Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect?

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. It’s architecture not emergency surgery, mix in some hobbies during the weekend. What about those poor souls?

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JULY 29, 2014

Rich wooden textures were combined with a soft color palette in the main living spaces, enhancing the feeling of spaciousness. Bold design lines meet dark and light colors to create a sophisticated ambiance. The wonderful glass furniture that brightens up the spaces was done in collaboration with Dallas-based Mister Glass.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 16, 2017

While most of the judges are not architecturally trained, even they could spot a design that had scale issues. Monster Land Designers : Alisson Villarreal (Atlantico, Colombia) and Roberto Cuevas ( Atlantico, Colombia) Bio (Alisson): I’m an Industrial Designer who shares a love for art, spaces, color, contrast and nature.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MAY 27, 2014

Architecture. Architecture. Architecture › Simplicity Reigns in 100% Renewable Energy Home: Great Gulf Active House . By Ada Teicu in Architecture. The first Active House in Russia was designed by architecture firm Polygon Lab and is situated in the outskirts of Moscow, in Zapadnaya Dolina. Architecture.

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Trendir Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

House by Adam KalkinArchitect Adam Kalkin is mostly known for his modern shipping container home designs that are so innovative and stylish, they could easily become the poster homes for cargotecture (a term coined for shipping container architecture). Containers of Hope by Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture. Aqua Container Home.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 5, 2017

From an architectural standpoint, the pass-thru space to the right of the front door isn’t just for visual architectural trickery. While I returned back to Dallas on Saturday, they are still there to coordinate some final moving parts. This is actually the view out the main window towards the lake.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 15, 2016

We went through what seems like a ton of different options and while this is actually a long story to get where we are, the client basically went with the top mortar color. I took this picture because of the red steel pipe columns They are red because that’s the primer color that comes with the steel that keeps them from rusting.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MARCH 1, 2019

“Clean and simple is one of the biggest trends in window treatments, like pairing treatments for coverage with simple side panels just to give that pop of color and texture to make a statement in the room,” says Shane Aidala, Marketing Director at Gotcha Covered. Regarding colors, Aidala says brown remains a staple color for treatments.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MARCH 9, 2019

However, Karen Otto at Home Star Staging in Dallas, TX, does not use faux sheepskin and cowhide rugs. The photo above demonstrates how to use the most stylish color of every year. Sheepskin and cowhide rugs transcend all décor styles and help blend styles seamlessly with neutral, natural texture and color,” Otto says.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2016

It started with Benjamin Moore selecting white as it’s 2016 Color of the Year. White can come in as many hues and intensities as any other color. Our friends over at Gardenista have you covered with the full spectrum of white paint color options. It has been a big year for white in home design.

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MARCH 5, 2020

Over the course of the presentation, key strategies will be outlined on how to blur the lines between architecture, interior design and branding to create truly extraordinary experiences. While this seminar has a strong healthcare focus, the underlying strategies are universal and apply to all design sectors. June 8 • 1:00 p.m.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MARCH 8, 2019

The top 10 cities, in order, are Baltimore, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Columbus OH, Cincinnati, Detroit, New York, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose and Dallas/Fort Worth. For example, they tend to leave fecal spots on your mattress, walls, and upholstery (ranging in color from red to reddish brown).

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Life of an Architect

MAY 8, 2016

On Thursday, May 5th, 2015, the Americans Institute of Architects of Dallas organized a day of awareness and celebration on the impact the ADA has had on the built environment and the disabled community and I was asked to participate by spending my entire day with no hearing. This was a difficult and depressing day quite honestly.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

–even if you guess the right product, you then have to guess the right color. In Dallas there is a HUGE spec home market and we compete against them for clients. I suspect it keeps the dirty stuff out of the sink during the small (ha!) Consider only counter tops. Corian, Avonite, quartz, glass, concrete; stome; tile; etc.–even

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 27, 2014

The short description is that the site had to be cleared (architectural speak for scraping the dirt and landscaping away as needed), the piers have been drilled (holes dug into the ground down to rock which will be filled with concrete and rebar) and formwork is getting set. If Dallas had a rainy season, we would be in it.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 15, 2014

My career is more stable Well, at least as stable as a job in the architectural profession can be. And as I get older I feel less need to give advice and have control so hair color becomes a moot point. I’m 54 and am going back to college to study architecture. Is this the goal of every working architect?

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 15, 2016

A good case in point is the gable vent I recently designed for a house in Dallas that I am currently working on. That Architectural History class is still paying off. More times than not, I can just look at something I’ve drawn and I’d know if something was off. The sketch above has a similar condition.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 17, 2016

I used an integrally colored siding for this year’s playhouse so the plan was to get everything built and painted prior to installing the siding. If you are in Dallas, you can stop by Northpark Mall and buy a raffle ticket to for The Cottage Playhouse (or any other playhouse should you be so inclined).

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

A Christmas ornament seemed Christmas-y enough so I sketched it up, took a picture of it with my phone, brought it into Photoshop where I added some color, and then *BOOM* … the graphic was created. 4:00pm There is another project I recently started – a new house here in the Dallas, in an area called Preston Hollow.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

The Runners Up 2900 West Dallas Villas at River Oaks AMLI River Oaks Post 510 AMLI City Vista Westheimer Apartments Midtown Several years of a bullish local economy have helped lead to large investments and substantial revitalization in Midtown. A WaterWorks pool, juice bar and fitness studio are other property highlights.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Image Source: HB Dallas Home automation is an ever-expanding market that is growing by leaps and bounds. It is easy to program, has customizable color display choices (it can match your walls), responds to humidity levels and even shows the weather forecast for your area. Home automation is projected to be a $21.6

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 12, 2014

So when I was offered a new Bosch Tassimo T55 brewing system, and casually mentioned it to the people sitting around me, they said I might “accidentally” fall on the sharp end of an architectural scale if I didn’t say yes. Isn’t the color green supposed to mean something like you’re a genius or something?

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Architectural concept sketches, construction details, construction photos … these are the sorts of posts that are both my most favorite, and least favorite, to put together. Can I just tell you how spoiled we are here in Dallas with the masons available to us? We used ípe wood for the trellis slats due to its durability.We

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Life of an Architect

JULY 12, 2015

This year I went back to lining the interiors in comatose – a recycled pressed paper product that anyone who went to architecture school is familiar. You can also paint in over and over again should you want to introduce some color in to the interior.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 7, 2015

In all, there are 36 awards to be distributed – 28 to the Finalists of the 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition , and 1 apiece to Dallas CASA, Humanetics, and to the contractors who built this year’s winning playhouses. If you consider yourself a designer, you should design everything.

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