Building a home is at the heart of the "American Dream". Home connects us to our dreams, our hopes, our creativity, ourselves. Not only does our home provide shelter, security and privacy, it embodies our values. It is an expression of who we are. Building a home can be an exciting, creative, joyful, expansive and enrapturing adventure. It can also be a nightmare.

There is a shadow side to the building process. In addition to the unavoidable financial and emotional stress, many things can go wrong. Problems with the design, the bankers, the inspectors, the suppliers or the construction team can lead to a collapse of our hopes and dreams. This implosion can have a profound impact on our lives.

A successful building process requires balancing a complex logistical process with the deep emotions, often unconscious, that inform our sense of home. The challenge is to become aware of these forces and to incorporate them into a building process the product of which reflects our fullest sense of home. If we remain unaware of these emotional currents, we risk being swayed by suggestions that perpetuate the illusion that a house is a home, that happiness results from the creation of a building even if it does not embody our personal sense of home. Awareness of these emotional forces enables us to create the home we want. Lacking awareness of these emotional patterns, the unavoidable stresses that accompany home building can be so amplified that breakdowns in our relationships with the building team or with our family can occur.

Conscious Building is the only company that addresses this combination of the practical and emotional aspects of building. During his thirty years of designing and building custom, cost efficient, beautiful, ecologically sensitive homes Karl became aware of the pitfalls, difficulties, emotional traps and financial stresses inherent in the process. By combining his knowledge of building with his coaching and therapeutic skills, he has created an approach which consciously articulates a client's felt vision of home and then helps him/her to navigate the challenges of home building.

Home building need not be arduous and stressful. Unavoidable difficulties can be recognized, worked with, incorporated and transcended so that one's felt sense of home can be fully realized. Conscious Building offers solid, intelligent guidance and support which addresses these concerns so that your home building adventure can be satisfying, stress free, creative, harmonious and enjoyable as possible.

Click on Our Approach/Services or call us at 505 983 7063 to learn more about how we can help bring your vision of home to life.