TEDx: Architect Molly Jones on 'Building Beautifully'
For TEDxTulsaCC, architect Molly Jones talks about The Joinery as a model of innovative, sustainable design in Oklahoma and beyond.
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May 27, 20203 min read
Harvest 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 min read
Designing The Joinery To Function As A 'Public House'—And Fit A Family Of 5
In woodworking, “joinery” is the joining of pieces of lumber to produce something more complex. The more challenging the joint, the...
Aug 7, 20196 min read
Breaking 'The Replacement Cycle' With Wood Window Rescue
The greenest window is the one that already exists.
Jul 17, 20191 min read
Tulsa City Council Approves Net-Zero Water Ordinance
To become a certified Living Building, The Joinery has to meet 20 Imperatives required by the International Living Future Institute. No....
Jun 20, 20191 min read
Apr 23, 20191 min read
The Joinery Partners With Tulsa's Oldest Masonry Supplier
As part of the Living Building Challenge™, The Joinery has to meet 20 Imperatives required by the International Living Future Institute....
Apr 8, 20191 min read
10 Things We Learned At Acme Brick
The 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 min read
Reinforcing The Joinery Against Oklahoma's High Winds, Hail
Oklahomans 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 min read
Meet The Team: Austin Tunnell
The walls of The Joinery will be built to last. We're employing one of the oldest and most resilient building methodologies: structural...
Feb 1, 20193 min read
What 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 min read
The Joinery Salvages Old Cain's Ballroom Dance Floor
About 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...
Jan 18, 20196 min read
Local Immersion: Tulsa Term Uses The City As A Classroom
If 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...
Jan 14, 20192 min read
What A Day At The Joinery Could Look Like
When 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 min read
Sourcing Wood Sustainably — And Responsibly
Along with brick and concrete, wood plays an essential role in the structural integrity of The Joinery. While all three have their...
Dec 30, 20181 min read
Watch: FOX23 Story On The Joinery
The 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 min read
Lighting Our Worksite With Solar Energy
Soon after we broke ground on The Joinery, we forged our first partnership with a local supplier. Randy Heckenkemper of Site Solar...
Dec 26, 20185 min read
Meet 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...
Dec 10, 20182 min read
The 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 min read
Switching 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....
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