Residential Architect articles from May 2004

Residential Architect archives from May 2004

Reinventing the American house: we're going to do it; it needs to be done.(from the editor)
May 1, 2004... for the same reason Hollywood chooses to invest in "Terminator XII: Return of the Robotic Arm," mass-market home builders gravitate to time-tested designs: They sold before; likely they'll sell again. So much money goes into bringing houses to...

Tall tales.(Letters: keep those cards, letters, and e-mails coming.)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... I would like to thank you for publishing my letter in your August 2003 issue ("An Edge to Grind," page 15). I have received a number of supportive--and some critical--responses to the letter, and I was even contacted by a few former classmates...

Where are we headed?(Letters: keep those cards, letters, and e-mails coming.)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2004... take a look around you in the new residential areas and even the existing desirable suburbs where the old is being torn down and replaced with McMansions. These are the 3,000- to 5,000-square-foot residences with their pseudo-Romanesque or...

Modern master.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)
May 1, 2004... even someone without the slightest interest in architecture knows the work of Pierre Koenig, FAIA. His Case Study Houses #21 (1959) and especially #22 (1960) have reached icon status, rep resenting in films and in print everything from...

Remembering mockbee.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)
May 1, 2004... although architect, educator, and MacArthur winner Samuel Mockbee died three years ago, he's anything but forgotten. He received a posthumous Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects this year. And this month a traveling exhibit of...

Dumb no more.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)
May 1, 2004... despite the growing green architecture movement, there remains an information gap for would-be practitioners. Hoping to fill that void, architect Jason E McLennan recently founded Ecotone Publishing, a book publishing company he believes is the...

Calendar.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)(Calendar)
May 1, 2004... green tent design competition registration due: july 30 deadline: august 11 Ecoshack, a green design laboratory, hosts a competition to design environmentally sustainable camping shelters or "green tents." Winners will be awarded...

Homage to housing.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)
May 1, 2004... now in its fourth year, the AIA Housing PIA Awards Program has announced the winners of its 2004 competition. More than 150 entrants were reviewed by jury chair Gila Dev, FAIA, Dev Architects, San Francisco, and members Alberto Cardenas, AIA,...

Sur la plan.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)
May 1, 2004... Chief Architect, a familiar name among residential specialists, has introduced a new kit of parts to speed up design development: The Kitchen and Bath Designer's Toolkit. Leveraging the Chief Architect software platform, the program offers...

The greenpeace effect.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)
May 1, 2004... habitat for Humanity concentrates on building low-cost housing for poor families, while Greenpeace campaigns to stop environmental destruction. While both fight for worthy causes, the two organizations haven't officially intersected--until a...

On the boards / mies is more.(Home front: tips and trends from the world of residential design)
May 1, 2004... the Birmingham, Mich.,-based architectural firm McIntosh Poris Associates is charged with adding to And renovating a 78-acre garden community known as Lafayette Park, in downtown Detroit. But this isn't just your plain Jane neighborhood...

An area separation wall for all seasons: gypsum board system helps Philadelphia-area home builder maintain tight construction schedule even during tough winter months.(Special Advertising Section)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... As a leading residential home builder in the Philadelphia area, the Barness Organization works year-round to meet the growing demand for new housing. Our latest construction project, Chalfont Greene, includes 84 townhomes and five single-family...

A manifesto: the congress of residential architects lays its foundation.(perspective)
May 1, 2004... The majority of Americans live in poorly designed homes that are haphazardly sited, thoughtlessly constructed, and, in some cases, hazardous to their health. The quality of most new single-family construction for the last 40 years is at...

Teach your clients well: an ounce of prevention will save a ton of billable hours.(practice)
May 1, 2004... architect Scott Guyon, AIA, thinks of his clients as heroes. Of the new homes built in central Kentucky last year, only about 10 percent were designed by architects. So, he figures, the relatively few brave souls who request his services are...

Residential architect '04 Design Awards.(Cover Story)
May 1, 2004... This isn't our design awards program, it's yours. You enter your best work and your peers judge which shall rise above the rest. We editors stand back and watch, always fascinated to see what gets entered and what gets chosen. As flies on the...

Introducing Thermador refrigeration: the quietest on the market.(Residential architect: 2004 Design Awards)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... Now a Thermador kitchen offers not only more luxury, more efficiency and more style than any other kitchen, hut more peace and quiet as well. Thermador completes its extensive line of state-of-the-art kitchen appliances with the quietest...

LaHabra Stucco chosen in winning projects.(Residential architect: 2004 Design Awards)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2004... LaHabra Stucco has the distinction of being specified in two of the winning projects in the 2004 residential architect Design Awards. The judges look not only at the design, but at the overall package of the house in choosing the winners. As an...

Humble opinion.(end quote)
May 1, 2004... gates house, san jose, calif., 1904 bernard maybeck bernard Maybeck didn't believe in imposing one design vision on every client. He adapted his style and strategy to fit each individual site and program, while maintaining the thread of...