Images our Architect sent us
Our architect Monica sent these images to us along with a bunch of others to help her determine a ’style’ for the the house. We weren’t really into the others, but these really encapsulate our thoughts. A modern design with classic detailing (raw cedar shingles really do it for me!).
The Third Design
I know you’re wondering where the second design went, but our architect needed to take the sketches back to scan them, so here’s the third design.
This is a passive solar design, built on an engineered slab. The windows are designed to be shaded in the summer by the decks and a portico over the main [...]
Our Architect and the First Design
We’re a big fan of modern architecture. One of my clients is Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. We developed and maintain their websites, and I am always in love with what they do, their design-centric process and the thought they put into every project. When we first looked over the lot, Talbot Sweetapple came out to the [...]
The survey has been completed
We worked with engineer Paul Kundzins to create a survey of our new lot. Overall, Paul has been great to work with and has offered us a good bit of information and consulting to help us make decisions.
The only problem we encountered with him was that the surveying company he used made an executive decision [...]