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Last week I played hooky. I traveled to Hollywood to tour the Hollyhock House on Olive Hill. I grew up a few blocks away and often hiked...

Chris d Craiker AIA Solar generated energy has become the primary renewable energy source in America and number one electric energy...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB Cutting logs to stack for an ancient dwelling and carving stones to stack for a defensive wall were the...

Chris d Craiker AIA In 1984 Jan Shrem, a businessman and art collector, with his wife Mitsuko moved from Paris to California with the...

Chris d Craiker AIA Last weekends Blockbuster Barbie movie brought back memories of one of my first Napa Valley Register articles. In...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB When an impromptu outdoor music celebration erupted in Ithaca New York in 2007, an annual summer movement...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB We tend to take front porches for granted. All across the country, from Maine to Hawaii, they should be...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB ​With all the Spring weather issues and California’s overflowing reservoirs, one environmental issue may have...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB As interest rates started to rise in Fall 2022, predictions of an economic downturn grew like dark clouds on...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB I recently read an article by a Finnish Architect, Juhani Pallasmaa, describing his child memories. To him, his...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB Every day another business complains it can’t find workers to fill their job requests. This isn’t just Napa:...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB Whenever I’m asked to develop a project renovation budget for a homeowner or a multifamily developer, the...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB In these days of unpredictable inflation, supply lines, labor suppliers and subcontractors disappearing, what’s...

Let's Hope Not! Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB I don’t often focus on a project going through the processing meat grinder but this one has...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB It’s no surprise that Napa is a prime target for second homes and vacation rentals. According to Brokerage...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB On Sunday, March 12, the 95th annual Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, will be awarded to artists and...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB I read with much interest two articles in the Napa Valley Register this last weekend about the First Street...

Chris d Craiker AIA The 2014 West Napa Fault 6.0 magnitude earthquake damage to homes, historic buildings and infrastructure was...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB California likes to think it is the most environmentally-correct State in the Union. We created the California...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB The recent storms have reminded me of an old architects’ axiom: water and moisture are our nemesis. A friend...