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Escape
Years ago I helped a friend put up a one room log cabin at Donner Lake, CA. It was an experience I’ll never forget and though not as set away as Walden Pond, keeps me searching for that simple life in...
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Elegant Solar Technology
The challenge of including photovoltaic cells while maintaining a buildings design aesthetic, has an elegant solution through Soltech Energy‘s award winning product line. Using glass, instead of...
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Rural Studio Revisited
Rural Studio is the brain child of D.K Ruth and Samuel Mockbee who based their off-campus design-build program of Auburn University on the simple concept that “everyone, both rich and poor, deserves...
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Architecture’s Movie Credits
In a fun article written by Liana Hayles titled 10 Movies With Iconic Architecture in a Starring Role, she looks at architecture as characters in movies. With David Lean capturing the imagination with...
View ArticleHow Great Leaders Inspire Action
When I first heard Simon Sinek’s talk on TED, I got it that the real question to ask yourself is WHY you do what you do. The second and probably most interesting is how sharing that answer with your...
View ArticleRoomScan Pro App
How much time do you spend sketching out rooms? Or how much time would you save if you could simply take your smart phone, touch each wall, add windows and doors easily and connect adjoining rooms...
View ArticlePromiscuous Hybrids
Bjarke Ingels in this video challenges architecture to become “Worldcraft,” where they create “promiscuous hybrids.” Never before thought of combinations of infrastructure and livable designs. Mr....
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TV and Movie Floor Plans
Ever wondered what the floor plans where our fictional cultural icons lived? Designer Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde has drawn over 20 floor plans from “Big Bang Theory” to “Friends” to “Will and Grace” and...
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Almaden Valley Home and Garden Tour
The Almaden Valley Home and Garden Tour is just around the corner – on May 15, 2016. They will be featuring five uniques Almaden Valley homes Including a spectacular one I photographed… Almaden...
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Pritzker Prize Winner – Alejandro Aravena
Aravena Alejandro, Chile – credit – edgargonzalez.com There has been much said about Alejandro Aravena. It seemed to start 10 years ago when he was asked to building housing for 100 families in his...
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