Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

There are two garages on this house, and both of them are disconnected from the main house (because this is a LEED Gold or better house, final paperwork has not been completed). This is at the deck just off the main Living Room – which acts as a visual extension of that room in to the exterior. See that yellow caution tape?

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Despite the fact that we are going to seek LEED for Homes certification for our project (where deconstruction is preferable to demolition), there are benefits to every residential home owner who is planning on building a new house on a site where a house currently exists. Material was then transferred to Habitat’s ReStore in Tampa.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Open living space at SkyHouse SkyHouse Houston Year Built: 2014 Number of Units: 336 Number of Layouts: 11 Rent: $1,410-$3,135 Highlights: These modern apartments off Main Street nab an 82 Walk Score, and feature an expansive roof deck that includes a saltwater pool, tennis courts and fire pits.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

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). This rendered site plan still shows the vegetative roof – something that we were pursuing since this will be a LEED for Homes certified project. This is the latest and greatest site plan.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 7, 2015

There is a fairly sizable deck that is cantilevered off the back here; eventually there will be guard rails that ring the edge so if any of you were concerned that someone would fall to their death sprained ankle, rest easy. The site falls off fairly steeply towards the back … well, it’s steep for Dallas, Texas.

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