Tag Archive for ‘Construction’
Denver Duplex Coming Soon!
We are in the final stages of construction drawings for a new duplex which will be going up at 35th Avenue and Quivas Street here in Denver. It is a great plan with a spacious bedroom and recreation room with wet bar in the lower level. The main level of each unit has a very [...]
Contemporary Home in Castle Pines Completed
EVstudio had the honor of being commissioned to design a home in Castle Pines that recently received its certificate of occupancy. The unique challenge of this home was that it was one of the last undeveloped lots in the Buffalo Ridge subdivision in prestigious Castle Pines, constraining everything from minimum setbacks defined by neighboring homes as well as drainage for [...]
Denver Craftsman Home – Hidden Volume
The fact is craftsman homes don’t want to ramble on. When asked to envision a craftsman style house most people see a little bungalow with a covered porch. One of our big challenges in the case of the home pictured above was figuring out how to fit about 6,000 total square-feet of home into an [...]
Building Season in Colorado, What About Winter?
We frequently have projects and clients who are concerned with the idea of building during a Colorado winter. Snow, ice, cold temperatures and frozen ground can all make building more difficult. With that being said, in the Front Range cities, like the Denver metro, we can generally build year round without many weather delays. As [...]
Denver Craftsman Home – Symmetry
I realize I use the word “composed” a lot. For me it just means intention, or thought. I like being able to compose views or moments in my designs where someone will stop and say “somebody did this on purpose…they actually thought about this”. It seems simple but you’d be surprised how little thought goes [...]
Denver Craftsman Home – Style Points
One of the trickiest and most recognizable characteristics of the craftsman style is exposing the roof rafters, and as you can see in these recent progress photographs of one of our houses it produces a striking result. Many builder homes come with a craftsman style option…you check a box on a form and you get [...]
Stair Construction Tolerance and Dimensional Uniformity
The 2006 International Building Code calls out the tolerance for how consistent each stair tread and riser needs to be in a set of stairs. The code refers to it as dimensional uniformity. What the IBC states on stair tolerance is that the difference between the largest and smallest riser height and the largest and [...]
Why It’s Critical To Have Correct Floating Sill Plates on Slab-On-Grade Floors in Colorado
When I’m requested to investigate a house with structural concerns one of the first things I check is proper floating sill plates on slab-on-grade floors. I’m always amazed how so many basements are finished without a floating sill plate or some way of allowing the slab to move without moving the structure. I believe the [...]
New Large Scale Detached Garage Complete in Evergreen
Construction has been completed on the Kern garage on Buffalo Park Road in Evergreen. This custom designed and constructed garage is composed of approximately 2200 square feet of heavy timber and conventional framing. Adding to the robustness of the structure was the pinning of the foundation to solid granite bedrock. Special design considerations were taken [...]
Installation Complete for Solar Panels on Arvada Annex Building
EVstudio recently had the opportunity to observe the installation of the forty photo-voltaic panels atop the City of Arvada Annex Building. To maximize the potential for solar collection the use of an existing steel framed sight wall originally designed to screen the Annex’s roof top heating and cooling mechanical units from being viewed from street [...]
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