What Is a Vaulted Ceiling? In essence, a vaulted ceiling is any ceiling that angles up past the typical 8- to 10-foot flat ceiling...

Overview If the thought of a 60-story timber-frame building doesn’t seem all that different than a few very tall toothpicks bound...

Future proofing – Flexible Spaces
: Make sure the design you choose addresses more than just your immediate needs as these will change...

Since the mid-2000s, designers began repurposing containers into a wide array of buildings. Some structures can be simple—a single...

Countries of Concrete Most developed countries now rely on vast networks of roads to allow for fast transportation between cities. The US...

Alta House: view of Kitchen. Note windows and skylights for ample daylighting, variety of ceiling heights, and cozy inglenook space with...

To maximize the financial return on your kitchen remodels, keep the basics in mind and avoid trends. Trends are fun, but buyers are more...

History Rudimentary forms of kinetic architecture such as the drawbridge can be traced back to the Middle Ages or earlier. Yet it was...

Located about two and a half hours north of San Francisco, Sea Ranch is a community whose buildings were designed to be integrated into...

Weathering refers to the chemical composition of these steels, allowing them increased resistance to atmospheric corrosion compared to...

Our bodies respond to queues in our environment – as our evolutionary responses developed – and much of what is designed today is giving...

Commission Among his other credentials, Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) was one of the principal architects of the cemeteries and...

Well-designed sun control and shading devices can dramatically reduce building peak heat gain and cooling requirements and improve the...

In achieving architectural design excellence there are infinite Everests which beckon us: which Everest should we climb? “The secret of...

I’m guessing that high up on your wish list might be for your home to be situated in a location with a breathtaking view – perhaps by the...

For most people extra living space has traditionally been acquired by moving house, but if you are happy with where you live, the...

“When they have a choice, people will always gravitate to those rooms which have light on two sides, and leave the rooms which are lit...

An infinity pool can be used to frame how your home is to be perceived from a pre-selected vantage point. Our firm was recently...

House in Zakopane, Poland Architect/theorist Christopher Alexander conceptualized Pattern #117: Sheltering Roof in his 1977 book, A...

A couple’s compartmentalized built-in desk alcoves. With two separate alcoves, each partner in the relationship is assured of having an...