The FlexPlex is in Home Builder Magazine
Sustainable | Architecture for a Healthy Planet is proud to have our recent FlexPlex featured in the Early Spring 2024 issue of Ontario Home Builder Magazine. In this magazine our client Greenbilt Homes, along with other major firms, opens their playbook to environmentally-responsible sustainable construction. This is done through carbon cuts, focusing on reducing climate-change-causing greenhouse…
4 + 1 = 5. And 5 is the Magic Number
As anyone who has contemplated a renovation or construction project lately knows, making the numbers add up is no small thing. This is especially true for projects that aim to create some much needed new rental suites. The combination of recent increases in construction prices, interest rates, and the Residential Tenancies Act makes a solid…
Triplex? Fourplex? Multiplex? Flexplex? Is it all too complex?
The push is on for greater density in our existing neighbourhoods. Multi-plex, quads, our own Flexplex design – small infill developments are all over the news. But what are these buildings exactly? Multi-unit housing is certainly nothing new. Many ancient Romans lived in insulae or small apartment buildings. What we might call the ‘missing middle’…