“Bright white light at a fraction of the cost of regular light bulbs.” That is the promise of the latest lighting fad. LED (stands for Light Emitting Diode) is the newest kind of lighting to hit the consumer market. You see them all over the place now: flashlights, car taillights, desk lamps, cell phones, emergency [...]
Author Archives: Bob Landry
Good Design
September 7, 2007 – 10:57 am
When you walk into a room and look around you should feel comfortable. Drawn in. If you’re lucky you will draw a deep breath and wonder how can such a beautiful room exist. That is the feeling you get when entering the dining room at The Awahnee.
Smart Growth and Green Building
September 1, 2007 – 11:03 am
I just returned from a vacation in The Grand Teton Area of Idaho and Wyoming, an area where I lived for a time when I was in my early 20’s. The town of Jackson, Wyoming and the close outlying area is barely recognizable with all the growth and sprawl. I talked to a couple of [...]
Balancing Aesthetics and Budget
August 10, 2007 – 9:45 am
How do you strike a balance between aesthetics and budget? This is the question I spend my working life trying to answer.
In 25 years of residential designing and building I’ve only had one client who did not have a budget for their project. They had a vision and the resources to carry it out without [...]
Landry Goes Solar!
May 22, 2007 – 12:01 am
The Landry Family Is Going Solar for All Our Residential Electricity
Given the current climate situation, and the fact that world oil production has peaked, the cost of electricity will only be going up in the future. So I’ve decided to do what I’ve been encouraging my clients to do for years — I am putting [...]
