Cville Abode Cover article - October 2009: As an oak grows

 How a builder crafted his own home, the slow and steady way
BY KATHERINE LUDWIG 
It’s a well-known phenomenon, and Thomas Jefferson was a prime example: builders, carpenters and architects whose own homes are perpetual projects. Like a chef too tired to cook his own dinner, those who spend their days building and designing other people’s places [...]

2009 Planning Award for Sustainable Development

On March 10, the City of Charlottesville’s Planning Commission awarded its 2009 Award for Outstanding Sustainable Development to the 208 Hartman’s Mill Road Project.   The award was given to all three parties who helped save the historic Nimmo house— Linda and Howard Carey, the homeowners; Aaron Wunsch, the architectural historian; and Lithic Construction, the [...]

Galley Goes on the Road

Lithic’s prototype tiny house (actually a kitchen on wheels) will be travelling this spring.  The first stop is the Blue Ridge Homebuilders’ Association Home and Garden Show at John Paul Jones Arena on April 10, 11, and 12.  The second stop is the Eco Fair at the Charlottesville Pavilion on April 18th.  For more information [...]

Alec Cargile to speak for 2009 Preservation Week

Alec Cargile of Lithic Construction and Brian Broadus of Commonwealth Architects will speak on April 9th from 6 to 8 PM at the Charlottesville Community Design Center.  In the talk “Historic Structures and Sustainability: Case Studies and Discussion,”  Alec will describe the award-winning Hartman’s Mill project, and show before-and-after photos.   For more information, visit [...]

Lithic Construction’s Michael Courts to speak at GreenMatters

How to Grow it Green

Tips on how to build green additions and blend them into existing structures. Will also focus on renovation steps to green your existing structure.
Speakers:Michael Courts (Lithic Construction) and Terry Herndon (Upstream Construction)
Refreshment Sponsor:The Savvy Sleeper and Fabulous Foods 
GreenMatters is a two-year series of workshops designed to help educate and inform the [...]

A Builder’s Take on Green Building

Green building is the attempt to holistically structure the building process so that the relationships between the site itself, the design, and the team of builders combine to produce an end result that performs its given function in a sustainable fashion, that is beautiful or at least aesthetically appropriate, and is either enduring or recyclable.
Health, [...]

APVA/Preservation Virginia “2007 Private Preservation Project of the Year” Award for Hartman’s Mill Project

The 2007 Private Preservation Project of the Year Award was awarded to Howard G. Carey and Linda M. Carey for their restoration of the James D. Nimmo House on Hartman’s Mill Road in Charlottesville.
The Nimmo House was built in 1870 by carpenter and building contractor James D. Nimmo for his own family. Although modest in [...]

Lithic Construction featured in C-ville Abode article Nov 2007

Lithic Construction was featured in the C’ville Abode November 2007 Energy efficient healting and cooling article.
 
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Home Built by Lithic Construction featured in New Sustainable Homes - Designs for Healthy Living

Home built by Lithic Construction featured in publication
A recent residence construction by Lithic has been featured in the book New Sustainable Homes - Designs for Healthy Living by James Grayson Trulove and published by Collins Design, an imprint of Harper Collins.
 
James Grayson Trulove is an author and editor of books on the subjects of architecture, [...]