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Square room

10.12.2008 | 1:29 pm | Home Construction The classic square (or rectangle) room. They are standard that have been used almost since the beginning of structures. Now since it has been around a while, almost every possible idea has been used on it, where to put things, how to make the room completely different from ever other square room. Now I myself am bored with the 90 degree 4 cornered room. But the fact is that square rooms are cheap and practicable to build. So for now we are stuck with the square room. But making the square room not as square with things like bump out walls (walls that are set pushed out from the main wall to make a focal point). Maybe just if we make focal points like these, not with furniture, but with architecture, we may just be able to escape the square room Comments (1)

Real Architecture - Part 2 - Light

08.1.2008 | 2:19 pm | Home Construction In my previous post on light, I discussed how light can affect a space. This post will be about how you can change light to create different effects within a space. For example, what could you do if you blocked the light with something? Louvers (thin slabs of material in a window), often at an angle, direct the light into one direction. To prove this point, look at window blinds. You can focus the light in different areas by changing the angle of the blinds. Now pull the blinds up so it is just the window - it makes a big difference. Closed Blind

Another idea is to pull light through a long space using a light well or a deep skylight. These features soften the light coming in. These ideas can dramatically change how a space is seen and experienced by its occupants. Light can bring new life into architecture if used right. Comments (0)

Real Architecture

08.1.2008 | 1:37 pm | Architecture Schools Well as most of my readers know that I present architecture to the public as a self interest. Basically, I had never gone to architecture school. But this summer I went to University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture’s Summer Academy in Architecture - Young Scholars Program, and I got an great dose of it.Architecture should be considered in layers. Design is step one, interaction is step two, and then there are multiple complicated steps that are more specific to that particular home. People enjoy homes that are inviting and make them feel good. Which would you rather spend time in? A room that is small and dark or a room that is bright with lots of windows and nice warm colors that is completely open? This step is the interaction stage of it. But if that nice open room was surrounded by horrible layout, then the architect hasn’t done his job. You can be concerned about the layout of the home’s rooms and forget their interaction with the user.Before I had just focused on the layout. Now I want to show the world something beyond the design and now these other steps. I have discussed light before as something important but now I am going to go deeper into that subject in the next blog post. Comments (0)

Redo

06.3.2008 | 9:08 pm | Home Construction Many people these days are renovating old homes to modernize them and, more often then not, flipping them. If you are doing this, don’t forget to put a little architecture back into the house even if you have to take most of it out to suit your needs. For example, if you redo a old craftsman styled home that hasn’t been redone before, there will be many features like built in cabinets everywhere and other great details. When you’re done with rearranging the layout, finish off with details such as door and opening moldings that match the style of the house. By adding details that match the style of your old home, you can retain the character of your house. _uacct = "UA-2037843-1"; urchinTracker(); Comments (0)

A Great Porch

06.3.2008 | 9:07 pm | Home Construction The best kind of porch for you depends on what you want out of it. Whatever kind of porch or backyard living area you want, here are hints to make it great. If you want a covered porch, don’t make it to deep or to thin. Make it deep enough to accommodate chairs or a table, but don’t make it too deep. If you make a covered porch too deep, you will cut off a lot of light from the room adjoining the porch. In a deck, you can make it as large as you need it to be, but don’t make it eat up most of your yard. The same thing applies to a patio, but with a patio you don’t have the space underneath the space like the deck or a covered porch. When doing a patio, it is usually good to include some covered area. A great way to do this is adding a pergola. Even if you put it right against the house it won’t block the light to the room that you place the pergola in front of. A plant that is grown into the beams that make up the roof of the pergola can provide shade but won’t block out all light. _uacct = "UA-2037843-1"; urchinTracker(); Comments (0)

Cheap architectural details

05.30.2008 | 10:30 am | Home Construction For many of my articles I talk about what you can do if you have plenty of money. However, there are plenty of things that you can do to your house that are cheap that will make your house unique. One of the ways to make your house unique is to add architectural interest. Older homes, i.e. homes built 1940’s and earlier, don’t have any problems because usually they are very ornate. Newer homes sometimes are left without any architectural interest to cut costs.

