Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Home / My Work / KHouse Modern Progress Update 05 KHouse Modern Progress Update 05 Bob Borson — February 3, 2014 — 25 Comments It’s been a long time since I have provided an update on the KHouse Modern so I thought I wold take this Superbowl Sunday and put together a post that brings you up to speed.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2023

British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng says there is "definitely an opportunity" to disrupt the furniture industry in the same way he shook up the tailoring traditions of London's Savile Row in this interview. There is definitely an opportunity to express this aesthetic in furniture."

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Architecture Ideas

MAY 6, 2022

You built a house, had a great interior, the exterior is also magnificent, and equipped with all the modern technology. Because you definitely have overlooked the garden edging. Your garden will look prettier than before after applying our below-mentioned modern garden edging ideas. The technique is to use different levels.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2023

Last week the century-old squabble between modernism and historicism raised its tired old head once again after a UK government minister backed a report advocating a more "tradition"-friendly new architecture school. Georgian architecture is not traditional at all, but the founding phase of modernism.

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2024

Sustainability, by its very definition, is all about maintaining the status quo, while regeneration seeks to actively heal and put back better," she said.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 31, 2022

In between those two years, the Museum of Modern Art in New York built a full-size houses in its courtyard: the Japanese Exhibition House was on display from October 1954 to October 1955 and was accompanied by a book by MoMA curator Arthur Drexler, The Architecture of Japan.

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Architizer

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the remodeling of the former Yellow Pages building in Madrid, Spain, b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos was able to construct the Polaris North Offices in a way that retains the building heritage yet embraces the flexible and efficient functionality of modern workplace design. Photos by Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero.

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Architecture Ideas

MAY 31, 2022

It’s about exploration in terms of planning, mood board, and building techniques that result in sustainable homes harmonizing and blending with nature while walking on the paths of energy efficiency. Modern sustainable homes blend contemporary design sensibilities with a traditional construction approach. House, North of Netherlands.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Whilst Maria was interested in paper making's history as a craft and as an instrument of language and culture, they were more curious about its modern use as a highly disposable material. In a modern era that is only becoming more digitalized, this thesis argues that it is now more than ever that we need a separation from our digital selves.

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Deezen

JUNE 12, 2023

The designs break the stereotype of a typical mermaid's silhouette – it is modern, modest yet alluring." Called Noori, my designs are inspired by my mother who I describe as a 'bridge' that connects two traditions, combining old and new craftsmanship with a modern twist. "My name – Moza – means the precious pearl.

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Architizer

AUGUST 5, 2024

A strikingly angular five-story office building, like the BSI, faced a monumental challenge helping bring down the sizeable footprint of a tech giant while also setting new standards in the architecture industry — for biophilic and structural design, construction techniques, material sourcing and carbon reduction.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Then this post is definitely for you. The boards are cut within a 60° to 90° angle to the growth rings and as a result, you get a very consistent and straight pattern that lends itself to modern design. Don’t know what a flitch is? If you lay them up side by side with the same side up on all of them, this is a flitch match. (You

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The Spaces

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Vintage bricks have been sourced to build the cafe’s counter, and traditional techniques and materials, typically used in traditional machiya , such as earthen flooring and straw, have been used so that they will weather and blend with the rest of the interiors over time. New elements come from custom-built wooden furniture and steel chairs.

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Dwell

APRIL 6, 2023

There were blankets and tapestries, leather frames and decorative boxes—pieces that blended experimental modernity and craft-focused tradition with Loewe’s signature quirk. Gagosian Gallery sells limited-edition cashmere blankets —created using a double-sided jacquard technique—with painter Jonas Wood. But there are no rules.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

There are many different styles and techniques that architects use when graphically working through problems. This is a sketch from project that I am currently working on – the KHouse Modern. This sketch is also from the KHouse Modern. This last sketch is actually the reason why I thought I would write this post.

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DesignScape Architects

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Traditional African architecture is definitely not given enough credit, with most people viewing this type of architecture as rudimentary and basic with no place in the modern world of innovative architecture. There are over 1200 definitions that pertain to local, South African architecture.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

Now that I’ve been at this “architect” thing for a little while, I can look back at my sketches, all the way back to my time in school, and see how my sketch technique has evolved and how that technique has shaped my architectural solutions. It shows that Ive been consistent in using these techniques.]

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The results of which are rich investigations of form and material through the precise and novel use of traditional techniques." It definitely opens a window to create interesting relationships and collaborations between designers from Latin America and the rest of the world." Read on for Dezeen's picks of this year's best exhibitions.

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aasarchitecture

AUGUST 7, 2024

In the context of a new era, tea’s dual advantages express it in more enriched and diverse ways, making it a suitable aspect of modern urban residents’ lifestyles. Photo © Raitt Liu The tea cosmetics brand Cosmetea subverts the previous definition of cosmetics by innovatively integrating tea with trendy cosmetics.

