Deep . Green . Architecture: Innovative construction materials utilizing reclaimed, recycled and local sources for alternative architecture by Greg Madeen

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sustainably harvested timbers and earth plaster

alternative-natural-environmental materials by Greg Madeen

Reclaimed local natural gas pipe, boiler tube, and sucker rod. Reused lumber and trim wood. Recycled regional newspaper insulation.

Reclaimed locally manufactured 90 year old concrete block. Reclaimed local natural gas pipe, boiler tube, and sucker rod. Reused lumber and trim wood. Recycled regional newspaper insulation. Cork Floor. Reused old bank vault and stamped tin ceiling panels. Reused brick and ceramic roof vents.

reclaimed natural-gas well pipe structural truss and posts

site stone and local dirt adobes in southwest Colorado

local earth plaster

local forest fire mitigation wood and local willow

local sustainably harvested wood

3-story local sustainably harvested log stairway

reclaimed structural natural gas pipe truss and posts

reclaimed logs

Local earth plaster on straw bale

Timber frame utlizing local wood & recycled denim insulation

local timbers

alternative-natural-environmental architecture

ecological building construction

Cobb used as stud wall infill "MudStud"

Cobb is a mixture of water, clay, sand, and straw. Used as infill, cob is a natural way to increase the thermal mass, fire proofing, and sound insulation of a structure. Works well in conjunction with passive solar design strategies.

residential project using environmental materials

reclaimed vigas (logs), sustainably harvested Indonesian mahogany door, hand made tiles

Smithsonian - "No. 1 - Architects will construct sophisticated modern buildings out of mud."

Greg has been designing mud buildings since 1983

Reclaimed, Recycled &
Local Materials:
Reclaimed materials are re-used without any reprocessing. Direct re-use of materials, products, or goods that may involve cleaning
or refurbishing.

Adaptive Reused Materials:
Materials re-used for an entirely different function.

Recycled Materials:
Materials that would have been considered waste, but was reprocessed to make a new consumer product. With energy input, the re-use of post
consumer or post
industrial waste.

The re-use of materials is not only environmentally correct, but recycled materials can also be as interesting as natural materials. There is a crucial need for our economy to duplicate natures cycles, in which the waste of one process becomes the food for another.

Madeen Architecture & Construction, LLC
102 East 8th St., Suite 215
Durango, CO 81301 (970)769-0090

326 Midland Ave, #203 Aspen, CO 81611