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The Green House
The Green House Project will run the fourth Saturday of each month. Forward questions for David Horobin or Peter Bentley to Sasha Paulsen, spaulsen@napanews.com
November 22nd, 2008
Roof, floors and windows for the Horobin's 'green' houseDavid Horobin has a photo archive of about 5,000 photos he’s taken so far of the green house project he’s building for his family on a Napa hillside.
October 18th, 2008
Problem plantsA few years ago, I surveyed our local Master Gardeners about their problem plants. I asked if anyone had actually lost sleep because of a troublesome plant in their garden. I recently updated the list, and the responses are interesting. Obviously, one gardener’s treasure can be another’s nightmare.
September 27th, 2008
Owners stick to their guns: No A.C. for new Napa homeYou can call Lynn and David Horobin crazy for not building their family’s new home with air conditioning — after all, isn’t the globe warming?
August 30th, 2008
Details add up in designing greenIn its third month of construction, the floor plan has emerged at David Horobin’s green house project in Napa. Rooms are starting to take shape and workers are installing the second floor of the innovative house into which Horobin, an Oxford-trained architect, is incorporating years of experience as a green-living advocate.
July 26th, 2008
Fireproofing a dream home high on an architect's prioritiesTalk about setting: When we met for the second time to survey the progress of the house David Horobin is building in the Montecito area of Napa, the sky was murky with smoke from wildfires burning in California, as Horobin was describing the steps he’s taking to make his house “as fireproof as possible.”
July 3rd, 2008
Block by concrete blockRight now it appears David Horobin is building a dream igloo, instead of a dream house, in Alta Heights.
June 30th, 2008
Block by cement blockRight now it appears David Horobin is building a dream igloo, instead of a dream house, in Alta Heights.
June 28th, 2008
Block by cement blockRight now it appears David Horobin is building a dream igloo, instead of a dream house, in Alta Heights.
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