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The Importance of Health & Safety on a Construction Site

Focus Building Solutions wrote 3 weeks ago: The Importance of Health & Safety on a Construction Site Health and Safety is often regarded as … more →

Tags: House Builder, Builder Questionnaire, Home Renovation, House Extension, builder, Builders, qualified builders, Professional Builders, Building

What Planning Permission is required for a Home Extension?

Focus Building Solutions wrote 1 month ago: What Planning Permission is required for a Home Extension? The government are currently undergoing c … more →

Tags: House Builder, Builder Questionnaire, Home Renovation, House Extension, builder, Builders, Building, houses, Home

time lapse 4 - cabins have walls

ssgx93 wrote 1 month ago: At this point in the process things have become design build, design build, design build…. The … more →

Tags: Girl Scouts, cabin, KSU, Design Build, Architecture, Kansas State University

time-lapse 2 - unveiling the loaf

ssgx93 wrote 1 month ago: This video becomes a continuation of learning how to deal with time-lapse photography in order to do … more →

Tags: Camp Daisy, Girl Scouts, cabin, KSU, Design Build, Architecture, Kansas State University

A Pipe Routing Puzzle1 comment

Rob Neilson wrote 4 months ago: Sample Hydronic Floor Piping (PEX tube) Prior to the Concrete Being Poured Puzzles are fun. I had on … more →

Tags: floor, hydronic, PEX, Plumbing

Servery Bar / Pass-through Window

Rob Neilson wrote 4 months ago: Design Idea 1: Large Hinges One of the things we really wanted to do was to link the outdoor room to … more →

Tags: bi fold, Kitchen, Outdoor Room, Windows

What are we doing? (The Plan)4 comments

Rob Neilson wrote 5 months ago: Existing Floor Plan This project has been two years in the making and we are finally getting started … more →

Tags: elevation view, floor plan, Planning

City-Life

Violette wrote 5 months ago: Urban-villages that help you to forget the 2 hour traffic jam. Navigating through buildings and spac … more →

Tags: Travel, Architecture, Art Gallery of Ontario, Bau-Xi Gallery, Community Development, Economic Development, fairmont royal york, Nicholas Hoare Books, psychogeography

The Sketch

James Newmeyer wrote 7 months ago: “Doodle on a Napkin” Any building or remodeling project will start out with “sketc … more →

Tags: architect, Design, Construction, remodel, addition to home, Planning Sketches

Project Delivery – Customer Feedback Statistics

Focus Building Solutions wrote 8 months ago: … more →

Tags: House Builder, survey, Builder Questionnaire, Home Renovation, House Extension, Buying a Home, builder, Builders, qualified builders

The Five Cs of Neighborhood Planning16 comments

Scott wrote 8 months ago: I live in a city that is currently updating its Community Plans. This is an historically difficult p … more →

Tags: Public Policy, back of the envelope, Theory and Practice, Howard Blackson, Comprehensive Plan, Neighborhood Planning, Community Plan

Ottawa: Lessons from great Canadian urbanism8 comments

Scott wrote 9 months ago: Ottawa celebrates Canada’s cultural mosaic, its urbanism full of delight and engagement. As wi … more →

Tags: Architecture, development, experience?, Resilience, economic development, Hazel Borys, form-based code, CANADIAN URBANISM, Travel

Fronts, Backs, and Everything In Between2 comments

Scott wrote 9 months ago: I am fortunate to sit as a non-voting member on a SoCal city’s Design Review Board, which is a … more →

Tags: development, Public Engagement, Howard Blackson, baldwin park, form-based code, Frontage, place-based code, Sprawl Repair Manual, Galina Tacheiva

Mont-Tremblant: Cottage Living in the Canadian Shield7 comments

Scott wrote 9 months ago: As the second in a three part pictorial series finding inspiration in Canadian urbanism, I’ve been i … more →

Tags: Public Policy, Architecture, Agriculture, experience?, Resilience, Hazel Borys, form-based code, CANADIAN URBANISM, Cottage

Office Extension - Part 2

Focus Building Solutions wrote 9 months ago: House Extension by Focus Building Solutions Office Extension Office Extension Office Extension Offic … more →

Tags: House Builder, survey, Builder Questionnaire, Home Renovation, House Extension, Buying a Home, builder, Builders, qualified builders

Get Your Offices into a Walkable Town Center!1 comment

Scott wrote 9 months ago: Leveraging your Town Center for Economic Development So far, this series has taken on three of the e … more →

Tags: Sales and Marketing, development, back of the envelope, economic development, Economic Development, geoff dyer, Rosemary Beach, poundbury, Town Center

Montreal: Lessons from great Canadian urbanism13 comments

Scott wrote 9 months ago: Ever had a teacher who was so amazing at storytelling that difficult subjects become clear – and riv … more →

Tags: experience?, Resilience, economic development, Hazel Borys, form-based code, Community Based Economic Development, CBED

Collaborative Placemaking Maps2 comments

Scott wrote 10 months ago: The other day on an urbanism listserv, someone asked for parameters to qualify a new development as … more →

Tags: Architecture, development, back of the envelope, Hazel Borys, TND, form-based code, walkability, Livability

Façade-ectomy: Preserving the Skin of the Past 5 comments

Scott wrote 10 months ago: Experiencing the most recent façade-ectomy in Winnipeg has left me asking again the much-debated que … more →

Tags: Architecture, development, back of the envelope, Winnipeg, Preservation, facade, Chicago style, Blair Kamin


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