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This beautiful larch chapel was designed and built by students of an Advanced Design/Build Studio at the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture in Chicago. An ecumenical church co-operative in Boedigheim, Germany asked for the help of the students in designing a chapel where prayer and reflection would be welcome, but that also could [...]
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Build a house, design the interior. The usual way of doing things leaves the interior designer always having to “make do” with a pre-configured space. The architect builds a shell that may be filled in ways that radically change the way air and light are intended to flow through the building. Marcus Mohan, designer, and [...]
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At Good Millwork, we appreciate the beauty of a well constructed building. That takes more than good raw materials, it takes vision on the part of the architect who designs the building. Even the best building can stick out like a sore thumb if the architect does not consider the property it is being built [...]
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During and after the American Revolution, the Bahamas saw an influx of people who were loyal to Great Britain. They brought their slaves and indentured servants and began building a new life. In Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, many of these buildings are still standing. In fact, many of them have been restored and [...]
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Ernest Hemingway spent his most prolific years as an author at a home in Key West, Florida. The home, now a museum, still stands. It was here that Hemingway learned to sport fish, something that influenced so many of his later writings. Here, too, he acquired a six toed tom cat, whose descendants still roam [...]
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This week I went through a selection of interviews by some famous and slightly famous architects. As I read, I looked at how they defined architecture during the course of these interviews. Below are some excerpts from those interviews where they answer the question “What is architecture?” . Though they are all taken out of [...]
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Rarely does such a GEM of residential craftsmanship realize! This home, built in the lovely Rosemary Beach, FL is in our backyard, and it is filled with architectural woodwork and other forms of beauty both in the interior and the exterior. Let us provide custom architectural woodwork including moldings, shutters, doors or stair parts for [...]
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New Library in Baton Rouge, LA to be center of human interaction — a space bringing people together for information dialogue and exchange. Louisiana based Trahan Architects, a firm with expertise in institutional design and religious architecture (check the Holy Rosary Church Complex, remarkable project), recently unveiled conceptual design for the renovation and expansion of [...]
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How to sell to architects – Part 2 – Architect’s workflow: 6 Pointers to help you sell those creative types what they need…PS, just in case you’re running a little behind…don’t forget to checkout How to Sell Architects – Part 1 – Introduction. If you wish to sell to architects you should probably first know [...]
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