For many building projects one would like to hear that money's no object. Unfortunately, tight budgets mean searching for materials and labor that won’t break the bank, but will...
Kris Decker/Firewater PhotographyColor surrounds the built world everyday. Choosing to frequent a building or establishment, or even choosing to rent a certain apartment space...
Photo by Steve Hinds, Steve Hinds Inc.Color has long been a way of expressing details and emotions, and capturing one’s attention.While neutrals are universally beloved, as of...
In traditional architecture, a building’s exterior was often given visual interest through ornament that was added over the primary material of the building's skin. Contemporary...
Wood has been in use as both a structural and decorative material for thousands of years. Ironically, the properties that make it perform heroically as a structural material—high...
Everyone loves the look of wood. It can instantly evoke a sense of tradition, yet also fit into the most modern of architectures. Wood can convey simultaneously that the building...
The goal of the Park Metro Apartments in Bellevue, Wash., created a unique design challenge: attract a younger audience to a growing urban downtown area but also relate to the...
The client was open-minded and enthusiastic about the design for the Eye Surgery Center of North Dallas, a 10,700-square-foot single-story building in Carrollton, Texas. Taking...
When the time came to develop the 355-unit, five-story Berkshire Terminus upscale apartment building in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, the design team had one goal: complement...
