The Albion Millworks is a Design/Build firm started in 1990 by Richard and Nancy Peden, in Boulder, CO. We are currently based in Carmel and Monterey, CA. We married in 1970 in Stowe, Vermont after growing up in Carmel, CA.
Having traveled and worked on community and building projects in the US and Europe, we returned to the Monterey Bay area in 2002 and now live in historic Monterey.
Richard is a general contractor licensed in CA, a fine woodworker, photographer and musician. Nancy has done doctoral work in Transformative Learning and Change at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her own company, Lived Learning offers collaborative methods using the world wide web. She considers herself a phenomenologist, social researcher, community activist and web developer.
The name Albion comes from a lovely small town in Mendocino County, CA and is also an ancient name for the British Isles. We choose it to help us remember the past as we build an honorable future.
The Albion News Blog is an eclectic collection of stories, products and services crafted by friends in ways we believe are graceful and useful; people and places celebrating with heart and care the gift of living on the earth in as beneficial a relation to all as possible.
You will read of experiences of artful building by old world craftspeople (an endangered species indeed) and modern innovative builder/artists, of builders who use green and sustainable materials, of artisans creating food and wine with verve and taste reflecting the terrôir of place and travelers who venture into different worlds.
We hope to share people and places that will inspire you in your own search for living a creative, honorable life of meaning and value.
