Notaviva Vineyards – Holiday Greetings from Purcellville, Virginia. This Christmas e-Greeting was sent to us recently from Steve and Shannon Mackey, the owners of the vineyard. That’s a 16′ tall Colorado blue spruce Christmas tree. Did they have a scissors lift to decorate that? Some of you may remember that the Notaviva project was featured […]

We recently signed a contract for a timber frame hybrid roof system for a local York client. The trusses are a shallow pitch, and make use of a scarf-jointed curved chord. The chord is connected using a keyed scarf joint wrapped with forged opposing wedge steel straps. The project also includes a timber frame porch. […]

The Ember house in Lititz, PA was recently awarded LEED Gold Certification. This is one of only three residences in the state of Pennsylvania to achieve this distinction, and, thus far, the only one in Lancaster County. The south-facing home with a fine view of Lancaster County farmland is designed as a passive solar structure, […]