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STAYING PUT IN STYLE: WRAP-AROUND REMODEL
An 18th-century Federal farmhouse had multiple lean-to additions tacked onto it over its first 200 years. These served not so much to reach out to the landscape but to separate those within the house from it.
In addition, plantings that were once under control began to consume not only the home's walls but also any potential for a view from the windows that actually caught a glimpse of a backyard pond. — Published 2013.0605
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STAYING PUT IN STYLE: EXPANDING WITHOUT ADDING
Sometimes the way the existing space in your home is laid out makes it difficult to use or appreciate its overall dimensions.
In a 1980s addition to a classic early-19th-century Federalist-style home, a layer of living space was simply wrapped around the perimeter of the existing home’s backside, with doorways cut through the original outside walls. — Published 2013.0424
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STAYING PUT IN STYLE: CONDO KITCHEN
Selectively removing a nonbearing wall connects a viewless, internal kitchen to living and dining spaces. Simple, standard detailing was used to create custom cabinets at an affordable cost.
Tall elements — range hood, refrigerator, and upper cabinets — were kept away from the opening to allow better connection. The height of the wall allows for a visual separation of whatever is on the countertop from those in the living room. — Published 2013.0306
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STAYING PUT IN STYLE: OPEN-MINDED
In a 1920s hillside upside-down house — where the living area is below the entry level — walking downstairs to get to the living room wasn’t the only aspect that was awkward.
When you arrived at the living floor you were unceremoniously dumped into a tight vestibule measuring just six feet by four feet (1.8 meters by 1.2 meters) with three three-foot-wide (0.9-meter-wide) doorways providing access into each space. — Published 2013.0213
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STAYING PUT IN STYLE: BARING ALL
Baring All
Most American suburban homes have more walls than people want. There are two types of walls in most homes: those that carry weight (bearing walls) and those that don't (nonbearing walls). — Published 2013.0109
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NEW NORTHWEST ARCHITECTURE
The City of Portland and Multnomah County, Oregon, have a vision: to eradicate homelessness within their jurisdictions by 2015 through providing more permanent housing and improving social support. One step toward this ambitious goal is the new Bud Clark Commons in Portland. — Published 2012.0404
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THE PROJECT IS GOING DOWN...
What will you do to save our vital project?
You are the project manager for the most important project in the history of your firm, and you see the project heading into serious trouble. What do you do? — Published 2012.0307
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STAYING PUT IN STYLE
There are over 80 million single-family homes in the United States, and it's estimated that 18 million of these are "under water," meaning the mortgage is larger than the value of the house. Millions of families feel trapped, living a life sentence of domestic frustration in homes that do not work for them while being unable to move to solve the problems they confront on a daily basis. — Published 2012.0208
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CALIFORNIA HOUSES OF GORDON DRAKE
Over and over again, Gordon Drake declared that it was his avowed intention to design decent homes for people on minimum budgets. It is natural enough, therefore, that he will be best remembered for his small homes designed for California living.
One kind of assessment of his work can be approached through looking at the things that he used. — Published 2011.0713
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AIA HOUSING AWARDS: SINGLE-FAMILY
In the Towerview neighborhood of Racine, Wisconsin, a strikingly modern two-story home stands apart on a lakefront site. Though its architects credit nearby Victorians as inspiration for the vivid colors highlighting its facade, the playful tone, rectilinear massing, and structurally expressive detailing seem to make more recent references — as well they might. — Published 2011.0406
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