Greens Gap Building Techne (from Greek tekhnē 'art, craft' ) is a design/build construction company committed to mastering the science and the art of building. It is our position that the built form be poetic as well as a production of principles and techniques. We are inspired by the cultural and physical landscape and work to discover ways of exploiting its varied beauty. Be it a roadway or a structure, it is our intention to make a worthy and lasting impression on the landscape, one that fits and adorns, and even repairs. Our thinking can be adventurous, inclined towards structural innovation and time-saving technology. We see possibility in the humble adobe brick and the northern white cedar shingle. We study architecture's lessons, and are convinced that the built form is as much abo