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Outside elegance. Organic Infill’s
deck consists of recycled bamboo
and paper tiles.
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With a little bit of green would be a challenge. But Dwell Development
founder and principal Anthony Maschmedt says it
was business as usual. “We feel [inll] is the most
creativity, new easily sustainable way to build,” he says. “Existing homes
are preserved and restored, the neighborhood and
blends in with old at this community stays consistent, and the new home
utilizes the existing infrastructure and blends into
Seattle project. the area seamlessly.”
According to Dwell Interior Designer Abbey
Maschmedt, making the latter come true is usually
accomplished with appropriate siding materials and
BY ALAN NADITZ AND GREEN BUILDER STAFF
roof lines. With Northwest Net Zero, developers
ITH DWELL DEVELOPMENT’S acquired 100-year-old reclaimed Eastern Oregon barn
Northwest Net Zero project, it was all wood and applied it as the exterior cladding, in a
about location. The four-bedroom, herringbone pattern—“seamlessly weaving the patina
2.5-bath house in Seattle’s Columbia City of age with a shiny new, modern aesthetic,” she says.
was built on an inll lot with an existing The team incorporated sustainably harvested
Whome, sandwiched between olderhomes red and white oak hardwood throughout the
in an established neighborhood. This meant care had interior, mimicking the feeling of being in nature
to be taken to make sure that the new unit could be among the trees. With a combination of reclaimed
constructed to meet aesthetic and lot-size parameters, wood and polished concrete oors, the interior of
without standing out from its neighbors. the home achieves a stylish yet organic look, the
For some builders, such a land-use component company notes.
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