a point in time and a marker of change. Whether it be a crumbling castle on a wild cliffside, or a disused factory dreaming of its golden years. However, with the fast paced, use once, throw away society we […]

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