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The Down & Dirty of Sustainable Design
[All photos by BUILD LLC] Sustainable design is a hot topic these days, and, for the most part, we are encouraged by the thoughtful effort many are putting forth. Along with the popularity of...
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Windows, Roof Overhangs, and Headers
[RB Murray Co. in Springfield, Missouri by Hufft Projects] How the windows of a structure meet the roof overhangs is one of the most important details on a project. It’s a detail heavily dependent on...
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5 Modern Kitchen Designs & Principles
[All photos by BUILD LLC] While we don’t do kitchen remodels, we do design a lot of kitchens as part of new houses and full house remodels. At this point, we’ve got enough kitchen designs in our...
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BUILD Status Report
[Image Source: BUILD LLC] It’s hard to believe, but 2013 is coming to a swift close. The year has been a busy, productive, and exciting one for Team BUILD. You might recall we laid out our...
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Mud & Laundry Room Design
[All photos by BUILD LLC] The mud & laundry room is becoming more important to the overall function of modern homes, and the design of this space is no longer just an afterthought. We’ve been...
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On the Radar
It’s been more than a little while since we’ve posted an On the Radar update. We’ve been pretty busy around BUILD World Headquarters, but we’re never too buried in work to stay inspired. Here are the...
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Roof Decks Over Conditioned Area
[Photo by BUILD LLC] The subject might seem overly particular, but properly designing a deck over living space demonstrates architectural sophistication and consideration to the design process. It’s...
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Shearwalls 101: Why You Can’t Have a Window There
As important as shearwalls are to architecture, it’s surprising how unappreciated they remain in the design process of most homes. Moreover, it’s always discouraging to realize how few people (and...
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Introducing the BUILD Case Study House 2014
As much as we love our Park Modern community, one of us (and our growing family) has taken the plunge into single family home ownership. The light bulb went off early one morning while realizing that...
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A Sequence of Experiences
[All photos by BUILD LLC] While most examples of architecture are static objects, when it comes to thinking about the experience of design, most designers tend to think about architecture in a very...
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BUILD Status Report
It’s been another active season here at BUILD World Headquarters. Summer’s officially over as of today, and a lot has been going on in our world since the spring update. As we gear up for the final...
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Program, Plan, and Square Feet
[All images by BUILD LLC] As architects and builders, we’re typically working on about eight houses at any given time (including the overlapping design, permitting, and construction phases of a...
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BUILD Book Review
[All photos by BUILD LLC] There have been some exceptional books floating around the BUILD World Headquarters, and it’s an excellent time to share a backlog of our favorites. Some of them have been...
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The Multiple Roles of the Kitchen Island
[All photos by BUILD LLC] More than ever, modern residential design incorporates entertaining and gathering space within the kitchen area. In order to accommodate family and guests, in addition to the...
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BUILD Status Report
As we approach the halfway point of the year, the activity at BUILD World HQ has been operating at full speed. Several new projects have emerged, a number of design events have passed and are coming...
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Elevation Lessons From the Masters
[Image Credit: Arch Daily] As part of a team of architecture firms, we’re currently working on a series of large scale multi-family, mixed-use buildings in Seattle’s Central District. The size of...
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The Prescient Work of Vladimir Ossipoff
[Photo by Mariko Reed] Over the holidays, we’ll be traveling to Oahu to meet up with Dean Sakamoto, lead researcher, exhibition curator and editor of Hawaiian Modern, the Architecture of Vladimir...
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The Liljestrand House and the Beauty of Restraint
[All photos by BUILD LLC] This last December, BUILD traveled to Oahu, Hawaii’s third largest island and home to the state’s busy capitol of Honolulu. The visit gave us a chance to visit with architect...
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A Dozen Lesser Known Houses You Should Know About
[Image via MAKcenter] In the shadows of the most celebrated houses of the 20th century are a wealth of projects every bit as important as the known icons of residential design. Frank Lloyd Wright’s...
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Time, Place and Culture: An Interview with Dean Sakamoto on the Work of...
[University of Hawaii, photo by Victoria Sambunaris] Last winter, BUILD met with architect Dean Sakamoto on Oahu to talk about the late Hawaiian modernist architect Vladimir Ossipoff (1907-1998)....
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