GEOSHIP @ TBE
announce that I’ve officially been accepted as a **Geoship Ambassador**! 🙌
This is a huge opportunity to help co-create a future where **affordable, healthy housing** and **regenerative communities** allow humanity to thrive with food, water, and energy in harmony with nature. 🌍💚
I’ll be sharing more about the incredible innovations in **bioceramic homes** and **climate resilience**, and how we are co-creating a growing movement toward **regenerative living**! Let’s reimagine the way we live—together with the Earth! 🌱
Stay tuned for updates, and feel free to reach out if you’re curious about joining this movement! **Live outside the box.** Let’s build a better world, one dome at a time. 🏡✨ Check out [www.geoship.is](https://www.geoship.is/)
1890 LAWNDALE RD
Rebuild after 2017 fires of a 4br, 3.5ba, 4302 GSF single family residence with detached 940 GSF garage.
2025 ADU HANDBOOK
The 2025 ADU Handbook in California highlights significant changes to ADU regulations, including the removal of owner-occupancy requirements, streamlined permitting processes, expanded opportunities for multifamily properties to build ADUs, and the ability for pre-approved ADU designs to be utilized by local agencies, making it easier for property owners to build and rent Accessory Dwelling Units without additional restrictions; essentially aiming to increase housing availability through simplified development processes.
LA FIRES
We are greatly saddened by the loss of life and property in LA!
COMPRESSED EARTH+MULTIFAMILY
TBE Architecture is working with Brian Jaffee of the California Cottage Company and Verdant Structural Engineers to prototype a multifamily development template utilizing Senate Bill 9 (SB9) – The California Home Act and Senate Bill 8 (SB8) – the Housing Crisis Act of 2019 to develop projects on existing lots that include a duplex with 2 ADUs that then can be eligible for a lot split. Another notable innovation that Brian is bringing to the project is Compressed Earth Blocks (CEBs). Brian manufactures the blocks locally at the companies’ facility in Rohnert Park.
LAWNDALE RESIDENCE, ADU & SHOP
The structure, exterior finishes and insulation are all of non-combustible materials. Expansive openings bring in the views and fresh air while wrap around canopies control heat gain.
3729 DEAUVILLE PL – FIRE REBUILD
Our project brief was to create a new 4 bedroom home to replace a home destroyed in the 2017 wildfires. We chose to position the new home squarely on the surviving segment of old foundation, respecting footprint of the previous house.
The main living space offers a restrained, modern space that can flow in and out of doors, favoring a dramatic view across the valley to the west. The master suite also provides direct access to the rear deck, and supporting spaces are arrayed on the lower floor.
1321 CASHEW RD. – FIRE REBUILD
1321 Cashew Rd. was one of TBE’s first fire-rebuild projects after the 2017 fires. As such, only minor changes to the footprint (400 SF were added to create a more generous main suite) were made.