BEFORE THE ARCHITECT – BACKGROUND
CUSTOM HOME DESIGN ARTICLES
YOU MAY FREELY QUOTE THE AG'S CUSTOM HOME DESIGN ARTICLES WITH PROPER ATTRIBUTION
See the 65 articles on custom home design and home building by Before the Architect at http://searchwarp.com/Author67279.htm
· · · · · · ·
The Autocad Granddad's done a good bit of custom home design article writing in his time. Editorials. Letters to the Editor. E-publications. News Releases. 4 books - 1 published, 1 close once upon a time. You can make the old boy a very happy fellow by getting your own copy of Our Economy by Field & Pressel, University Press Of America, Inc., 1993, 562 pgs, from Amazon. It's no secret that the AG'll even autograph it with a few words of your choice or, in lieu, a few choice words.
You'll find several custom home design articles by the AG throughout this website. These custom home design articles to follow were authored either for the Great Possibilities website (http://www.greatpossibilities.com) owned and operated by a singularly fine fellow, Reinaldo Sanchez or for www.searchwarp.com.
Daylighting Design. Before The Architect develops an Illumination Schedule (a/k/a Daylighting Design Schedule) to address code and a whole lot more.
Residential Design Proportion. Before The Architect suggests that there’s a place in today's residential design for age-old Western notions of unity, harmony, order, proportion, even classicism.
Light Flutter. Light flutter comes from ceiling fan blades interrupting a view of light rays – natural or mechanical source. This is about mechanical source interruption and its avoidance by lighting design.
Lighting Design - Part 1. The Basic of residential interior lighting design for aging eyes. A method of analysis and specification to lighting design for aging eyes is developed and applied, aiming to be easily done and easily understood by lighting design pros to work with in luminaires selection in interior decoration.
Lighting Design - Part 2. The Math of residential interior lighting design for aging eyes. A method of analysis and specification to lighting design for aging eyes is developed and applied, aiming to be easily done and easily understood by lighting design pros to work with in luminaires selection in interior decoration.
So, You Want An Adaptable Design House for Your Golden Years? This is about designing a house with its residents’ physical aging in mind, because if they’re not old already, chances are swell that they will be.
FRENCH COUNTRY STYLE: What French Country Means to Custom House Designers & Custom House Builders; How to Get It Right and How To Screw It Up. French Country is a popular residential design style nowadays, both exterior and interior. In this article, Before The Architect addresses the French Country exterior style. Do you think that French Country, or Country French, is a residential design style? We say, “Not exactly.”
Residential Design Overviews. How would I characterize the house building business today? How well are house buyers protected in buying house? What about the smaller house in American residential design and dream home building? All this and more.
Craftsman Style. From the vantages of both custom house designer and custom house builder, this is the only comprehensive view of Craftsman Style residential exteriors we've ever laid eyes on. Many folks have something to say about the subject, but no one has this much from the two different perspectives.
Desert Contemporary. The AG's maintained from day one that almost all the structure and even most of the style that prevails and persists is because its innate forms serve human functions. The Desert Contemporary is no exception. It is because it does.
Designing & Drafting Lessons. This professional's pearls of wisdom were found at the granite knee of life experiences. Heed them and be happy. Eschew them and prepare to pay your piper dearly.
Residential Elevator Fire Safety. An elevator shaft or hoistway could make a swell chimney and double the peril by bearing what could be the most vulnerable folks in the house. Much codified ado is made of fire-blocking wall and floor structure (and stairway construction to an extent), but not the eminently more airflow-permissive elevator shaft or for that matter the stairwell itself.
Residential Jobsite Conduct. It’s about time Before The Architect put to print the way folks should behave on a custom home building worksite.
· · · · · · ·
(If this is your first visit to Before The Architect, please consider spending a few moments looking over the Site Map, in order to get a feel for the architecture of the site itself. Before The Architect E-mail: jrp2h2000@yahoo.com.)