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Best Home Security Cameras

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Modern home security camera providers deliver systems with high-tech software and support , along with capabilities such as face recognition and object tracking. This camera is ideal for capturing 1080p video of your porch, deck or backyard. Research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics projects spending to reach $8 billion in 2019.

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The Lantern House - My 2014 Playhouse Design | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I always design my playhouses on a wood deck so that it makes it easier to move. Another benefit of adding a deck is that it allows the homeowner to trim the grass that grows up around the playhouse without causing any damage. This will allow the playhouse to take on the role of folly in the landscape of someone’s backyard.

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Christmas Cards from Famous Architects | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Mark Mc Swain I’ve heard it’s possible, but you need very sophisticaed animation software les you get [404] and [runtime] errors. Actually, these last two days are sort of a mad scramble to clear the decks prior to being off for the next two weeks! Kerry Hogue actually I am working today, a bit anyway. and tomorrow as well.

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KHouse Modern - Progress Update 03 | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

On the right hand side of the image above is the master bedroom wing and deck. The cast in place concrete wall on the right is an outdoor seating area at the end of the deck – it’s easier to see in the next images. We just made the switch to Bluebeam Software for Revit and it made a huge difference.

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KHouse Modern Progress Update | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

In addition, we made the deck both bigger AND smaller at the same time (that’s the kind of architectural magic we perform at my office). We also redesigned the deck off the master bedroom so that there was a generous seating area available. We made the deck area here considerably larger and added a seating area.

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Residential Deconstruction versus Demolition | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Or some-such–I rely heavily upon software and paid professionals for such things. I haven’t come across that issue but once and it was the adhesive that was used to secure the linoleum to the sub-deck. If I’m rmembering it right, Deductions decrease the taxable income used to calculate taxes owed.

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ABCs of interactive marketing

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The content formats we rely on today have an uncanny resemblance to the content formats we relied on yesterday—our blog posts look like print articles, our offers look like books, and our slide decks look like presentations. We double down on this idea by using our own conversational marketing software on our homepage.

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