Materials and Products

Tornado Shelters and Safe Rooms

Tornado Shelters and Safe Rooms

You might be surprised to learn that more tornadoes hit the United States than any other country in the world … Texas has more tornadoes than any other state … I live in Texas … and we have a tornado shelter in the Cottonwood modern project I have been working on.

What to get an Architect for Christmas (2011)

What to get an Architect for Christmas (2011)

Shopping for an architect isn’t any fun because we are generally self-righteous about quality and routinely look down our noses at mass-produced items. Here are some can’t miss gift ideas sure to please any architect (except the jerky ones)

What to get an Architect for Christmas

What to get an Architect for Christmas

The only thing worse than shopping for someone who has everything is shopping for an architect. They suck to shop for because they are exceedingly particular and you know that they think your taste is garbage. So what is the well intentioned gift giver to do?

Polishing Concrete Floors

Polishing Concrete Floors

after grinding down the original concrete floors, we decided the best finish would be the simplest … just not the easiest.

Refinishing Concrete Floors

Refinishing Concrete Floors

Grinding and polishing my concrete floors technically started as an idea 4 years ago … but the time to do this properly came, and I’m not sure I was completely prepared for what that meant.

An Architect’s tool bag

An Architect’s tool bag

To be an architect you have to have specific tools to get the job done. Here is a look at the ones I use most often.

Modern Stairs – the timeline

Modern Stairs – the timeline

Modern stairs are governed by million rules and regulations – designing one that looks simple is anything but simple.

Weekend Adventure in So-Cal

Weekend Adventure in So-Cal

I had a working trip to southern california to visit the Bosch Experience and Design Center – but I brought the family and made an adventure out of it

European Design for the Modern Kitchen

European Design for the Modern Kitchen

Shortly I will be flying to California to take part in panel discussion titled “Design Trends for the Modern Kitchen” with Bosch, BLANCO and DWELL magazine.

SketchUp renderings…You Have Options

SketchUp renderings…You Have Options

Creating realistic renderings in SketchUp is easier (and quicker and cheaper) than you think.