Cousins River Residence Featured in Maine Home + Design
Maine Home + Design’s March issue focuses on “Green & Serene: Eco-friendly homes that commune with the landscape” and our Cousins River Residence fits that description perfectly. A wooded bluff above the Cousins River estuary is the location for this 1600 square foot, single-story, high-performance home in southern Maine. Sited in a clearing, to take… Read more »
A Quick Design Palate Cleanser…
We recently had the opportunity to propose design ideas for the façade of an amazing old reclaimed barn. By adding a glazed wall, the traditional barn turns into an art object reflected in the water.
First Church of Belfast Renovations
GO Logic recently completed a major renovation to the entry of the First Church of Belfast, including rebuilding the entry deck, constructing a brick patio, installing granite entry steps and a new ADA compliant access ramp with new entry doors. These restorations were completed just before the churches’ holiday celebrations, and in anticipation of the… Read more »
GO Logic Receives Maine Technology Institute Seed Grant
We are proud and excited to announce that GO Logic has been selected as one of Maine Technology Institute’s Seed Grant recipients this fall, along with 14 other groundbreaking Maine companies. Maine Technology Institute’s raison d’être is to advance Maine’s economic and technological standing and to expand job growth within the state by injecting a… Read more »
Stop Motion Video of Passive House Construction
Interested in seeing how a Passive House is built? If you have 2 minutes, you can watch the whole process, from foundation to siding, through one of the worst winters in recent record! This amazing stop-motion video was created by one of our clients, photographer Josh Gerritsen of Donkey Universe Farm. Josh shot over 25,000 photographs over the course of… Read more »
GO Logic Community Involvement Leads Belfast Towards Net Zero
The City of Belfast, Maine recently installed a 122kW solar electric system on a capped landfill, previously the city dump. This will be one of the largest municipal solar installations in the state. The reuse of the landfill to generate 20% of the electricity used by the city is another demonstration of the forward thinking… Read more »
Masters of Architecture
GO Logic is pleased to have our Little House on the Ferry project featured in this month’s issue of Maine Home + Design. The December Architecture Issue celebrates architects and their projects from around the state.
Passive House Wall Section Development, Part III
Having covered the basics of our previous wall designs, we should probably start to tell you all about what we’re building now. What follows is good for all: a tonic for the energy nerd, free advice for the builder, and the promise of reduced cost and complexity for the homeowner. In the prefab wall panels… Read more »
Passive House Wall Section Development, Part II
When a client stepped into our office looking for a cost-effective micro house for their property, we knew our first prefab project had just walked through the door. The program called for a single level, 600 sq. ft. open floor plan. A simple layout meant that the house could be constructed with only five panels;… Read more »
House on a Knoll featured in The New Small House
Our House on a Knoll residence, completed in 2011 (also known as our 1000 square foot predesign plan) has consistently been one of our most inquired about projects. It has been featured in magazines and books, including The Best of Fine Homebuilding: Small Homes, Cabins & Cottages and Fine Homebuilding’s Energy Smart Homes. Most recently,… Read more »
AIA New England Design Award for Little House on the Ferry
GO Logic is honored to have been awarded an Honor Award from the AIA New England Design Awards for our Little House on the Ferry residence! This prestigious award recognizes “excellence by New England architects, and projects in New England by architects beyond the region.” Recently featured in Dwell Magazine, Little House on the Ferry is… Read more »
Sheldon Calvary Camp
Unlike a the compact residential cube one might imagine when thinking of a typical passivhaus, the newly designed dining hall at Sheldon Calvary Camp (SCC) is an expansive 9000 sq ft building in Conneaut, Ohio that will include conference facilities and great views of Lake Erie. SCC is working with GO Logic to innovate form… Read more »
Passive House Wall Section Development, Part I
A three part series on making a passive house wall that’s leaner, faster, lighter, flatter, and less “holey” than thou. What’s the key element to developing a leaner, faster, tighter, less expensive Passive House envelope? Surround it with smart, skeptical people. It’s a formula that has worked well for GO Logic, where we’ve continually fostered… Read more »
A Grand Award for Little House on the Ferry
We are honored to have received a Builders Choice & Custom Home Design Award for our Little House on the Ferry project. This 682 sq ft seasonal residence was acknowledged with a grand award in the Custom Home Under 5,000 Square Feet category. Located on the island of Vinalhaven, off the coast of Maine, this… Read more »
Little House on the Ferry Featured in Dwell
We are pleased to announce that our Little House on the Ferry project has been featured in the October issue of Dwell! Beautiful photographs and a compelling story focus on the design, siting and construction of these three cabins on the island of Vinalhaven, off the coast of Maine. The three small structures, consisting of… Read more »