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Roy Prince Architectural & Permaculture Design Studio ~ Santa Barbara |
| Roy Prince Architect designs additions, remodels and small new homes that are energy efficient, healthy and elegantly simple. We also design rain water harvesting and grey water systems to optimize water use. In addition we design earth works to manage water inputs on your property. Slow, spread and sink water on your land. Roy Prince Architect is a design studio and environmental consultancy dedicated to green & natural architecture and building and high performance, environmentally inspired small green homes and work places. Permaculture ethics and design principles inspire and drive our work. Roy Prince Architect creates healthy and nurturing places and spaces for people to live and work. We employ inspired geometries, keen observation and intuition in our design methodologies to achieve place and space that creates sanctuary for people. Our goal is to combine client needs and wants with sustainable design principles using current best practices and age old materials and processes to create beautiful and healthy living and working places and spaces sensitive to humans, place, and environment. California Licensed Architect - 1993
Permaculture Design Certificate Course (PDC) - South Africa - 1995
Biomimicry Design Course - Maho Bay, USVI - 2004
LEED AP - 2005
Permaculture - Rain Water Harvesting (Key Line Design) - Santa Barbara - 2007
Permaculture Design Certificate Course (PDC) - Quail Springs - 2008 | 
| Roy Prince consults with individuals, builders and professionals on issues of site and building design, structural systems and materials, heating, cooling and ventilation, solar and energy efficiency, and green and healthy building processes and materials. We design remodels, additions & small new homes and work places, and consult with home owners, contractors, developers and architects on green, natural and environmental design, and green, natural and healthy building materials - using green and natural design principles, permaculture design, and healthy and resource efficient building materials. | 
| Environmental Design -- this & more:
Observation
Conservation
Whole systems
Natural patterns
Permaculture design principles
Simplicity, beauty and balance
Local materials
Solar and micro-climate sensitive
Recycled building materials
Resource efficient building materials
Renewable resource building materials
Non-toxic materials & processes | 
| Roy Prince Architect has adopted the Architecture 2030 Challenge.
We are committed to projects that meet or exceed the Architecture 2030 Challenge benchmarks to reduce fossil fuel use. |
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