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Posted on June 22, 2015September 19, 2017

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.”

Posted on May 29, 2015September 19, 2017

Top 5 Reasons I (reluctantly) Hired An Architect…

  • 1) “I was told by the city I have to submit plans to get a work permit before my construction can start. What a hassle.  My cousin drew up a sketch, why can’t we use that?”

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Posted on May 29, 2015September 19, 2017

Top 10 Reasons people do NOT hire an Architect…

1) The Architect will design something that is hoity-toity fancy.

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Posted on May 23, 2015September 19, 2017

Apartment Rental Layout: Case Study 3

We (SimpleTwig Architecture.llc) will show you the character, layout and thinking behind several different rental apartments (this is the third of several articles)

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Posted on February 26, 2015September 19, 2017

Apartment Rental Layout: Case Study 1-Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

As a landlord myself I will first show you what I did on my own rental apartment and tell you what kind of tenant still lives there…

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Posted on March 14, 2012September 19, 2017

Achieving Appropriateness in Architecture

Every building has a program that defines the uses of a structure.  This program defines the building type and it’s general visual ‘flavor’.  There are museums, residences, Continue reading “Achieving Appropriateness in Architecture”

Posted on July 1, 2011September 25, 2017

Concept for an ideal house.

 

To paint with words a concept for an idea house, designed to help forge an optimistic age of humanism.  Continue reading “Concept for an ideal house.”

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