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Kellems Household
For Chris and Dave Kellems, it all began with needing a new roof on her parents' quaint waterfront Sturgeon Bay cottage. When they contacted Virge to complete a preliminary assessment on the property in 2009, she determined it would be more cost effective to rebuild...
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Recipient of the 2017 Women in Sustainability Leadership Award
On November 7th, Virge was honored by the U.S. Green Building Council and Green Building & Design (gb&d;) magazine with their top annual accolade, the Women in Sustainability Leadership Award (WSLA). The WSLA recognizes the most powerful women making a difference in...
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Later-Field Household
What initially began as an untamed piece of property off bucolic Kinsey Bay Lane is now on its way to becoming Virge Temme's third Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certified single family residential home. When Chicagoan couple Mary Field...
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ITHACA
A west-coast couple with a passion for sculpture and nature were drawn to a Midwest prairie, gravitating toward friends and a more central location for family to "come home." Ithaca is so-named because it's "the place you long to return to..." The sculptural design...
read moreUpcoming Interview on Wisconsin Public Radio
Virge Temme will be a featured guest on the Larry Meiller Show, November 30, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. The show will include an overview of LEED, Passive House and other green architecture programs, and Virge will offer advice to callers about how to make their new and...
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Virge Temme Architecture Inc Recognized as Leader in Green Architecture 2016 Construction and Engineering Awards: Recognized Leaders in Green Architecture - Midwest
read moreCottage Style Magazine
2014: - Alpine Attitude: "Every home has a history in the making, but this property on Sturgeon Bay in northern Wisconsin is steeped in the area's rich Scandinavian roots." November 2014: LEED Platinum awarded to Wisconsin Home designed by Virge Temme Architecture,...
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July/August 2012 - An Illinois family looks to the 1920s to give their new Door County, Wisconsin, lake home vintage charm. New Cottage with Vintage...
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Temme home featured in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The April 24, 2010 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured Virge and Brett Temme's Door County home in their Sunday edition. "A home doesn't have to be 5,000 square feet or 10,000 square feet. It just has to be a place that responds to your own life and that gives you a...
read moreGreen Business Quarterly
May/June 2010:Architect Profile: Virge Temme -"to the uninitiated, sustainable design can seem an exotic and expensive process. But Virge Temme Architecture, as residential firm based in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, is out to change that perception."
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