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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 [...]
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 [...]
Santa Fe Style House Plan
This Santa Fe style house plan is currently beginning construction in the foothills of Colorado. Its roughly 2,200 sf on the main level with a basement and an oversized garage. It is a custom house for a custom site that was very restrained with setbacks and terrain.
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 [...]
Conifer Area Spring Fling-It Recycling Festival
Time to get that Spring Cleaning done, but don’t forget to recycle as much as possible! This Saturday, May 14, 2011 will be the date for the Conifer area Spring Fling-It Recycling Festival sponsored by the Conifer Area Council and the Conifer Rotary Club. The event will take place at Conifer High School and Big [...]
Designing Your House – Part 6
With this post we move outside of the house and discuss your outdoor spaces. Clearly some of these choices are going to be climate driven so we would need to take into account the earlier discussion about sun and wind when designing them. A first question is, do you prefer to spend outdoor time in [...]
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 [...]
Phase Change Materials
Anyone who lives in the Denver area is familiar with the large difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures. Designing a home with proper solar orientation and thermal mass can help protect the interior of a home from these severe swings. In the summer thermal mass is shaded from direct sunlight so it doesn’t get hot. [...]
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