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a case against the design and construction of modular houses as a substitute for architecture made site-, and client-specific.
One of my ongoing projects is the construction of a new house up Sunshine Canyon just west of Boulder, Colorado. My clients, long-time residents, lost their house in the Fourmile Fire last Fall and we are trying to replace the spirit and energy of that house while making a new design that is better suited [...]
A number of months ago, immediately on the heels of the Fourmile Fire, I was hired by a couple who just lost their house to design another. It has been a great process even in the face of that tragedy, with clients who reaffirm why I do residential design. Their thoughtfulness and commitment to the [...]
Below is a series of photos of some of the places I have lived. (Thanks to Google streetview for most of these). Not everyplace is there – a house in Louisville when we first moved there, an apartment in Venice, a couple of places in Lexington, Kentucky – are missing. A question came up regarding masonry [...]
a parti diagram is an idea sketch, an initial response to a site, a client’s program or some other conditions that begin to determine the order for designing a project. They don’t really represent what the project will look like in plan or elevation, but are a road map of the ideas of the project. [...]
This distinction is often confusing for architects, not to mention contractors and homeowners. A muntin is a small bar that separates two pieces of glass, aka “glazing bar” or “sash bar”: A mullion is a bar or post that separates two window units: To add some confustion and a bit more complication, an astragel is [...]
In the past few years I have had the opportunity to work on a number of projects that fully incorporated a live-work dynamic as a fundamental part of the house. More than simply a home office, a fully-utilized live-work program creates a kind of tension of use and privacy that most homes in the last [...]
multi-family residential infill project in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, by M. Gerwing Architects