One of the examples of architectural details is crown molding. It can be easily put up and it can be cheap too. Another way to add architectural features is to take a large blank wall and take some trim and frame a centered area that takes up most of the blank wall. Then paint the inside of the trim a different color then the rest of the room. Then you have a little more architectural interest in your home that didn’t cost you a fortune. _uacct = "UA-2037843-1"; urchinTracker(); Comments (0)

Florida Architecture

04.13.2008 | 5:43 pm | Miscellaneous For our next style of architecture we are traveling back to the eastern United States and looking at architecture in Florida. It is different from southern architecture because it is influenced by Spanish architecture, since Spain colonized Florida before the British did. You can see the result of this influence in their homes.Florida is known for its nearly perfect weather. The houses in that area reflect this because outdoor living in Florida is very popular. Pools, patios, porches, and courtyards are common. Entertainment is also huge in Florida, so the houses are designed for the entertainer. Architect Dan Sater produces many Florida styled homes and he includes all of these features in them.Glass is big in Florida’s homes. When they have a main room that backs up to a porch (like a living room), they put in a wall of windows that slide back to let the outdoors in. Sometimes they will use glass and make a huge structure like a greenhouse that is attached to the back of the house covering a pool. The design will always make the space feel open and take advantage of Florida’s warm weather. _uacct = "UA-2037843-1"; urchinTracker(); Comments (0)

Log Homes

02.26.2008 | 8:59 am | Miscellaneous Well resuming my “Architecture ‘Round the World” series, is architecture setting in the mountains all over the United States. The homes consist of little log cabins to some that aren’t so little. I recently saw some of these up in Colorado, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. True log homes make extensive use of logs - from the outside to the supports to sometimes the railing on the balcony. Sometimes they also have stone accents and fireplaces.One of the most common features of Log Homes is the way the entertaining areas are set up. The living room and dining room are usually combined into one tall room with a stone fireplace and lots of windows. The windows also usually point outward. This feature is usually found in larger traditional log homes, but log homes aren’t always like that.Log homes can include what normal homes include. There are many house plans where architects have made homes look like normal Log Homes but have house plans that are the exact same as the house down the street. That is one of the beautiful things about homes - you can make the house look any style on the outside but you can make it whatever you want to on the inside - even if the style of your home normally requires a floor plan you don’t like, because it is your home. _uacct = "UA-2037843-1"; urchinTracker(); Comments (2)

New Condos - With Car Elevators!

12.29.2007 | 9:55 pm | Home Construction, Miscellaneous I am going to have to break my “Architecture ‘Round the World” series just for this one article! I was looking at a magazine we get every once in a while called Today’s Custom Home that features residential homes and new features like the latest updates in kitchens. In the latest issue, there was an article called “Curtain Opens on Uber-Elite Encore.” In downtown Charlotte there is a new residential building that is rising right next to and part of Charlotte’s Carolina Theater. It will have 20 condos on the upper floors of the 20 story high rise and commercial places on the lower floors including a completely renovated Carolina Theater. But there is a unique challenge to this building - parking for cars that belong to the owners of the multi-million dollar condos. But the builders of the building - Pursuit Group - have come up with their own completely new solution. Encore Condominiums

This building won’t have a parking garage underneath the structure. But it will have garages-private 2 to 4 car garages for each condo. It won’t have a garage on top of the building or even on the side of the buildings. They are going to put them right next to the condos themselves. They are using a system of freight elevators that are accessed from the street level of the building. The cars drive into the building and get on the elevator. The elevator then takes the car and passenger to their level of the building and the doors open and they are in their garage, that even connects to the condo. They even have a video that shows how the elevators work. According to the magazine, there is nothing like this in any residential building in the whole United States. This idea is completely revolutionary. The Encore website can tell you more about this great new architectural design.*Information from www.encorecharlotte.com and from “Curtains Open on Uber-Elite Encore” p. 152 of Today’s Custom Home* _uacct = "UA-2037843-1"; urchinTracker(); Comments (1)

Finally…. Architecture in the South

12.25.2007 | 8:32 pm | Miscellaneous Well I finally have some time to tell you about architecture in the southern United States. I know this architectural style the best because I live here. One of the best known parts of southern U.S. architecture is large porches. Not every house in the southern United States actually has a porch, but they are very common. It adds tons of living space especially in the gentle climate of the south. Even if you don’t have a usable backyard you can still have a porch. The porch is popular over much of the United States now.Southern homes are classic homes. From back to the old plantations of the late 18th century to the current day homes in the South, all of the designs are spacious feeling, good feeling homes. There are many individual styles that make up southern architecture, so go investigate them for you self, such as the classic Virginian backwoods homes to the Floridian homes… they are all great. _uacct = "UA-2037843-1"; urchinTracker(); Comments (0) « Previous Entries Wordpress Themes by Priss

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