ZeroEnergy Design creates a house that makes as much as it takes.Tired of heating and cooling large, drafty homes, architect Stephanie Horowitz’s clients wanted their new Little Compton retreat to meet aggressive energy standards. Working within their budget, Horowitz followed the rig

The whole neighborhood watched eagerly as the front yard of this home was transformed into a tidy garden with a mixture of edibles and ornamentals. The owners were originally told not to grow vegetables in their front yard, at least until they met Andrea Nilsen of Nilsen Landscape Des

Side yards are often one of the most neglected areas of a landscape, becoming a no man’s land populated only by garbage cans, air conditioning units and the occasional meter reader. When the owners of this Cambridge, Mass. property decided they were tired of the unused strip next to t