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I dont mean to get off track here but the comment below was irritating to me.

"Many of us here are architects or home designers, but if we worked for nothing we would end up on the breadline!"

I ...

Bernard, someone in the green building forum is investigating housing made from old metal shipping containers. Based on your suggestion perhaps these containers can be reworked into housing for the d ...

Isn't there a LEED requirement that the product must be manufactured within a 500 mile radius of the project site in order to get LEED or green building points?

Being the containers were made in Ch ...

Some good ideas so far. The pilaster idea, they would be placed on the first level in line of with the corner boards of the upper "garrison" portion, correct? Visually you have one line, ground to g ...

Thanks for the input so far. I guess what I am after here is a general update to the facade; minimizing major structural work. The house definitely shows that it's a 30 year old colonial. I wanted ...

Looking for some advice on improving the facade on the home pictured in the attachment. I had been discussing the project with a couple local architects, but they lost interest in the project after w ...

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Topic: Help with some ideas for my basement
dave72 Replies: 7 Views: 4027	Forum: Residential Design and Building Forum Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:09 pm Subject: Help with some ideas for my basement
dave72 Replies: 7 Views: 4027	I dont mean to get off track here but the comment below was irritating to me. "Many of us here are architects or home designers, but if we worked for nothing we would end up on the breadline!" I ...
Topic: Low Cost Affordable Housing - architect's role
dave72 Replies: 2 Views: 3371	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 2:05 pm Subject: Low Cost Affordable Housing - architect's role
dave72 Replies: 2 Views: 3371	Bernard, someone in the green building forum is investigating housing made from old metal shipping containers. Based on your suggestion perhaps these containers can be reworked into housing for the d ...
Topic: Cargo container house, starting from scratch.
dave72 Replies: 18 Views: 23377	Forum: Green Building & Climate Forum Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 1:55 pm Subject: Cargo container house, starting from scratch.
dave72 Replies: 18 Views: 23377	Isn't there a LEED requirement that the product must be manufactured within a 500 mile radius of the project site in order to get LEED or green building points? Being the containers were made in Ch ...
Topic: Facade Advice
dave72 Replies: 21 Views: 9727	Forum: Residential Design and Building Forum Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:45 pm Subject: Facade Advice
dave72 Replies: 21 Views: 9727	Some good ideas so far. The pilaster idea, they would be placed on the first level in line of with the corner boards of the upper "garrison" portion, correct? Visually you have one line, ground to g ...
Topic: Facade Advice
dave72 Replies: 21 Views: 9727	Forum: Residential Design and Building Forum Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:27 am Subject: Facade Advice
dave72 Replies: 21 Views: 9727	Thanks for the input so far. I guess what I am after here is a general update to the facade; minimizing major structural work. The house definitely shows that it's a 30 year old colonial. I wanted ...
Topic: Facade Advice
dave72 Replies: 21 Views: 9727	Forum: Residential Design and Building Forum Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 2:41 pm Subject: Facade Advice
dave72 Replies: 21 Views: 9727	Looking for some advice on improving the facade on the home pictured in the attachment. I had been discussing the project with a couple local architects, but they lost interest in the project after w ...