Blog Posts

• 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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• Landscape Urbanism – rethinking the modern city.

  biophilia

  02/05/2020

  What is Landscape Urbanism? How does it apply to the city as we know it today? How does it meld with the way people live and the climate changes they have to contend with, now and in the future. Well that is why I am here, let us find out. Concept Breakdown. Landscape – all […]

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• LEED – ing the way with Sustainable Architecture

  biophilia

  01/18/2020

  Today, let’s take a look at LEED. Which is a green accreditation used within architecture and building. But, what does LEED exactly mean for the consumer, the builder and the home owner? Not sure? Well lets dig a little deeper and uncover exactly what LEED is and what it can mean to you. Let us […]

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• Creating a Sustainable Future with Furniture

  Design

  01/09/2020

  The earths climate is forever shifting and we are in a race to change for the better. Rapidly looking to reevaluate our habits, our buildings, their interiors, and consumption of energy AND we need to do this AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. Sustainability, the buzz word of the last decade, But what is it? What does […]

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• What The FEMA is the 50% rule?

  Community

  12/22/2019

  Today, let’s look at and explain the impact of FEMA’s raised flood plain and the 50% rule. Its application to  substantial improvement and substantial damage of a property and what this means for any building / renovation work needed to an existing property. Deep breath and here we go. I will attempt to make an […]

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