As a project progresses over time, the drawing sets progress with it. From Schematic Design to Construction Documents, each drawing set becomes more informative and descriptive about the scope of work. For example, all your projects may have the same base detail but a few of them have specific conditions around an arched opening or…
Tag: schematic design
Project Spotlight: Murphy Way
Hillside homes can be very tricky to design. You want to try to balance cut and fill, allowing the house to follow with the hillside rather than just carving out a flat pad and sticking a two-story house on it (definitely not site appropriate). With our Murphy Way project, we started out with a series…
Project Spotlight: Reynolds Court Outdoor Living
The Existing Condition. Let’s check in on the design for our Outdoor Living areas at Reynolds Court! See what we are working with… Hmmmm, some of those hedges aren’t too bad… The Inspiration. The trellis area inspiration comes from Martyn Lawrence Bullard’s design for Ellen Pompeo featured in Architectural Digest. Pool inspiration comes from Modern…
Project Spotlight: Claremont Kitchen Color Scheme Dilema
To be white or to be blue, that is the question. Out Claremont House interior remodel project continues as we try to finalize our kitchen cabinetry. The primary focus in this kitchen is the gorgeous French range from Lacanche. The traditional range we are looking at comes in a variety of colors but we are…
Hayne Architects Updates Website… Finally!
Hayne Architects is finally adding some new (and some old) projects to the website! Click on the images below to see more project photos!
The HAYNE Way: Vibe Boards
Here@HAYNE we vibe it out! Often times when a project is in the early stages of design, it can be premature to start picking lighting fixtures and exact finishes. So instead our gracious and very talented Interior gal, Hillary Hayne, will create “mood” or “vibe” boards for our client to get an idea of what…
Revit Best Practices: Building an As-Built Base Model
For a small firm, having graphic standards is crucial to maintaining efficiency and productivity. The need for these standards becomes more apparent when trying to introduce a new team member to “your way of doing things”. The graphic rules, which were so clear in my head, now need to make it onto paper… And so…
mon-o-coque
PROJECT NAME: mon-o-coque PROJECT LOCATION: PALM SPRINGS CALIFORNIA DESIGN PHASE: SCHEMATIC DESIGN The word monocoque is a French term for “single shell” or (of boats) “single hull”. – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the Boards: Malibu Modern Ranch Update
Materials Study for the Malibu Modern Ranch.
Design Graveyard: Allentown Classic Motor Park
Sometimes projects falter due to feasibility, are put on hold by the client, or just die due to outside constraints… The Design Graveyard series features our favorite projects that just didn’t make it past the schematic design phase… For the Allentown Classic Motor Park we teamed up with one of our favorite Landscape Architects, Paul…
On the Drawing Boards: Malibu Modern Ranch
to be continued… -hlj
the RIDGE-house
A site and its existing characteristics play a crucial role in design. The location determines various municipal restrictions; such as, the maximum size and height requirements, allowed occupancy, minimum setbacks from the property line, etc. The existing characteristics of the site help to determine the position and orientation of a structure, primary views to be preserved and enhanced, current uses and natural habitats that will…