About Gravitas Read More

Leader of the cohousing movement to talk at Boise State University’s Sustainability Day Wednesday, October 20, 2010 – 7pm Jordan Ballroom – Student Union, Boise State University Community: The Secret Ingredient to Sustainability “Cohousing is about living the good life while using less of the earth’s resources, and having a good time doing it.” – [...] Read More

A message below from Andrea Bogle of Green Remodeling followed by the scoop from Steve Howe of Renewable Energy Solutions. We heard a lot of good feedback about these seminars last year. I hope you can attend. Hello, Everyone, I’d like to invite you to a seminar series co-sponsored by Green Remodeling, and partially taught [...] Read More

Gravitas is a Custom Home design company.  That’s what we do, or at least, that’s a majority of what we do.  One of the immensely satisfying aspects of our job, is to work with a family, tease out their wants and needs in a new home, balance those needs with the reality of their budget, [...] Read More

      The Clearwater will be built in Lenore, Idaho, overlooking the Clearwater River.  At three levels, with 2,681 SF, it can accommodate a growing family, or the empty nester.  The view of the river from the rear is accentuated with a full height gable, and two, wide porches.  The upper level has a [...] Read More

The  Tioga shown below is  a contemporary home with timber accents.  The latest in the Gravitas Design Series this home has approximately 1000 sf on the lower level and 2000 sf on the main level. Download our full plan book which has all of our published Plan of the Month Plans. Gravitas Design Series Plan Book  Sign up for our plan of [...] Read More

Our Plan Book Link: http://gravitaslc.com/PlanBook.html Log , Stick Built, Modular, Modern (we aren't just log, although we do that well) # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read More

The following is from a newsletter from our engineer Brian Sielaff of Tamarack Grove Engineering. Brian has been engineering our projects since the beginning and specializes in structural engineering for residential projects as well as engineering for log and timber frame homes. We have posted one of his articles previously and are looking forward to [...] Read More

Working through Schematic Design for a Ketchum, Idaho client. "Understated Rustic Elegance" # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read More

Design revisions for a home in Park County, Colorado will go out today. # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read More

Since our last how to we work remotely blog post we have designed many more projects remotely. Here is our updated map with new projects in Saskatchewan, Missouri, Kentucky, and lots of homes in between. We like having clients who become friends all across the country. We love what we do, but having our fingers [...] Read More

#IdahoGreenWorks Business Member Meeting last night, good people, good energy. Excited about the plans for the Organic Nursery on Hill Road # Whirlwind 3 day Log Home Show in Chantilly, VA. Met some great people. Chad @ Handcrafted Log Homes makes wow gorgeous dovetails. # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read More

Met an Amish guy on a Blackberry today, not to be outdone by the Amish guy at the ATM, but to their credit they still don't work on Sunday. # Working on the Preliminary Design for a new home in Timberon, New Mexico. Small home, big porch. Bring the outside in. # Powered by Twitter [...] Read More

I wish good smooth writing pens lasted longer than cheap spotty ones. Why do free branded pens last so long? # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read More

Today we are sending out our smallest house design ever, 13 SF, and consequently , highest cost/SF to design & build. Woof! # Just got a Tenant Improvement job for a mens salon from one of our very first clients. # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read More

Recently we were approached by a realtor in the South about putting together an animation for one of his builders.  We see this sometimes where a builder has a paper spec ((a speculative home design that is not built, and therefore, is only on paper)), and would like to increase their marketing potential, highlight the [...] Read More

One of the many benefits of working with a 3D modeling program such as ArchiCAD, is the ability to see what the final product is going to look like. All too often, the owner/contractor/Architect, doesn’t know exactly how something will look, until it is built in the field.  By that time, any modifications become expensive, [...] Read More

This is a continuation of the previous post on Copyrights & Design.  To see the beginning of this, please click here. For willful copyright infringement, the infringer must have access to the original information.  Willful infringement carries much larger penalties.  Crying “fair use” is a defense in case you are being sued.  It is not [...] Read More

Sent our first home design to Saskatchewan, somewhere way up in the cold. # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read More

Preliminary Design for Ski Lodge in Wisconsin out the door. D2 next week. # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read More

One issue that we constantly run into while designing custom homes, is copyright.  We go to great lengths to respect the hard work individuals, and companies have invested in the creation of their designs.  We often have clients come to us with plans ripped from magazines and they say they want this kitchen, or this [...] Read More

Things are staring to move as people accept the reality of the new market. Our California clients are starting to dust off the hammers again # Powered by Twitter Tools. Read More