Completing a Neighborhood: South Mountain Gets It Right Again
by Anne McCarthy Strauss
Vineyard Style, 2010
Bang Without The Buck
by Will Beemer
Using timber-frame elements selectively is a more affordable way to add strength and beauty to a conventionally framed house.
Fine Homebuilding, 2009
Realizing A Green Dream
by Jim Miller
To be truly "green" or "sustainable" or "environmentally friendly", or any number of loosely defined terms, a home needs to be thought-through and accordingly designed from slab to stud to ceiling fan.
MV Home & Garden, 2009
Green and Serene
by Marni Elyse Katz
Cape Cod Life, 2009
Where Workers Make Their Own Rules
by Malika Zouhali-Worrall
The worker-owners of this design business put a premium on health benefits and avoiding layoffs
Fortune Small Business, 2009
Nation's First LEED Platinum Affordable Housing Built in Massachusetts
Environmental Building News, 2008
A Habit of Helping Hands: SMC and the Climate of Reclamation
by John Budris
Vineyard Style, 2008
From Jenney Way to 250 State Road
by Rob Meyers
Green Newletter, 2008
Island Solar
by Ted Cushman
A worker-owned remodeling firm moves into grid-tied home power systems as an extension of its core business
Coastal Contractor, 2008
Cathedral Builder
by Leah Thayer
John Abrams believes that homes, relationships, communities, and small companies should be built to last for generations.
Remodeling, 2007
Give & Take: Two Vineyard Cottages Strike a Harmonious Balance Between Decreased Space and Increased Charm
by Andrew Cunningham
Cape Cod Life, 2007
The Company We Keep
by Sal Alfano
Remodeling Magazine, 2006
The South Mountain Conspiracy
by Ian Fein
MV Home & Garden, 2006
Balance of Power
A Martha's Vineyard home will generate as much power as it consumes.
Custom Home, 2006
Thirty Years In Community Entrepreneurship
In Business, 2005
17th Annual Business Ethics Award
Workplace Democracy Award
business-ethics.com, 2005
House: Moving Them Beats Losing Them
by John Abrams
Fine Homebuilding, 2005
Island Cohousing: Creating Community on Martha's Vineyard
by Alex Wilson
An innovative design/build firm creates an affordable, sustainable cohousing project on Martha's Vineyard
Solar Today, 2002
A Deliberate Neighborhood
by John Abrams
On Martha's Vineyard, a co-housing project sets an example of sensitive development, affordable housing and community building
Fine Homebuilding, 2001
Building Deliberate Neighborhoods
by John Abrams
Vineyard Style, 2000
Writing An Owner's Manual
by John Abrams
Shouldn't the largest investment most people ever make come with a big, thick instruction book?
Fine Homebuilding, 1998
A Passive Solar Tribal Headquarters
by Burke Miller Thayer
Solar Today, 1995