about fuentesdesign -

Working with our clients, local craftspeople, and the community, we harness the forces of climate, and fuse site with culture.

Aware of global change, we embrace the local, aiming to restore a small part of the world with each project.

We juxtapose old world application of natural materials with advanced technology to create a new vernacular, versed in the past yet ready for the future.

Powered by the sun, wind and earth, the unique places we make feel both familiar and fresh.

about brian -

Brian has been involved in natural builing since helping build the first straw bale home in Eugene, Oregon in 1997. He has lectured at the Univerity of Oregon, Colorado USGBC conference, the Colorado IIDA Conference, as well as the Colorado Straw Bale Assocation conference. Brian teaches architectural design at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Having founded fuentesdesign in 1999, he is a third generation native, professional mountain bike racer and a registered architect in the State of Colorado.