Laurie Fisher
Jan 142 min read
Designing With a Trauma Informed Approach
What is a Trauma Informed Approach, and why is it so important to the PHNX Method? Over the past 40 years or so, we've learned a lot...
Laurie Fisher
May 4, 20232 min read
Net Zero and the New Net Energy Metering Tariffs
How to avoid the new Net Energy Metering 3.0 tariffs in California! You may have heard some pretty scary talk recently from solar...
Laurie Fisher
Apr 17, 20231 min read
Net Zero Ready to Net Zero NOW!
Join Laurie LIVE this Wednesday for some Net Zero myth busting! We hear the term "Net Zero" more and more often, but what does it really...
Laurie Fisher
Mar 2, 20232 min read
Palos Residence is FINALIST in 2023 ICF Builder Awards
PHNX1 - the nation's first non-combustible, net-zero custom home, was a top three finalist in the 2023 ICF Builder Awards.
Laurie Fisher
Jul 16, 20222 min read
Wildfire Prepared Resilient Rebuilding: Webinar and Live Q&A!
Please be sure to join us for a LIVE Q&A on Thursday, July 21st, 2022 at 5pm PST.
Laurie Fisher
Jan 18, 20221 min read
PHNX1 - Our First Clients Have Come Home!
There's still a lot to do, but less than 10 months after breaking ground the Palos Family has arrived in their Forever Home! We had to...
Laurie Fisher
Nov 24, 20211 min read
PHNX1 - Nearing the Finish Line!
After losing their home in the November 2019 Tick Fire, the Palos family is on the final leg of their journey back home. Even faced with...
Laurie Fisher
Jun 25, 20213 min read
What Are "Construction Types"?
The building codes (International Building Code and California Building Code) categorize building methods and materials into five...
Laurie Fisher
May 29, 20212 min read
Does Building A New Home Need To Be This Hard?
According to Marcus Lu's great analysis of the recent explosion in lumber prices on the website Visual Capitalist , over the last year...
Laurie Fisher
May 8, 20212 min read
Why Insulated Concrete Forms?
In our search for solutions, insulated concrete forms wound up making a lot of sense as our basic structural system. Concrete is a...
Laurie Fisher
Apr 28, 20213 min read
What Makes PHNX Different?
What's revolutionary about a PHNX Home is not what it's made of, but how we go about putting it all together. Founded by an architect and...
Laurie Fisher
Apr 23, 20216 min read
5 Things to Know if You Want to DIY Your New Home
Topics like architecture, home design and construction are popular things to talk about; it's very common as professionals in the design...
Laurie Fisher
Apr 1, 20211 min read
Progress Photos - PHNX1
Installation of the second floor iSpan Composite Deck. All PHNX Homes have concrete floors, whether on the ground level or an upper...
Laurie Fisher
Mar 4, 20211 min read
PHNX1 Under Construction!
The Palos Family lost their home in the October 2019 Tick Fire in Santa Clarita, California. They engaged PHNX in April 2020, and this...