![]() ![]() Every purchase we make changes the world in a tiny way and we want each choice to help make our world a better place to live- a place with a healthy eco-system, meaningful work, living wages, and great beauty.Fri-El Green House triples the area planted with Strabena tomatoes Hydroponics in Italy: 30 hectares of greenhouses up and running in January Each time we learn more about the ripple effects we create when we build. With each project, we learn and grow and change - each time discovering a simpler, less expensive way to do something that is more creative and will need less resources to maintain over the long haul. Together, we have designed many things: houses, resorts, cabins, hot pools, and a loft. With my design philosophy in opposition to the mainstream, my husband Karel has become my favorite client. They generally are looking for big, impressive, and cheap: I was interested in small, sustainable, and soulful. ![]() In the end, I got more than a bit frustrated by what our culture generally wants in a building. ![]() I continued in a traditional architecture career, designing churches with Paul Riley and Associates in New Jersey and doing my graduate studies at Washington University. While studying architecture at Princeton University, I added layers to the understanding that I developed while working with Ray. He was kind and supportive and taught me all the most important things about building well and how buildings affect people. I started practicing architecture with my Uncle Ray Maritz when I was a teenager. Most of all, I want it to make people happy. I want it to work for peoples' lifestyles. Designing a farm is like designing just about anything. I want it to be beautiful, efficient, and long lasting. Many of the buildings were in various states of decay and needed to be removed, remodeled, or re-purposed. When we bought this land in 2010, the farm was no longer producing. ![]()
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