About: Marcus de la fleur
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Marcus de la fleur is a Registered Landscape Architect. running his own design and consulting firm (de la fleur LLC) in Chicago, IL. He received his horticultural degree from the School of Horticulture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and earned his Masters in Landscape Architecture at the University of Sheffield, UK. Marcus has led and contributed to the design and management of sustainable projects and has wide ranging field experience in sustainable technology.
He started the sustainable pilot project at 168 Elm Ave. in 2002 with his landlord Ben Rush. Both Marcus and Ben, with the help of Marcus’ wife Cathy, transformed a typical suburban yard landscape into a living model and lab of sustainable applications for the residential scale.
In April 2009, Marcus and Cathy purchased a property in the City of Chicago to start a new pilot project than includes and demonstrates sustainable options for the house and site. This pilot project is the subject of this blog.
Posts by Marcus de la fleur:
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Interior framing,
06 Sep 2010
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Scavenging for framing materials,
03 Sep 2010
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The first door installation,
01 Sep 2010
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Deciding on exterior doors,
30 Aug 2010
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Window sill replacement,
27 Aug 2010
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Bucking, sort of…,
16 Aug 2010
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Basement re-pointing,
08 Aug 2010
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L’arc de triumph,
31 Jul 2010
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Fixing a hole in the wall,
26 Jul 2010
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Basement windows,
23 Jul 2010
