Michael H. Cranford, Architect/ BFA / barefoot architect), painter and designer, born 1964 in California, living in Maine, Colorado and Costa Rica. Costa Rica Art and Architecture by Michael H. Cranford. I am an Eco Living Consultant, Designer and provide Architectural services, drafting and consultation. I assist clients all over Central America and in the US. Custom Tropical Open Air Floor Plans, full Home plans and remodeling plans available. I custom design and build 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms homes, hotels and eco resorts in tropical climates. My pre fabricated floor plans and designs are a breakthrough in eco sustainable development in Southern Costa Rica. I also provide designer, engineering and environmental consultant services. My goal is towards more eco friendly house plans.
I am also a painter and artist with gallery representation in Costa Rica & the US.

Recently my work has turned toward Custom Bamboo home construction. Design and build of pre fabricated bamboo homes from sustainable plantations. I have designed a few amazing treehouses. We also host Wildlife, Photography, painting, artist workshops, retreat in rainforest near beach. Puerto jimenez, Osa Peninsula, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Designer, painter, painting wildlife and surreal paintings in acrylic and oil on canvas. My paintings and art are represented in both Costa Rica, Cape Cod and my mothers house. I have been blessed with the opportunity to steward Sombra de la Lapa Rainforest Reserve in Southern Costa Rica. My studio and life start here in Costa Rica. My wife and I teach, entertain, instruct and I offer painting, photography floral, fauna, art workshops and retreats. Eco travelers enjoy our 3 rental homes, fun eco tours, cuisine and personal travel services. All amenities, all inclusive eco vacations providing the opportunity to live in the rainforest of the bio diverse Osa Peninsula. Workshops and Art Retreats.
Both my art and architecture is influenced by my natural world, and many of my architectural clients seek to live with nature and a stress free comfortable life. My architectural concepts support conservation principals. I consult with Costa Rica's most prestigious architectural firms on Green and Environmentally safe, eco-friendly LEED approved building techniques. Unique Floor Plans, crazy home ideas and designs. Open air home and house floor plans that consider nature and habitat first .... always my architectural priority and philosophy. Eco Logic, "ecological" and environmentally friendly in every way.

Breakthrough in Green Building Techniques.

As a consultant and bare foot architect I let nature be my guide when it comes to choosing the best and most affordable ways to access and build your custom home, house, hotel or your customized remodeling on an existing structure. The 2 years I spent building Lapas Nest Treehouse brought me to this conclusion as a requirement to build to building in trees in Costa Rica. Reducing the size of lumber products , resources and materials in order to lighten the overall load of our Lapa's nest treehouse .When building, your immediate community should be considered first. Blueprints and floor plans should support eco ideas. Costa Rica Architects, designing Eco Hotels, Beach Resorts and Eco developments can all benefit financially from Green Building techniques in Central America . All new developments in Central America should focus on sustainable materials available in immediate areas before shipping things in from foreign destination. Creating jobs in your community is equally as an important as choosing the right sustainable materials and practicing green building methods. Most of the time, it's less expensive and the financial ripple effect within your local community supports responsible eco developments, and in, line with United Nations and LEED guidelines. # 1 -Your project should create local employment in rural areas. Local sustainable industry - A principal component and solution to saving rainforest and protecting environmentally precious and threatened environmental areas.

I have dozens of cool floor plans and floor plan designs. Amazing house plans too. Tropical floor plans, ideas for comfortable living in warmer climates such as Costa Rica, Panama and The Caribbean. Some of my best and most unique floor plan ideas come from inspiration here in the rain forest. I design and build custom homes in Southern Costa Rica, work with bamboo, pre fabricated bamboo home designs. Using only properly cured Asian and Indonesian Asper, Atar, Colombian and Brazilian Guadua Bamboo.
All construction grade, insect resistant bamboos are found here in Southern Costa Rica. Constructing prefabricated bamboo houses and homes from bamboo groves in the Osa Peninsula has proven to be the most sustainable and affordable way to build inexpensively in remote areas. Order your custom home and have it delivered in 2 - 3 short months, it's that easy. NEW 2012 - Design and Build pre-fabricated bamboo houses and homes from bamboo groves on The Osa Peninsula. All cut and cured during the driest months of the year. All wood and lumber components come from teak and pine plantations virtually eliminating 90% of the footprint to build your house, home, or construction project.
Using bamboo and forested wood and lumber, would is also your most affordable option for building homes. Usually going green and environmentally eco-friendly, requires you to spend a little more money up front to build your dream home. My signature home designs offer both 1,2 and 3, bedroom floor options. Both available in one and two bedroom models. Order your home and have it delivered to your jobsite.
Learn more about the construction of Bamboo homes, sustainable construction techniques and benefits of building with bamboo. Eco-friendly designs are eco friendly towards wildlife, mangrove estuaries, riparian corridors, rivers and nature in general. Signature house designs support Osa Peninsula Conservation efforts to protect pristine and sensitive natural environments in tropical Central America, where I live in Southern Costa Rica.