May 273 minHarvest Solar on Choosing Renewable Energy, Living 'Softly' 105 percent of The Joinery's energy must be supplied by on-site renewable energy.
Nov 4, 20196 minDesigning The Joinery To Function As A 'Public House'—And Fit A Family Of 5In woodworking, “joinery” is the joining of pieces of lumber to produce something more complex. The more challenging the joint, the stron...
Aug 7, 20196 minBreaking 'The Replacement Cycle' With Wood Window Rescue The greenest window is the one that already exists.
Jul 17, 20191 minTulsa City Council Approves Net-Zero Water OrdinanceTo become a certified Living Building, The Joinery has to meet 20 Imperatives required by the International Living Future Institute. No. ...
Jun 20, 20191 minWATCH: Inside Independent Material, Tulsa's Masonry Supplier Since 1924Masonry wrapped up this month on The Joinery. It was no small job—over 40,000 brick made up the building's front steps, porch perimeter, ...
Apr 23, 20191 minThe Joinery Partners With Tulsa's Oldest Masonry SupplierAs part of the Living Building Challenge™, The Joinery has to meet 20 Imperatives required by the International Living Future Institute. ...
Apr 8, 20191 min10 Things We Learned At Acme BrickThe Joinery will be built with 40,000 modular brick—supplied locally by Acme Brick Company. We visited the Tulsa plant in early March to ...
Mar 1, 20193 minReinforcing The Joinery Against Oklahoma's High Winds, HailOklahomans are no strangers to severe weather. In fact, many of us are culturally wired to go outside when clouds darken, winds howl, and...
Feb 11, 20195 minMeet The Team: Austin TunnellThe walls of The Joinery will be built to last. We're employing one of the oldest and most resilient building methodologies: structural m...
Feb 1, 20193 minWhat Is Structural Masonry—And Why?The Joinery will have brick interior and exterior walls. A portion of our brick was generously donated by Michael McWilliams. The rest we...
Jan 25, 20193 minThe Joinery Salvages Old Cain's Ballroom Dance FloorAbout 1,200 square feet of hard maple wood with a lingering aroma of Cain’s Ballroom is stored in the corner of Nathan Pickard’s communit...
Jan 18, 20196 minLocal Immersion: Tulsa Term Uses The City As A ClassroomIf you had to draw a map of the city from an aerial view, what would it include? What would it leave out? And what would both reveal abou...
Jan 14, 20192 minWhat A Day At The Joinery Could Look LikeWhen we describe The Joinery as a "community-minded residence," some of the first questions we get are "Who's going to live there?" and "...
Jan 8, 20195 minSourcing Wood Sustainably — And ResponsiblyAlong with brick and concrete, wood plays an essential role in the structural integrity of The Joinery. While all three have their differ...
Dec 30, 20181 minWatch: FOX23 Story On The JoineryThe day after we broke ground on the building, Preston Jones of FOX23 News in Tulsa reached out to do a profile on our project — watch it...
Dec 27, 20184 minLighting Our Worksite With Solar EnergySoon after we broke ground on The Joinery, we forged our first partnership with a local supplier. Randy Heckenkemper of Site Solar offere...
Dec 26, 20185 minMeet The Team: Architect Molly Jones We interviewed architect Molly Jones on Dec. 21, 2018 — the fifth anniversary of Jones Design Studio — about sustainability, the Living B...
Dec 10, 20182 minThe Joinery Breaks Ground Our small team broke ground on The Joinery in North Tulsa’s historic Brady Heights neighborhood this morning. When all is said and done, ...
Nov 16, 20181 minSwitching To Brick Exciting news: We plan to start construction on The Joinery in a matter of weeks! We met with our local team of architects this morning. ...
Aug 1, 20181 minCreating PlaceWhere an old asphalt parking lot sat for 60 years, we will be creating a place of beauty and belonging by mimicking nature's design, whil...
