Climate goals set (and met)
About one year ago, as part of the Philipstown Fights Dirty campaign, which is a project of Climate Smart Philipstown and the Ecological Citizens Project, The Figure Ground Studio set […]
Nelsonville Remodel/Addition Nearing Completion
A historically appropriate and site sensitive addition in Nelsonville,NY is shepherding a neglected home into a new century with modern touches and classic geometries. Features, appliances, and materials were reused […]
Wildflower Meadow, Year 3
As Summer comes to an end and Autumn approaches, the wildflower meadow we seeded in 2019 has begun to mature. The late Summer Asters are showing their brilliant blues and […]
A baker’s dozen eggs (finally!) from the coop
It has been a few years tweaking and adjusting the functioning of the modern chicken coop, but we finally – today, two years later – got a full round of […]
Modern High-Performance Chicken Coop under construction
As the world shut down in late Spring 2020, we turned our attention to creating a modern high-performance chicken coop. I used site-collected black locust posts as the foundation, conventionally […]
North Miller Passive Multifamily in Newburgh
Michael Robinson of Urban Myth Construction held a grand opening ceremony for the North Miller Passive Multifamily project, a pioneering low-income project in the City of Newburgh. The Figure Ground […]
Mullet Hall – We Seeded A Native Meadow!
We seeded a meadow!!! We had to clear a larger area than we otherwise would have in order to accommodate our septic system, so we decided to re-vegetate the 7000 […]