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The Architecture Designs

JUNE 14, 2023

Central to this discourse is the emerging technology of laser cleaning, a technique that holds promising implications for the careful and meticulous world of art and artifact conservation. This phase might involve various non-invasive diagnostic techniques like infrared reflectography, UV fluorescence, X-ray fluorescence, etc.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Plus there’s something deeply satisfying about seeing a painted floor—a technique that’s seeing renewed interest, but was also popular in the 18th and 19th centuries—in a store called The Ripped Bodice. It’s a cheeky modern spin on a centuries-old practice, which is something you can say about a lot of the novels they sell, too.

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Dwell

MAY 9, 2024

Their midcentury modern house, built in 1954, already comes with a storied past—it once served as a guest house to the film and Broadway star Mary Martin, who played the titular role of Peter Pan in the 1960 film—but the swathes of wallpaper within have further made their home feel more "well lived-in," she says. Which is exactly what I want!"

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Deezen

JUNE 20, 2022

The very notion of a renaissance whole was put on the couch, revealed as a fiction, along with functionalist Bauhaus modernism, based on notions of serial industrial production and the normative. Deconstructivism in its diversity and focus on difference acknowledged the individuality that industrialized modernism stamped out.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

At the intersection of heritage and modern design, you’ll find renovators and designers Jordan Slocum and Barry Bordelon— the Brownstone Boys. Whether you beg, borrow, or rent what you need, Slocum says, "Tools are the most important thing in any DIY and having the right tools will definitely set you up for success."

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Habitus Living

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Resting Museum Priyanka D’Souza x Shreyasi Pathak Notes and patterns for losing jumping time This edition of DCAW featured exciting new artistic voices along with a kaleidoscope of styles, themes, and techniques that reflect the ever-changing tapestry of South Asian creativity.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 17, 2024

She occasionally leans toward Victorian home design, with its elaborate scrollwork that looks great piped out in icing, but she also loves a good midcentury-modern home. Making a gingerbread house is still very much a family craft, a holiday craft, and its always a special time."

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The Architecture Designs

JANUARY 3, 2023

Your house looks more appealing and welcoming, and if you plan to put it on sale, you can definitely negotiate a higher price. Composite windows are made using a special technique that blends in different materials to make a robust window. Resin and fiberglass are the main components, creating a strong but flexible final product. .

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Architizer

MARCH 25, 2024

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations also use advanced modeling techniques to simulate airflow patterns within the proposed building design, helping to identify potential areas of stagnation or poor ventilation and refine the layout accordingly.

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Portland Architecture

AUGUST 18, 2022

They're both river cities that are surrounded by lush green landscapes, vast enough to make the metropolises still, even with modern sprawl and population growth, feel somewhat isolated, or at least humbled by the scale of the forests surrounding them, be it tropical or temperate. But there was a sort of ease.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

Cheers, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Construction , Modern House , My Work concrete , Construction Observation , Construction Process , foundation , KHouse Modern. Modern Window Detail - The. Such a simple yet effective technique. because thats what. Tom Great post Bob. Very informative.

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Architizer

MARCH 21, 2023

” That said, the definition of architecture does not simply encompass buildings (scroll to see some landscape architects who have certainly “produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.”).

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 30, 2013

This technique works on any large format sheet of paper. This technique also leaves you with an exposed title block along the outside edge of the paper which means no unfolding is necessary to see the nougaty drawing center. If the set of drawings is approaching the 100+ mark definitely rolling is the way to go. I now do both.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2024

By defining a project from a personal position and placing it within a political context, projects often result in the re-definition of systems – the project subject this year was to challenge the dominant theme of a socio-political 'factory'. "As

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e-architect

JUNE 25, 2023

In the collision of old and new cultures, PH Alpha Design uses modern artistic techniques to express the roots and culture of the city. The Tianjin PSCG Incity has witnessed the transformation of China’s commercial real estate from traditional department stores to modern business models.

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Architecture Ideas

MARCH 6, 2022

Besides the trends in colour combinations, new shades and painting techniques, the latest types of paint finishes are also evolving. The glossy finishes give a modern feel while still sticking to its core vintage style. first appeared on Source Of Modern Interior Design Ideas | Architecture Ideas.

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Architecture Here and There

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The “turmoil” referred to in the opening sentence below refers to the accurate critique of modernism by postmodern theorists, who nevertheless refused to follow up their critique with anything beyond a sort of cartoonish classical decoration of modernist boxes. Map of Interface:Providence Plan, from 1974. Author’s archives).

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

On November 14th, I will be moderating a panel made up of the jurors, who will be selecting the winners in this years delineation competition, where each panelist will present their work and engage in a lively conversation on current trends in architectural delineation, the profession of CG Architects, techniques and technology.

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