2010: Winter, 3rd Place "Sustainable Design Award" from Colorado Biz Magazine

The Flying V in Fort Collins is a microcosm of the New Urbanist neighborhood in which it is located. Architect Merten Design Studio was tasked with creating a multifunctional home on a small corner lot that featured three main ingredients ...

2010: Fall, Merten featured in Green At Home

Merten is Green to its core. "I started Merten in order to provide people with the latest innovations in Green Building design and construction," says Founder, President, and CEO Donna Merten. "The results have exceeded my expectations and I ...

2009: Merten Spotlighted in Homestead Magazine

In Boulder, Colo., many homeowners have installed PV panels, Donna Merten among them. Merten, though, had more than a casual interest -- she's an architect/ builder who specializes in "green," sustainable building technologies, ranging from ...

2008: Merten Practices featured in Green From the Ground Up

SIP's can be arranged rapidly by well-trained crews using a crane. They make for fast dry-ins and comfortable houses. Even roofs and floors can be made from the panels ...

2008: Winter, Boulder Green Building Journal

Old World Charm Meets High Performance: Old world craftsmanship and innovative materials produce superior indoor environmental quality and exemplary energy efficiency in this Fort Collins home ...

2007: Fall/Winter, Boulder Solar Tour of Homes

Imagineering Architecture. Take one 1955 ranch-style home. Mix in a dynamite designer/builder and her screwball husband. Then petition the High Performance Building Gods ...

2007: Fall, Boulder Green Building Journal

High Performance, Live-In Art: A couple successfully blends art and science in "The Treehouse," an innovative, green built, high performance remodel and addition in an established Boulder neighborhood ...