Information about residential design and construction
When I meet people for first time and they discover I’m an architect they often asked what kind of ’style’ I pursue. The question always catches me off guard. Within the last several posts on this blog you see examples of our work ranging from avant-garde to modern to traditional design, such as this farmhouse [...]
Pictured here is a modified version of our award winning house (see earlier post in this blog) for a builder in Princeton, NJ. The floor plan was altered to specific requirements requested by the builders client, and we also changed the exterior cladding from paper based exterior panels to aluminum panels with a glossy white [...]
Competition entry for a free standing residential garage for up to three cars with the criteria that the solution expresses a technological advance in the storage or maintenance of the cars inside. The contest was sponsored by a major lifestyle magazine and auto company.
We took exception with the concept of a competition that essentially promotes [...]
A residence remodeling in Chapel Hill, NC. Just a couple of interesting views of the footprint of this single family home.
Our assignment is the historic restoration of an out-building where the famous Algonquin Press was first established in 1982. (3D Drawing model done in SketchUp)
Third place winner of nationwide residential design competition sponsored by Custom Builder magazine. Read more>
If there is a silver lining in this recession it’s the death of the McMansion. Not only from the perspective of environmental, economic and cultural sustainability but also from the standpoint of design.
I met a local home builder recently who was involved in the construction of these mega homes and was still promoting his experience [...]
Schlage Company – the hardware manufacturer, in cooperation with Trane – the furnace and air conditioning manufacturer, has a line of electronic entry hardware (door handles, lock-sets), security cameras, thermostats and add on wall outlets, (like a multi plug that goes into a an existing electrical outlet) that are all able to be controlled over [...]
Hilltop residence near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan.
This drawing is a study model of a residence using wind and solar as the only sources of energy. The form of the house is shaped by the coincidence of the site topography, prevailing wind, sun angles, views, and the augmentation of a wind turbine with a [...]
High efficiency home for the future.
Due to its small scale and inherent complexities the real laboratory for architectural innovation lies in residential design.
Pictured above is a sketch of a high efficiency free standing home. This structure is oriented to take full advantage of passive solar heating energy delivered directly to mass storage devices such as [...]