A recently retired couple came to Monarch seeking a high performing and efficient home with a large detached garage. Their site, west of Columbia, MO, slopes to the southwest with views of their pond and the Missouri River valley beyond. Working with their preselected contractor, AT Homes Builder, Monarch evaluated how to situate the buildings […]
Come see Missouri’s first prefabricated straw panel project under construction! Monarch Architecture is thrilled to report construction is well underway on a prefabricated straw bale panel structure! This ~500 sf cabin is a collaborative effort between Monarch Architecture and newly formed Building Integrity, LLC. Monarch’s owner, Adrienne Stolwyk, is a co-founder of Building Integrity,
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Monarch designed an Accessory Dwelling Unit (aka mother-in-law house) for use as an office that has achieved net positive electric production! The wall assembly is “straw-cell”: conventionally stick framed walls with cellulose insulation in the stud cavity + plastered straw bales on the interior. See more information below on the high performance building materials and
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A retired couple relocating back to Missouri came to Monarch looking to create their forever home on a parcel south of Columbia. A modest, age-in-place and environmentally-friendly design with Craftsman details were their main goals. The floor plan is a simple L-shape with the longest axis running east-west. This enabled a gabled roof with a
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The owner of a beautiful, wooded parcel in an older Columbia neighborhood came to Monarch looking for a modern design that could fit into the sloped hillside. A mono-slope roof with a reverse-sloping storage shed create the impression of a butterfly roof, without the water management concerns. High efficiency windows, T-Studs, good air sealing details,
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While employed at Simon Oswald Architecture, Adrienne was on the design team for Columbia’s “Ag Park.” The nine-acre park houses a farmers market pavilion and an urban farm operated by the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA). The master planning process involved understanding farm functions and how they interface with the needs of the public
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The owners of Cultivate Co, a farm featuring cut flowers and a nascent orchard, worked with Monarch to create a Master Plan. Adrienne consulted with Adam Saunders as well as a civil engineer to understand how the vision for their farm could be achieved within existing zoning restraints. The resulting Master Plan provides a strategy
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Monarch worked with the Columbia Friends Meeting (Quaker) congregation to design a modest worship space and fellowship area that blends into the surrounding central Columbia residential area. Environmentally-friendly design was a high prioritity and the congregation aims to achieve annual net-zero electric consumption. A shared parking agreement with the adjacent school, a well insulated wall
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