Residential Architect articles from August 2003

Residential Architect archives from August 2003

Industry calendar of events.(Special Advertising Section)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
August 1, 2003... NATIONAL HARDWARE SHOW August 10-12 McCormick Place, Chicago, IL Held in conjunction with International Hardware Week, the show offers builders, contractors, designers, and architects the opportunity to discover new and...

Back to basics: new modern houses get friendlier with our agricultural past.(from the editor)(Editorial)
August 1, 2003... I've just returned from a stretch in Maine, where I stayed in a bare-bones summer cottage overlooking a peaceful bay. The cottage is in Brooklin--with an "i"--near where E.B. White wrote the trio of children's books that includes Charlotte's...

An edge to grind.(Letters: keep those cards, letters, and e-mails coming.)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2003... I cannot understand why the [residential architect Design Awards] jury chose to recognize the Tower House (May 2003, pages 48 and 49), much less select it for a grand award. While I realize that the jury is probably allowed great latitude, what...

A modest proposal.(Letters: keep those cards, letters, and e-mails coming.)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2003... I agree wholeheartedly with your comments in "Where Will the Loft-Lovers Live?" (January/February 2003, page 13). I currently live in a modern house developed in San Jose, Calif., by Joseph Eichler in 1959, and it is the most amazing living...

Stern abroad.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)
August 1, 2003... Custom-home commissions in exotic locales are nothing new; for years now they've entertained house architects eager to decipher arcane building customs and sample global cuisines. But these days, there's also a growing international market for...

Calendar.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)(Calendar)
August 1, 2003... residential architect design awards: call for entries entry form and fee due: november 21, 2003 completed binders due: january 5, 2004 Our annual residential architect Design Awards program honors outstanding architecture in the...

Foreign affairs: two San Francisco architects practicing in Japan learn to be prepared for anything.(perspective)
August 1, 2003... affordable housing in any country is highly regulated and constrained by conditions ranging from building codes to societal attitudes. In designing public housing in Japan, we have been exposed to constraints and opportunities that are very...

Corps values: in the Peace Corps, architects learn to think globally and design locally.(practice)
August 1, 2003... architect Jack Tucker owes his life's direction to the call of adventure and the hand of fate. As a student at the University of Arkansas in the early 1960s, he was on a date with a girl who mentioned that the Peace Corps exams were being held...

Modern, historical, public, private, chaos, quiet: Suman Sorg spins elegant solutions among opposing forces.(Biography)
August 1, 2003... Viewed from across a wind-swept cove on Maryland's Chesapeake Bay, the weekend residence Suman Sorg, FAIA, is completing looks like a cluster of Monopoly houses: three tall, grabled buildings with tin roofs and glass walls facing out over the...

Beijing: Wukesong Residential District.(No boundaries: America's housing designers discovers a global market for their skills.)
August 1, 2003... Beijing has very strict laws prohibiting new buildings from casting shadows on residential structures. So when the Watertown Mass.--based firm Sasaki Associates was hired to design 40 acres' worth of high-density housing (plus light commercial)...

Rotterdam, Netherlands: Maashaven Towers.(No boundaries: America's housing designers discovers a global market for their skills.)(Archi-Tectonics designs new project.)
August 1, 2003... Maashaven Towers is an audacious example of Europe's new minimum renaissance. Located on the Maas River in the world's largest port, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the project calls for the construction of three radical sky-grabbing apartment...

Banff, Alberta, Canada: Courtyard on Bear / Cave Avenue Multi-unit Residential.(No boundaries: America's housing designers discovers a global market for their skills.)
August 1, 2003... Say the words "mountain architecture" and most people think of heavy logs, chalet-style elevations, and maybe even an antler chandelier. William McDonough + Partners plans to change all that. The Charlottesville, Va.--based firm is designing...

Knokke-Heist, Belgium Heulebrug.(No boundaries: America's housing designers discovers a global market for their skills.)
August 1, 2003... Most U.S. developers think of Modernist housing as a risky gamble. Miami-based architects and town planners Duany Plater-Zyberk ran into the opposite situation in drawing up a master plan for the Heulebrug neighborhood, part of the city of...

Downsizing: keep snug spaces trim and tidy with compact appliances.(products: doctor spec)
August 1, 2003... When custom home projects call for high-end appliances, architects have more choices than they can shake a stick at. But many of today's renovations are taking place in condos and coops. What are your options when city dwellers in tight...

Numbers game.(new materials)
August 1, 2003... For your next apartment project, you might forego the conventional unplugged unit numbers in favor of this electrified signage. The stainless steel faceplate with raised plastic numbers comes in standard or custom shapes and can accommodate a...

Alter Ego.(new materials)
August 1, 2003... Chameleonlike, the Nymphaea basin turns different hues--red, blue, green, yellow, purple, and orange--in response to the temperature of the water. Lightemitting diodes powered by a 5-volt connection produce the changes in tint. The handcrafted...

All aglow.(new materials)
August 1, 2003... The high-voltage color of the Meta Plasma faucet derives from an acrylic material that appears to "magically illuminate" under natural light, the manufacturer says. The solid brass, single-lever fitting has a chrome-plated spout and handle. In...

Organize this: achieve shelf-sufficiency with these clever closet systems.(products: off the shelf)
August 1, 2003... mod squad The Bilbao collection's single modular wardrobes can be tailored and combined to create individualized closet arrangements. The aluminum-framed units contain maple melamine, cherry, or rosewood drawers and shelves and feature...

With JELD-WEN, you can welcome years of reliability into your homes.(Special Advertising Section)
August 1, 2003... JELD-WEN[R] VINYL WINDOWS THE SUMMIT[R] COLLECTION Our vinyl windows are designed to be visually appealing and reliably enduring. We offer colonial double-hung and single-hung windows to complement traditional architecture. All our vinyl...

Garage doors.(Special Advertising Section)
August 1, 2003... A garage door may be on the front, side, or back of a home, but no matter where it is located, it is usually the biggest door on a home and often the one that makes a first impression. So it has to look good and enhance the style of the home....

Natural expression: Casa Mila, Barcelona, Spain, 1906-1912 Antoni Gaudi.(end quote)(Brief Article)(Biography)
August 1, 2003... antoni Gaudi counted many thinkers, writers, and artists among his influences. But no person had as much of an impact on his work as the natural world did. The Barcelona architect's signature swooping forms and intricate application of color...