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The Prairie Style Home
The Prairie Style is often associated with Frank Lloyd Wright and the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 1900s. One of his finest examples was the Robie House with its dramatic overhangs, stretches of art glass windows, open floor plan, and sweeping horizontal lines that echoed the prairies of the great Mid-West. The Prairie [...]
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 Traditional Brick Home Complete
The Pierce Residence in the University Hills Neighborhood in Denver is complete. This brick and stucco house is 2700 finished square feet with 3 bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths, and has a large bonus room above the garage. There was a lot of brick detailing on the exterior of this house: We used a single-wythe full brick [...]
Cabin Addition in Conifer Colorado Slated for Construction Documents
On this project near Conifer, Colorado, we are designing an addition for an early 20th Century cabin that will serve as a mother-in-law home for the owners. Although the original log structure was built in the 1920′s, before the advent of our modern building codes, the cabin has lasted the test of time and Colorado’s [...]
Groundbreaking New Design for Red Fox Run in Evergreen Colorado
Through a collaborative effort with local contractor, Tomskin LLC, EVstudio has risen to the new challenge of redefining the mountain vernacular in the front range foothills just West of Denver, Colorado. Already a progressive community of well over 20,000 in population, Evergreen is well known for its natural mountain environment, combined with the mild weather of [...]
2009 Code Update: Deck Attachments
The 2009 International Residential Code has new provisions concerning the attachment of decks to homes. Most significant in this is the new hold-down tension device requirement of R502.2.2.3. This device is illustrated below and will certainly add construction costs to deck addition projects due to the invasive nature of the interior tension device attachment. From [...]
The Santa Fe Style – Blending Pueblo and Territorial Architecture
The Santa Fe style is a variation of both the Pueblo Revival and Territorial Style of architecture, made popular in the late 1800s. It became the standard in New Mexico after it was defined by the Santa Fe Historic Zoning Ordinance of 1957. The ordinance mandated the use of the Pueblo or Territorial Style on [...]
Stapleton Map for Central Park West Neighborhood Homes
Most of the lots in Stapleton’s Central Park West neighborhood are assigned to builders. Pricing are from the 100′s to the 700′s. I see that several of the homes on 35th are already under construction. EVstudio did the structure for the Infinity Homes and I was part of the review process as Stapleton Zoning and [...]
Custom Home in Pinon Soleil – Castle Rock
The Hughes Residence is a 9,000 sf home in the Pinon Soleil neighborhood of Castle Rock, Colorado. The home is sited on a challenging building site with a small building envelope and a dramtic slope accross the lot. The home features large family areas, seven bedrooms, formal living areas, four bedrooms and two unique recreational [...]
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