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    Discover practical, design-forward ways to green your home, small business, or development project—whether you’re making a simple upgrade, planning a renovation or addition, or building from the ground up. Explore categories focused on water and energy efficiency, waste reduction, improved indoor air quality, sustainable landscaping, and best-practice strategies to help future-proof your project.

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    Principal of Sebastian Eilert Architecture.

    • Design highlights. The Kitchen:

      Kitchens are the number one request when looking to improve an existing home and are a vital key feature of any new design. New home projects allow to create kitchens as a feature of the overall style and are comparatively easy to design to the liking of the client. L-shape kitchen with recessed refrigerator –…

    • Age in Place, Part II: Connect-ability

      This post is building on the previous post – Age in Place – Increased focus of future design. Another key aspect to aging in place is to look beyond the actual building or space itself, and consider the larger context the living space is sitting in. In order to have a functioning aging in place…

    • Building information modeling, or BIM, is the newest generation of software used for design and creation of documents for architectural projects.

      For thousands of years, architecture has been worked the same way. The tools have changed, from drawings on papyrus or chipped into stone, to drafting on velum and blueprints. The shift to CAD, computer aided design or drafting, was a major shift in the speed of production but doesn’t really change the way architects work.…

    • Furniture for (outdoor) Miami / South Florida

      Miami is a trending town. South Beach and Brickell feature a plethora of high rises, one sleeker than the next; seeking cutting edge contemporary furniture to match. Other places historic charm calls for old world style and serene durability. Yet all of these styles still seek a unique place: the outdoors. Here the style becomes…

    • Concrete foundation pour – in progress time lapse

      Concrete pour for a large foundation/footing. Steel has been placed and inspected.  Construction workers actually working! Jokes aside, you can see the setup to pour, the harmony between concrete truck driver and the workers, the vibrator machine to ensure that concrete is packed properly and the general smoothing and leveling of the top. Pretty good…

    • Age in Place – Increased focus of future design

      With a growing portion of the population living longer, aging in place is receiving increased focus beyond the healthcare industry. City planners, service providers and designers are all becoming aware of adjustments that are required in the fabric of everyday life to accommodate the needs and preferences of an aging populous. I have received an…

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