*Setting the scene* Polli comes into work excitingly because she has thought of something that she thinks will make modeling in the schematic phase much more efficient. BLANCA! I totally thought of something that will make modeling easier when first working in the project! Oh! That’s awesome Polli! What did you come up with?…
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Project Spotlight: Ridgehouse nears completion!
Oh my! Could it be?? The Ridgehouse project is almost complete… Yes! We are so close to the finish line with this project that has been on our boards, off our boards, and back on our boards since 2013! Yes, you read that correctly! This 10-year project is almost done! Who knows… now that this…
Project Spotlight: DeMille Drive and the battle of the Whites
So many whites, so little time. Our DeMille Drive project with Eric Hughes Design is under construction and ready to pick exterior paint colors! Yay! And so, the battle of the white paints begins… Which will win?
As-hole Built Series: Me versus As-builts
A dramatic interpretation through Gifs… Every project starts with drawings of what exists. A lot of times we generate base drawings after we do a site visit to field measure and photograph existing conditions (which you know we LOVE doing…), but sometimes, our clients already have drawings for us to work with… or so we…
Project Spotlight: Claremont House Color Story
A traditional house gets a traditional color scheme with Farrow & Ball paint, Morris & Co., and the Mural Source wallpaper. GROUND-LEVEL PROPOSED COLOR STORY SECOND-LEVEL PROPOSED COLOR STORY LINK TO COLORS & WALLPAPERS SPECIFIED: I cannot wait to see these rooms completed!!! Check back soon!
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT: OLD CLUBHOUSE LIGHTING STORY
Our Old Clubhouse project is nearing the finish line and we are finalizing all the decorative lighting specifications to really make these updated interior spaces pop! Our interior designer HJH refers to lighting as jewelry and we couldn’t agree more! These office specification meetings involve our Ipads hooked up to our build.com accounts (see our…
Project Update: Plant the Trees!
Welcome back Friends! We are making great progress on our Calabasas ridgetop project and have come to the stage where the exterior finishes are being completed and the landscape trees are starting to be set in the ground. This is exciting to see and helps the project come to life! Landscape around a property is…
Working Together: Architect + Interior Designer
Hey Friends! As an architecture office we pretty much always have to be in communication with consultants to make sure the functionality of the project doesn’t disrupt the design. Whether it’s figuring out the best location for ductwork to run or resizing structural elements to fit the space, we have to work together! Especially when…
Product Spotlight: Big Green Egg
Hello Friends! Welcome back to the last week of March. Let’s carry on the goodness of sharing with another Revit Component download. This week I thought it’d be fun to share a component that we made a few years back: Big Green Egg. It’s a unique BBQ that looks exactly how it sounds! In this…
Product Spotlight: Grohe_Eurocube Line
Hello lovelies! If you saw our last post, we shared the Water Works Bond collection Revit components we made and we thought, why don’t we keep the sharing going!? So this week we will be sharing the Revit components we made from Grohe: Eurocube collection. We are using them for a residential project in Washington!…
Product Spotlight: Water Works Bond Collection
Hey Friends! To tie into our last week’s post, we thought we’d share some of our Revit components that we’ve built. Back in 2020 we did a spotlight post on the Water Works Bond collection we had specified for our client. The collection is a very sleek and modern set with awesome textured finishes. If…
Things We Love: Spoonflower Wallpaper!
**INHALES** Mmmmmmm, smell that? It’s love in the air! With Valentine’s Day right around the corner we want to share a fun idea to capture that love and smooth it out on the walls with Spoonflower wallpaper! They offer more than just wallpaper and are great because the designs are created by independent artist all…