Blog entries from Jon Lipman

ABC's Nightline Features Maharishi Vastu

Jon Lipman — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:38:53 +0100

Maharishi Vastu, Fortune-Creating homes, and Maharishi Vedic City were featured in a great segment of ABC Nightline, Monday, July 5th. For a link to the story, go to http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/transcendental-meditation-vedic-city-iowa/story?id=9218475

ABC’s summary of the segment includes the followinRead More...

Youtube: How to Build a Fortune-Creating Home, Ireland

Jon Lipman — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:35:06 +0100

Andrea and Gerry Griven, have torn down their home on the edge of Belfast Loch, Northern Ireland, and built a new Fortune-Creating home with breathtaking views.

This video is an interview with the couple with views of the demolition and construction, and their new home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yitIvP1zu7g

Vastu & Feng Shui on Web Radio

Jon Lipman — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:47:51 +0100

Vastu for a Feng Shui Audience

Maharishi Vedic architecture was the subject of a web-based Feng Shui radio show today. Hear Jon Lipman explain what Vastu is and listen to a lively conversation with his Feng Shui-practicing host. Go to: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bante-design-llc/2010/02/28/feng-shui-fabulousvastu-feng-shui

Expanded Portfolio

Jon Lipman — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:12:25 +0100

Expanded Portfolio

We’ve added 20 new designs for homes and duplexes to the portfolio of Fortune-Creating homes. Go to the “Portfolio” tab and select “US Portfolio of Homes”. We don’t have the new homes posted on that page yet. For now, click on “Download a PDF of the portfolio” lower right to see them. Enjoy!

West Coast Tour, Part II

Jon Lipman — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:06:51 +0100

West Coast Tour, Part II

Jon’s Pacific Northwest completion of his West Coast tour included a visit to a very impressive modular factory that is able to do high quality, affordable, and ultra-energy-efficient homes and apartment buildings. We hope to work with them on projects in California, Oregon, and Washington.

And, groups in Southern California, Seattle and Portland want our help to pursue group Vastu solutions, especially Vedic condo apartment buildings. The staRead More...

West Coast Lecture Tour

Jon Lipman — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:38:01 +0100

West Coast Lecture Tour, Part I

Jon Lipman, AIA, director of Fortune-Creating Buildings, has been on a tour of major cities up the West Coast lecturing on Maharishi Vedic architecture. He has spoken to hundreds of interested parties, and Vastu projects big and small are expected to blossom in California, Washington, and Oregon in the coming months.

Among the developments are plans for Vastu apartment buildings in Los Angeles, plans for a Vedic health spa in Southern CaliRead More...

Nightline Segment Postponed

Jon Lipman — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:57:47 +0100

ABC Nightline's segment on Maharishi Vedic City has been postponed; we look forward posting its new broadcast date!

Watch a Home being Built Step by Step

Jon Lipman — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:03:46 +0100

Watch our newest sustainable Vedic home being built, step by step!

With help from a few friends, Joel and Laura Wysong have just built an ultra-energy-efficient, passive solar Fortune-Creating home in only six months in upstate New York.

The house is radiantly heated using materials harvested on site, and its floor slab is super insulated using natural materials. Heating bills will be almost zero.

See the house go up at http://www.flickr.com/photRead More...

Maharishi Vastu Coordinator Training Course

Jon Lipman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100

The Maharishi Vastu Coordinator Training course was completed by over 500 participants in 70 Countries.

Congratulations to the professionals who have taken this opportunity to expand their knowledge of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda architecture and promote its development.

This course is the first step of a continuous professional development program. Maharishi Vastu Coordinators raise awareness and interest in Fortune-Creating homes through seminars and consultations around the globRead More...

Developer Celebrates How 'Green' Is Its Building

Jon Lipman — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:15:25 +0100

Rockville Structure Gets Environmental Kudos

Two Thousand Tower Oaks Boulevard off Interstate 270 in Rockville looks like most modern suburban office complexes. It's a sleek and shiny metal and glass structure that seems to have plopped down like an alien spacecraft on a freshly mowed plot.

What's special about this building, its developers say, is the technology inside, which earned it the superlative from the state government of being the "greenest" office building in MarylaRead More...

Greenest Office Building in Maryland.

Jon Lipman — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:53:28 +0100

The Fortune-Creating office building 2000 Tower Oaks Blvd has been awarded the title Greenest Office Building in Maryland by state Comptroller Peter Franchot. The comptroller’s office said the building is a "shining example for the rest of the state . . . because it has an economic value and an environmental value.

The building challenges preconceived notions about Vedic and environmentally friendly structures, such as that having a green building involves sacrificing certain coRead More...