As architects and builders, we’re typically working on about eight houses at any given time (including the overlapping design, permitting, and construction phases of a project).
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Timeless Design as Sustainability
f you follow the BUILD Blog, you know that we’re advocates of genuine sustainability.
Landscaping Strategies for the Modern Home
One of the primary reasons that we maintain our Case Study House series is to experiment with design ideas on our own homes before we propose them on the projects we design for clients.
The Modern List Melbourne
This installment of The Modern List takes our modernist adventures to the southern hemisphere. Last month, BUILD’s summer intern, Peter Gray, spent some time in Melbourne, Australia, and gave us the run down on some of the head-turning modernism permeating this cosmopolitan city at all scales.
Why Millennials Are Moving Home Design Trends
Home design trends are like fashion— constantly in flux. What’s hot one minute is not so hot the next, leaving you with an outdated home.
HOW WE CREATED OUR LAST WEBSITE
Father Christmas. Santa Claus. Or as I’ve always known him: Jeff. You hate me; you want to kill me! Well, go on! Kill me! KILL ME! The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things.…hey.…the good things don’t always soften the bad things; but vice-versa the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant. Saving the world with meals on wheels.
FEED YOUR SKIN
Indulging in savory fruits and vegetables and warm, spicy baked goods is one of the season’s great pleasures. But did you know that this cornucopia also can benefit your beauty routine? In fact, the very ingredients that are hallmarks of your holiday meals are extremely effective skin remedies.
INFOGRAPHIC – SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION
Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate? How do you know she is a witch? On second thoughts, let’s not go there. It is a silly place. Where’d you get the coconuts? Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help, help, I’m being repressed!
A 1930s Home In Austin, Texas Gets A Contemporary Makeover
There’s an important design concept that most architects study during their educations. It’s typically associated with old-school modernists like architect Louis Kahn and projects dating back to the 1950’s and 60’s.