Here are the top blog posts for 2014. Let us know which topic was your favorite!
5. The evolution of a sketch and list of ideas into a dream home.
In an age of immediate gratification architecture and construction is a slow process. We started the design for this custom home in Old Town Harrisonburg back in July of 2013 and the clients just moved in late last month – more than a year later. However, the process holds tremendous gratification when your clients dreams can be translated into drawings and then they are revealed slowly through construction…..
4. Building Code – The worst possible building you can build by law
I respond to a lot of request for proposals and do a lot of interviews for new design projects. Sometimes there is a higher standard to which the new design needs to meet and sometimes the potential project is only aiming for building code minimum standards…..
Architects are a different breed. They find romance in restoration, poetry in a portico, and harmony in a historic district. A romantic dinner date is filled with observations about the exposed beams, glazing patterns, and a long list of how to redesign the space to make it flow better….
2. Home Energy Tips – Ventilation and Duct Sealing
I say it all the time, your home is the most complicated machine you own. One of the main reasons for this statement is your (HVAC) Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems. If you have a forced air Heat Pump that is controlling the temperature in your home, you are like most in our area….
1. Penn Laird Custom Home – Interior Photographs
This incredible home is done in Penn Laird, built by Trost Custom Homes, and the clients have moved in. Here are the other updates….
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