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Sunshine Canyon Residence by Hacker Architects

Archinect

Located at 7,300 feet, high above the city of Boulder, Colorado, the Sunshine Canyon Residence accentuates its dramatic site by juxtaposing a simple form with the steep contours of a landscape scarred by wildfire. The clients lost their home in the Fourmile Canyon Fire in 2010.

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26.3.2024 Tuesday - finishing an idea

Lines on Paper

Last week, we presented a housing scheme to our client. Both were quite received, although that the client slightly preferred mine, for its simplicity in planning (and perhaps the symmetry as well). Today I arrive at work early, looking forward to draw up the site layout. I'll call the client tomorrow.

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Behind The Design 003: Canal House by The Ranch Mine

EntreArchitect

The Ranch Mine. This allows us to educate future clients on what is important to us, how we work, what we are working on, what we’ve recently completed, what is available, etc. We did not sell the house from the open house, but we did secure 4 other jobs from clients who attended that open house. With clients?

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Budget Breakdown: Near Melbourne, Former Bandmates Make a Modest House Sing for $290K

Dwell

Melbourne designer David Noordhoff had already established a rhythm with clients James and Zara McGuffie long before he designed their home. Jade Cantwell Zara and James had been living in Melbourne for over a decade, and they were looking to move outside the city when they discovered the parcel in the former mining town.

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Telescope House by Wendell Burnette offers framed views of Sedona

Deezen

When not staying at the house, the clients rent it out. Roughly rectangular in plan, the house sits on a gently sloping site and was built atop the footprint of a former building. A primary goal for the team was to create a low-impact home that merges with its natural setting, both day and night. The photography is by Jason Roehner.

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Shadow Box House, Carbondale, Colorado

e-architect

This relationship is most effective when the architect listens and understands the client’s needs and vice versa to translate into the final design. What was unique about this design and ultimate build was that the clients came to Pedersen Architecture with an interior design and construction background.

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Reimagining the barn typology

Habitus Living

The owners had a clear vision in mind – they wanted a simple, barn-inspired design that paid homage to the valley’s rich farming and gold mining history. Prefabrication was harnessed with the integration of a laminated ply beam structure and framing, which were all prepared off-site.

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