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Doni’s Old House Remodel – Week 8: Doors, Floors and One Crucial Permit

I’m pretty sure I was architect Tyler Hendrickson’s first client to request he pose with his plans in the City of Redding Permit Center lobby Tuesday. It felt like a day worthy of documenting because we were dropping off Tyler’s… Continue Reading

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Redding School of the Arts’ Latest Recognition: National Green Ribbon Schools Award Nomination

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson nominated Redding School of the Arts this week to compete in the second year of the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Awards. Redding School of the Arts, renowned as the first… Continue Reading

Another Award for Redding School of the Arts – A Worldwide Achievement: 1st New School Campus to Earn Environmental Award

Redding School of the Arts has been awarded LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is an internationally recognized rating system designed to provide owners a path toward “greener” design,  building … Continue Reading

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Architect James Theimer Takes Time to Discuss National Award

Today we talk with James Theimer, the principal architect and founder of the Redding-based firm, Trilogy Architecture, the firm that recently won the national Honor Award — First Place for a New Academic Complex. The firm was competing nationally in the category of high performance buildings.
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Trilogy Architecture Wins National Award For School Design

The National Institute of Building Sciences Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) has selected Trilogy Architecture Urban Design Research as the recipient of a 2011 Beyond Green ™ High Performance Building Award for design of the new Redding School of the Arts.… Continue Reading

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Redding School of Arts: So Green It’s Platinum – Part 1

Construction on the new Redding School of the Arts campus is underway. During a media event held this morning at the McConnell Foundation, Foundation president and CEO Lee Salter and principal architect at Trilogy Architecture James Theimer gave a presentation… Continue Reading

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Do We Have The Courage To Build Sustainable Cities?

On Earth Day, I jumped into my 5,000-pound pickup truck and drove 14 miles into and across town to Shasta College, where I listened to people in a windowless, overly air-conditioned lecture hall talk about sustainability. Irony is alive and… Continue Reading