Home base: Ottawa’s original green architect builds her own condo

When Linda Chapman and her husband, Barry Cooper, decided it was time to downsize, the architect drew up plans to design and build their own home and invited longtime friends to join them.
With a vision of living and working in a condo that met her rigorous energy-efficient and green standards and desire for a built-in community within walking distance of amenities, Chapman began the process of building a four-unit condo on a double lot she purchased in 2009 in New Edinburgh. After selling a uni