M2 Studio in the News - Architect Builds Firesafe Home

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Berkeley zero net energy cottage deserves study John King, SFGate — November 01, 2011
	On the design and approvals she worked with New Avenue Homes - a start-up by a Berkeley MBA to build "affordable green homes" - and architect Mark Creedon. The builder was Thomas Goetze.

A city looks for big solutions in little – very little – houses Tracey Taylor, Berkeleyside — January 07, 2011
	The cute, zero-energy cottage at 934 Delaware Street was built by Berkeley start-up New Avenue ... and designed by architect Mark Creedon, took three months to build and will run on solar power.

Conquering the Divider, SF Chronicle by Tracey Taylor San Francisco Chronicle 03.28.10 — March 28, 2010
	This is a nice article written by Tracey Taylor that appeared in the Home section of the San Francisco Chronicle. This is a great example of how you can transform a house into really dynamic, flexible, and livable space. "Now when the Lentzes throw parties, there are no more congested groupings - everyone mills around the breathable, open-pla...

A New Sustainable Housing Concept M2 Studio & New Avenue — January 02, 2010
	M2 Studio is pleased to announce that it has been retained by New Avenue Inc. to develop small footprint sustainable design concepts for accessory dwelling units and other small structures. New Avenue is an alternative development model that enables communities to grow internally as opposed to externally. We do this by building homes on underut...

10 Questions for Peter J. Collins AIA of M2 Studio, Inc. Napa Valley Register — December 30, 2009
	Peter Collins may have grown up in the Los Altos area of the South Bay, but his family’s roots in the Napa Valley reach back to the 1960s. “My parents began ranching and grape farming in the mid-’60s up near Big Tree Road in St. Helena,” said Collins. In 1975, they moved to the valley and started Conn Creek Winery, which they owned until 1988. ...

Local architect tells how to build a firesafe home St. Helena Star — October 23, 2009
Peter Collins has been kicking around the idea of making his house more firesafe for a while now. His experience helping friends and family evacuate during the recent Deer Fire convinced him it’s time to get serious. Collins, an architect with a St. Helena firm, M2 Studios, said most homes in high-fire-risk areas like his, located off Fawn Pa...