Design Thoughts Architects

AUGUST 17, 2022

The research under evaluation here specifically centered on home construction delays, which are defined as when a construction project is finished after the completion date provided in the contract or after the date that the parties agreed upon for delivery of a project. What is the construction team (contractor) role in home construction?

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e-architect

AUGUST 10, 2023

Occupying the space with the least amount of external connection, it allows habitable spaces to benefit from windows and doors (both existing in the original envelope and new within the recently carved lightwells) – there are now only two rooms without a window, the dressing room and the guest bathroom.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2022

The clients initially tapped Seattle's Heliotrope Architects to consult on the site selection and then hired the firm to design the dwelling itself. "We We encouraged the clients to focus on features that are unique to the San Juans, such as grassy basalt-rock outcroppings set within a Douglas fir and Pacific madrone forest," the team said.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2022

It serves as a full-time residence for a client who previously rented a floating house in the area and decided to build his own home there when a lot became available. Olson Kundig added glass windows with sweeping views. Our client wanted to make the best use of every inch.". General contractor: Dyna Contracting.

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e-architect

JULY 2, 2023

The original design was conceived by the owners, architect Sophie Towl, and her husband Ben, who is the Contracts Director at Artel31. Who are the clients and what’s interesting about them? What was the brief? What were the key challenges? Ben and Sophie are a self-build dream team!

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 15, 2014

Home / Modern House / Modern Window Detail – The CHouse Modern Modern Window Detail – The CHouse Modern Bob Borson — June 16, 2014 — 35 Comments It’s been 2 1/2 months since I last updated you on the CHouse Modern project and a lot has happened.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 17, 2022

The transition between office and process areas is demarcated with a long vertical window that folds from wall to ceiling, transforming into a skylight. Horizontal windows on the north wall of the processing area frame the adjacent agricultural landscape and farmstead. Photo © Ross Eckert. Photo © Ross Eckert. Photo © Ross Eckert.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The stair’s wooden slats were crafted from reclaimed oak that was once the building’s door jams, window frames and millwork. We were focused on the idea of blurring history and the refinement of details, which led us to utilize the massive thick hardwood that had been used for the window and door casings in the original space.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The use of London stock brick and the understanding of both traditional Victorian window proportions and more intentional arched entrances and secondary folded windows is distinctive and idiosyncratic. Client company name: London Borough of Newham. Contract value: Confidential. RIBA region: London.

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The Architecture Designs

JULY 20, 2023

The building envelope includes the roof, walls, windows, and doors, which determine the building’s heat loss and gain. Architects can incorporate energy-efficient envelope design strategies such as high-performance insulation, low-emissivity windows, and air sealing to reduce heat transfer and energy consumption.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 14, 2019

Please make this clear because the relationship between architect and client won’t be all that great when the disappointment sets in if you don’t get this squared away up front. There are simply too many variables for me to break this down for all places, all project levels, varying degrees of acceptable quality, and all contractors.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Large windows offer spectacular views over the city, enticing visitors to come in and discover the work of pioneering Scottish artists such as William McTaggart, Anne Redpath, Phoebe Anna Traquair, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Boys. The new galleries are now 925m2 plus an additional 140m2 of introductory space.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 18, 2022

At either ends of these two rooms lie the Lux and Grandangolo whose wider scope settings accommodate up to four guests and feature custom made beds facing the floor to ceiling windows overlooking Alpe di Siusi.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 18, 2022

At either ends of these two rooms lie the Lux and Grandangolo whose wider scope settings accommodate up to four guests and feature custom made beds facing the floor to ceiling windows overlooking Alpe di Siusi.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 2, 2014

There is no doubt that our clients love them, but that’s not the only reason why we build them. Clients respond to these models in a very different way than when we just show them 3-dimensional computer images of their projects. Today the contractor is starting the process of drilling 56 piers on site.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The project was delivered using a design-build model, in which designers, contractors and others work together under a single contract. The general contractor was Seattle-based Lease Crutcher Lewis.

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Deezen

MAY 26, 2023

Dumican Mosey was first contracted to perform site studies, but when the original clients moved, they connected the new owners with the studio, who helped create a combination of open public areas and private retreats by merging the 1,350-square foot (125-square metre) lot with an adjacent property. The photography is by Blake Marvin.

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The Architecture Designs

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Vaulted ceilings and expansive windows are not merely architectural choices; they are invitations for sunlight to cascade into the home, creating an environment that feels both spacious and welcoming. Thoughtful window placement and skylights, as previously mentioned, frame picturesque views and bathe the home in warm, natural light.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

The soil in my area of practice tends to be expansive because it contains a healthy dose of clay, which expands and contracts as moisture enters the equation. Remove water due to hot and dry conditions, and the soil contracts. Modern Window Detail - The. Add water, through rain and irrigation, and the soil expands.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 4, 2022

To live under the same roof means to live together, and this metaphor is the nexus that ties the notion of community, especially in an intimate context, to the form crafted for this project. Photo © Fabian Ong.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In a collaboration between Portland Community College (PCC) and Home Forward (a public corporation contracted with the federal government to administer housing programs), Hacker recently completed the design of a four-story, 87,742-square-foot housing development providing 84 economically- and family-friendly apartments. Source by Hacker.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 17, 2019

Every client wants to know what their project is going to cost and who’s going to build it. That means sending the drawings out and getting contractors involved … Let’s get ready to rumble because “ The Construction Bid Process ” is today’s topic. It can also give time to get some clarifications on the bid number from the contractors.

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Architizer

AUGUST 3, 2022

Emerging as both a restoration project and an adaptive reuse development, design concepts for the revitalized building capitalized on Hotel Maytag’s historic features, including restoration of the building’s original large window openings, classical plaster detailing, moldings and wood wainscoting and the ballroom’s terrazzo floors.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Both with the Brooklyn Tower and with 111 W 57 to Seventh Street, we took the position with our client that though extraordinarily wealthy people are going to live inside of this building, eight million of us have to live with it every day," he continued. "So So you need to spend at least as much money on the outside as you do on the inside.

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Building Architect Technology Technology 98

Life of an Architect

MAY 15, 2016

Most of the time I coordinate these site visits with some milestone or because the contractor has a question that requires my presence on site to answer … but I go by the job site even more than required because I truly enjoy being on site and watching how things come together. That plan is the sketch I’ve included just above.

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Architecture Quote

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It is a great digital tool for architects as the platform provides a high focus on continuous innovation and personal customer service to each client. Free trial (15 days) per sign up is available and the starter subscription is 7.95$ per month per single user on a 3-year contract. ArchiSnapper. Or simply start with a $2.25

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 7, 2022

In this case, after one of the clients had exuberantly—and, it later turned out, only jokingly—claimed to have been a Boy Scout, Huber compiled the findings into a “field guide” to the property. Stimson raised the floor to the level of the building’s interior, from which the space is now accessed through glass accordion windows.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 17, 2018

Yeah, so the work I do with my clients is still bespoke, it’s so related to their business. As I worked with lots of people, I’ve started to see some patterns and so I’ve developed five steps to simplifying that have really become kind of the core of my work and they have their things that repeat with each client.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

I’ve got four or five full time employees always have, when there’s a boom, I take on a couple more that are kind of contract employees, when there’s a bust, I keep them on and make a lot less money. Search for specific products, configure them and load them into your project all in the same window.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Believe it or not, I spend a considerable amount of time thinking about the privacy of my clients. For most of them, they think it’s pretty cool to have their project documented as thoroughly as I do – not to mention all the stories that I tell that happen when the clients aren’t around.

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