Tag: Home
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4 Ways You Can Upgrade Your Living Room, guest post by Karl Kennedy
Your living room gets a lot of use. It’s the place where everyone gathers and goes to relax. You want to have a space where family and friends are comfortable. You love spending time in your living room. The only downside, the room is in desperate need of an upgrade. When the furniture is comfortably…
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Design after COVID 19. How the virus may affect architectural design for the home – Part II: work, friends, and family
There is no doubt that the “after” will bring with it some changes and lasting adjustments. After looking at how the home needs to adapt for our personal use, what changes may be needed for work from home and visiting friends and family? In the home – Part II: The first part of this question…
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Design after COVID 19. How the virus may affect architectural design for the home, Part I
There is no doubt that the “after” will bring with it some changes and lasting adjustments. After looking at how the office and office culture are likely affected, what do changes to the home may look like? In the home – Part I: “Shelter in place” and “remote work from home” are certainly familiar terms…
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6 Sustainable Home Renovation Tips to Improve Your Fixer-Upper, guest post by Ray Flynn
When planned correctly, buying a fixer-upper can help you save money while creating the house of your dreams. You’re sure to have a few expectations and ideas about how you want your house to turn out, but where do you start? Try taking a sustainable approach to your home improvements so you can reduce your…
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Architects as day-to-day activists, not just design stars:
Few architects will reach stardom in their carrier or their life. The ones that do have typically been blessed by a unique commission that allowed them to truly and freely feature their skills resulting in a spectacular structure. Frequently these structures are of a public or high profile private nature, such as museums, signature buildings…
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The Role(s) of the Architects – what we really do
Let’s keep the role and influence of the individual architect a little reasonable and in perspective here. There are so many varying aspects of architecture employment. Few actually design, especially design all the time. Most are executing some sort construction documents or other legal text relevant to the building at hand, research materials or…
