CAD DESIGN HOUSE PLANS -
CUSTOM HOME DESIGNING AND HOME DRAWING
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The Docket, FIRST QUARTER 2012; Projects currently under way
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RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Contemporary Country Style Steel Frame Barn Conversion. Central States. Barn-to-Home conversion in a self-styled Modern School design of about 4000SF. Held for resolution of resiting existing barn deemed unsuitable for conversion. Update: Existing barn could not be converted. Clients opted for stock plans from which they themselves will build. Clients advised the AG and The Missus that, down all the years, have witnessed stock plans after stock plans in an uninterrupted experience of design and construction plans disappointments - in their opinion, variously, not durable, not safe, not convenient, not well designed for foundation, framing, plumbing, electrical wiring, daylight, nightlight, fenestration, style, traffic passage, lines of sight, interiors finishing, exterior finishing, proportion, not welcoming, etc. AG and The Missus have worked with many stock plans as starting points, ending nowhere near where they started. Best to all and requisite blessings. It will be tough to comprehensively represent the BTA's e-book on custom home design and construction in all matters without third-party assistance, which assistance can be off-putting if not outright destructive of the principles and procedures in that e-book. . . it's too different from generally lower standards to be easily accepted let alone acted upon. It would not surprise AG and The Missus that these folks return to the BTA fold for guidance more often than not.
American Piedmont Style, Predominantly French with Tuscany flares, compact two-story with full, walkout L0. For one of two lots in Washington State. Now in the middle stages of vetting client interests and intentions. It's about stock plans that are both fish and fowl - English and French (reminiscent of the American Piedmont- cottagelike. The client interest is to 'Frenchify' and Tuscanyize it inside and out, which seems within home design reach. The client intention is a long-term, perhaps, 'forever' home, but with resale in mind. Successfully executed crucial siting on survey. Majorly home redesigning interiors and exteriors, especially Kitchen and Masters Bath and environs. Sited footprint on property and designed home driveway for one site, including turnaround. Laid-away until Summer of '09, on return from senior military posting in Afghanistan, and then again April-October 2010. Back on track. Worked around complex roof structure related to both several articulations at perimeters and a closing angle between garage and habitable. Wrapping up 49 sheets of schedules and drawings with plenty of time to complete. This is a very tightly designed custom home; fit alone, finish aside, requires close attention in interior elevations and details, cross references, closing clarity and concision of expression, especially in notes and annotations. Connected with high-end HVAC residential contractors to guide them on several salient aspects of their work to be affected by this custom home design, including but not limited to mechanical home light heat build related to home light for aging eyes, frequent applications in interior wall and floor insulation to attenuate sound transfer, air exhaust standards, etc. Connection to follow with rendering artist of merit for an artistic reproduction suitable for hanging display.
COLD STORAGE
American Piedmont Style. Knoxville, TN. Unusual exterior style mixing cottagelike appearance in both English and French manners. 11,000SF approximately. Three levels, 6beds, 4 full & 2 1/2-baths, three kitchens, 2 bar/kitchenettes, 4 bays of garages. Shingle over water table and natural stone veneer. Interesting, extensive, radon mitigation plan. Of seismic interest. Apparently hung-up since early first-quarter on this custom home designer's objection to local home building authorities interpretation of electric code, eventually settled in favor of the home designer, all thanks to steadfast clients. Major home redesigning under way again, including 3-level elevator, change-out all three fireplaces, clerestory alterations, and opting to move mostly from thin to full-depth natural stone. Many, many modifications - all for the better. Holding for guidance on which of creative adjustments to L2 will be salutary in regard to compensating for substantially increased wall depth from true stone masonry and related substrates, effectively adding 8 linear inches to entire perimeterProbably a 'Countrified' American Craftsman Bungalow or an American Farm Style, main level with full lower walkout. For a difficult lot on Southeast United States. Reviewing clients' graphical work, particularly in terms of safety and convenience, plus narrowing to a satisfactory home design style, particularly as regards a roof system, again with an articulated garage to habitable.
Jacobean English Manor House, Southeast U.S. 2- story, full basement, 4-bay garage attached. 7 beds, baths - 7 full, 4 half so far. To 15,000 square feet habitable approximately, not quite 20,000 square feet total. Status: L0-L2 floor plans drawn and several times tweaked. Still tweaking. Wireframes in 3-D drawn to study rooflines and Front Of House. Fenestration drawn. Floor plans, Front Of House isometrics and elevations all under review and many marginal revisions. Modified home design to increase visual interest. Applying home elevator with innovative fire safety features. Researched Rumford fireplace home building technique as applied to home design - 7 Rumfords, 1 gasser (plus one false stack). Several schedules done or underway, including ceiling fan, bath exhaust fan, finishing, net free vent area, header, runoff, window, door, home design standards, etc. Began extensive home light plans with unique, adaptable schedule, preparatory to working with home light pros on how-to. Drew kitchen design for somewhat limited mobility - 20-page text, 3 plan views, 8 high-end appliance tables. Laid out furniture in major spaces to facilitate both home light plans and other aspects of electrical design. On what may well be last run at floor plans and elevations. Added 7 sheets (3'x4') of Standards of Specification. Drew 36 interior elevations in the ARCH E sheets of house plans details. To be let for bids. On long-term hold for pressing business commitments.
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RECENTLY FINISHED
European Style with Italianate and Italian Revival flares. Meridian, MS. Fully hipped, complex rooflines over 1 level of about 4500SF on a slab. Articulated footprint. Substantial belvedere in towered form distinguishes this 3 bed, 3 full and 1 1/2-bath, 4-bay garage which has a borderline-modern appearance that elegantly reaches back here and there in American home design history. Old World and New World meet. Hand-of-the-craftsman stucco over water table and natural stone veneer. Plotting and proofing. Beaucoups complements on the home design plans project set.
Victorian Gothic Farmhouse, Nashville. 2-story, full basement, 3-bay attached garage. 5 beds, baths - 4 full & 1 half. To 7,500 square feet habitable approximately. Wonderful wrap-around porch. Status: L1, L2 floor plans drawn. Working out matters of interiors home design fit and personalized features. Elevations in 2D and 3D under way. Extended family adaptability reviewed and completed based on 4 functionally different layouts for the same space to include darkroom, guest bath and bed, recording studio, and, in time, a kitchen to help assist a live-in family member in years to come. Clients delighted with latest floor plans and elevations. Held 29 months for various client-based reasons, including but not limited to finding a great building site. Just now off of long-term hold. Working on Electrical & Light Plans, Roof Plan. Finishing up early November, Before The Architect having insisted unusually that much be left to local management. Strains of The Dolorous Dirge were wafting across the fruited plain . . . terminal case of the cheaps and the hurries.
Gave up redesigning website packaging with Graffiti CMS (mixed blessing in the software, horrendous time consumption) and finally abandoned for good reason; moved webhost from LunarPages to ORCS (good guys) for a time and to Arvixe (seemingly cultural failure to communicate), and then back to a rejuvenated LunarPages; split out American Thought to its own website americanpitchfork.com for subsequent blogging and more, more, more; adding pages and pics to this website; expanded the e-book to 1006 pages for the 3Q10 Edition; formed up and fielded jeansway.com.
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