Here’s a few tips to help you save money, help the environment and yes, help others (by conserving, you are helping keep prices lower for everyone, especially families in need). Continue reading “Lower your Electric/Gas Bills and Save Money this Winter: TIPS”
Property and Home Search
I’m in the market to buy a new house and I’m looking all over New York City and region to find the right combination of things that will protect my investment, yet the neighborhoods around where I live are very mixed, some are great and, expensive, Continue reading “Property and Home Search”
[architecture] Building Brick Neighborhoods
Based on the previous post, lets look at what defines a neighborhood. Certainly in most neighborhoods there is an implied center, perhaps a linear street filled with shops, that becomes the focus of people’s daily needs. Continue reading “[architecture] Building Brick Neighborhoods”
[financial] Go ahead, throw your money away! (Expensive Blunder)
What do I mean by designs that are a waste? Well, some projects waste time, money and resources. One can imagine a project that isn’t financially successful, has wasted resources, as the longevity and usefulness of the building will be diminished. I’ve witnessed where a renovation is completed and in 2 years, after the tenant moves out the space is re-renovated. Materials are wasted too, in this day when there are environmental concerns, what’s the point of designing and building something that gets torn down in a couple of years? Continue reading “[financial] Go ahead, throw your money away! (Expensive Blunder)”
Crime and its Connection to Urban Blight
I’m not sure how to approach this topic, because I really don’t have any proof of what I’m about to suggest, but suffice it to say that I believe that if an urban environment, home, or any place embodies a bad vibe, that it will more likely induce criminal acts.
Making Townhouse Spaces the Right Size-Hierarchy!
hierarchy |ˈhī(ə)ˌrärkē|noun ( pl. -chies)a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority. Continue reading “Making Townhouse Spaces the Right Size-Hierarchy!”
Five more things About Townhouses
The structure of a typical Townhouse chimneys are made up of just a single brick in thickness rising up 3 and 4 stories…
When to design contextually, when to make a statement.
Below is an image of Volterra, Italy, one might call a typical Italian hill town. Why take note? It represents a unified composition. When an artist makes a painting or sculpture, Continue reading “When to design contextually, when to make a statement.”
Island Paradise, A house nestled in the jungle.
Part of a game concept for bringing a family of all ages together, to explore an island in real time, our SimpleTwig digital ‘real-time’ virtual reality model…
Continue reading “Island Paradise, A house nestled in the jungle.”
Influencing Change to Make Life Better for Everyone
We go to the polls to cast our vote. Walking away most of us think it won’t make a real difference, our one vote, as we realize we are relying on millions of people we don’t know to have our common sense and likes. Continue reading “Influencing Change to Make Life Better for Everyone”