Steel Connections Make Strong Impression
Anybody who appreciates modern architecture certainly appreciates exposed steel links, be they steel or steel to some other material. The material’s strength makes it perfect as a structural element in a variety of ways. Welding, bolting, bending and other fastenings and manipulations offer metal joints lots of character. This report concentrates on those links, looking […]
12-Step App for Architecture
Welcome to our weekly meeting for those suffering from an architecture addiction. It’s taken a while for us to come to terms with our addictions. But we are here today, publicly standing facing the group requesting one another’s perception, asking for patience as we work through this, requesting assistance. I see a new face in […]
Istanbul Apartment Does a Double Take
Divided right down the center in style and purpose, this joint Turkish apartment is a distinctive combination of contemporary and traditional styles, and private and public spaces. The owners, a middle-age couple, bought two apartment units to combine them into a single space. Designer Neslihan Pekcan of all Pebbledesign was faced with the challenge of […]
Creative Open-Concept Home in Toronto
When performers Claudia Bader and Martin Tavares first walked with a property available in downtown Toronto, they didn’t give it a second glance. It turned out to be a run-down boardinghouse for seven pupils, and a neglectful landlord had enabled the building to fall apart. But Bader’s husband, Timothy Mitanidis, saw the possibility. Bader, Mitanidis […]
Renovation Detail: The Tapered Craftsman Column
I am almost embarrassed to admit that we bought our house because it has a front porch with square-tapered Craftsman columns. Though they’re wrapped in aluminum and have seen better days, their proportions are so perfect, they make me weak in the knees. Craftsman design columns are fine, historic and simple in design. Critical in […]
Fuse Box Takes Cover
The fuse box is located near the top of the listing of awkward but essential home features. It’s ugly, it’s bulky, and it seems impossible to conceal. And it ought to be readily accessible, of course. It can be tough to think of a solution that keeps it tucked away but still handy. Cathy Zaeske […]
Great Color Combination: A Black and Green Palette
We’ve had some rainy days in the last couple of weeks in Los Angeles. In my hometown of Pasadena, there are lots of coastal roads of magnificent camphor trees. I’m constantly reminded of just how much I like green and black collectively while driving down those streets after a fantastic rain. Camphor trees, especially in […]
Cozy Vermont Cabin Blanketed in Charm
Homeowners Eric and Phiona Milano set out to build a peaceful, comfortable cabin in the woods with three “friendly” requirements: budget friendly, ecofriendly, and take favorable (all the construction materials would have to be hand-carried above a river on a metal pedestrian bridge). Teaming up with builder Joan Heaton and builders Sean Flynn and Mike […]