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walnut house: certificate of appropriateness application and IKEA
September 1, 2010 – 10:54 am | 3 Comments
walnut house: certificate of appropriateness application and IKEA

Today we’d like to share the Certificate of Appropriateness application for the Walnut House that was turned in to the Historic Preservation office yesterday.  As we mentioned on August 18th,  we had a very productive …

Walnut House – Modern: Historic District
August 20, 2010 – 3:36 pm | 16 Comments
Walnut House – Modern: Historic District

We have started moving forward with our new home design for Jacksonville’s historic neighborhood of Springfield. We will continue posting not only images but we are going to attempt to start doing video interviews with …

Jean Prouve – A prefab visionary
June 25, 2010 – 3:52 pm | 2 Comments
Jean Prouve – A prefab visionary

Jean Prouve was a metal worker and designer that acquired notoriety for his collaboration with  his famous cousin Charles Edouard Jeanneret (who assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier). This weeks video presented by Wallpaper Magazine …

Visual Acoustics – The modernism of Julius Schulman
June 16, 2010 – 9:19 am | 3 Comments
Visual Acoustics – The modernism of Julius Schulman

I must have been asleep at the wheel, but last night I realized that Visual Acoustics – The Modernism of Julius Schulman is available to watch instantly on Netflix. This is what the film’s web …

Video Fridays: Netherlands
June 11, 2010 – 4:05 pm | 2 Comments
Video Fridays: Netherlands

Above is the Wozoco Apartments in Osdorp, Nederlands
This is our second post on the Netherlands. See Adaptive Reuse in the Netherlands. This new video concentrates on an area of Amsterdam called Osdorp. It sounds …

Please Vote for Our Free Green Who’s Next Competition Entry
March 3, 2010 – 11:07 am | No Comment
Please Vote for Our Free Green Who’s Next Competition Entry

We just wanted to thank everyone for their support. Voting ends Wednesday and it has been a fun couple of weeks. If you have not had a chance to vote we would love your support. …

an amazing video to start off the new year
January 8, 2010 – 3:51 pm | One Comment
an amazing video to start off the new year

This one needs to be watched in full screen or maybe on your new big screen LED you just got for Christmas.  You can watch it in HD if you press the link below to …

Friday video……….David Baker + Partners
November 13, 2009 – 11:39 am | No Comment
Friday video……….David Baker + Partners

In our industry there have always been architects and designers that we admire and look up to.  David Baker +Partners Architects is one of those firms.  David Baker has been practicing architecture for nearly 30 …

Scary Houses and Buildings
October 30, 2009 – 9:33 am | One Comment
Scary Houses and Buildings

So what do you post for a Friday video the day before Halloween?  Well scary houses and buildings of course.  Enjoy the slide show and make sure your speakers are on.  The added music and …

The Friday Video: Coast Modern Documentary
October 16, 2009 – 7:56 am | No Comment
The Friday Video: Coast Modern Documentary

It looks like another great documentary film on architecture and design. This one takes us to the West Coast and explores modern architecture from 1922 to the present.
Here is what the film’s blog says …