DOUBLE DUTY Atop the Bethesda Zero Home’s garage, this space combines a green roof with a rooftop terrace, offering energyefficient benefits and an entertainment space.
Meditch Murphey Architects Husband-and-wife team is bringing sustainable housing to life by Kaleena Thompson Architects John Murphey and Marcie Meditch of Meditch Murphey Architects have risen the bar for energy-efficient houses. They have combined their international influences to create eye-catching abodes that are healthy for people and the planet. “We are taking new directions in sustainable architecture and designs by combining simplicity with a strong interest in eco-design,” Murphey says.
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The couple, based in Chevy Chase, Maryland, met in the 1980s on a college architecture trip to China. Murphey and Meditch boast of how the buildings and age-old architecture inspired their design aesthetic early on. Before setting up shop in 2000, the couple had won awards and acclaim at other firms in the DC area. Meditch says right before her former boss retired, he challenged her
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