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Anthony Maschmedt, principal of Dwell Development and Tadashi Shiga, a Washington State 3rd party certifier and principal of Evergreen Certified were on KING5’s New Day Northwest today, showing the differences in energy efficiencies and cost savings between a home built to code compared to a home built to Dwell Development standards.  They had two 6’x6’ [...]

Dwell Development is proud to announce the completion of this ultra energy efficient 5-Star Built Green Modern home near Capitol Hill and Madison Valley. March, 2012  Click here to see more details about this pre-sold Dwell Development home, here for an archive of the phases of development and here for more photos.

Dwell Development broke ground in mid-March on 3 more homes in our 15 single family modern home micro-community. Our Phase 3 homes are currently selling and have estimated completion dates for early Fall. Scroll down for May 2012 updates… (March groundbreaking pictured above)   MAY 2012 UPDATE: Foundations were poured and framing panels were built [...]

Our awesome construction lending partner 1st Security Bank sponsored our first segment on KING5′s New Day Northwest with Margaret Larson, which aired on lucky Leap Day, February 29th!  Anthony was joined by 1st Security Bank’s Dennis O’Leary, SVP Construction Lending who shared with the audience their commitment to built green, sustainable housing and their community.  [...]

Here are some shots of last nights open house – thanks to all who came! Fun party last night! Thanks to all who stopped by to celebrate the completion of Dwell Development’s high design, low energy modern home in Columbia City. This home is 5-Star Built Green and targeting LEED Platinum certfication.           don’t [...]

  Shout out to our friends at Urbnlivn! We have been getting a great deal of coverage from our friends at Urbnlivn.com!.   Katrina Schwieterman, who covers Built Green or LEED-certified modern, new construction residences in Seattle, most recently posted about our first spec Passive House, currently in design phase and to be built at Columbia [...]

  Built Green has selected Dwell Development’s Rainier Vista micro-community as their featured project for January! As part of their communications efforts, BuiltGreen, a non-profit, residential building program of the Master Builders Association publishes a monthly newsletter, selecting a project for each issue that meets the high standards and goals they’d like builders to aspire [...]

Here is a history of 2104 E. Pine St. through pictures, from early construction stages in December 2011 through completion at the end of March 2012. Scroll to the end of the post to see this beautiful East Capitol Hill home. December, 2011:  Dwell Development Founder Anthony Maschmedt and Architect Julian Weber, AIA  checking out [...]

We broke ground on 4318 S Ferdinand St. in Columbia City, mid-December 2011! With an estimated completion of Summer 2012, here you can follow its progress! (updated March 2012)   Foundation is in and slab is poured at 4318 S. Ferdinand.  We’re waiting for the framing panels.  There’s still time to lock into a pre-sale [...]

Exciting things happening in Columbia City this month, from progress on Columbia Station Phase 2 and a new music venue opening its doors you can learn about on the Columbia City Lifestyle blog post when you scroll down to the December 2011 updates!