Steeply sloping lots pose serious design challenges for Seattle architects. This is the 2nd article in a series where I describe how we dealt with those challenges on a home I designed on SW Manning Street in West Seattle.
Let’s recap. The lot slopes steeply down from the street (front to back) and the [...]
A lot of my work as an architect is within the City of Seattle. Almost every home I’ve designed the last few years has been affected by Seattle’s steep slope critical area regulations. Designing a home for a steeply sloping site is a lot more complex than simply working up a floor plan [...]
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This the fifth and final in a new series of articles intended to help you flesh out and add detail to the work you did while reading the earlier articles entitled “New Home Design 101 - The Very Beginning“. When you are finished with these new articles you will [...]
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This the fourth in a new series of articles intended to help you flesh out and add detail to the work you did while reading the earlier articles entitled “New Home Design 101 - The Very Beginning“. When you are finished with these new articles you will have a [...]
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This the third in a new series of articles intended to help you flesh out and add detail to the work you did while reading the earlier articles entitled “New Home Design 101 - The Very Beginning“. When you are finished with these new articles you will have a [...]
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So after a week of being down with a severe cold I went back to work on this article series and realized I’d left out the Laundry Room from part 2 of this article. I’ve posted a revision to the article that gives the Laundry Room it’s proper place. I’ve also updated the worksheet so [...]
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This the secondin a new series of articles intended to help you flesh out and add detail to the work you did while reading the earlier articles entitled “New Home Design 101 - The Very Beginning“. When you are finished with these new articles you will have a detailed [...]
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This the first in a new series of articles intended to help you flesh out and add detail to the work you did while reading the earlier articles entitled “New Home Design 101 - The Very Beginning“. When you are finished with these new articles you will have a detailed [...]
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I have now developed a worksheet that follows the 3 articles in the series “New Home Design 101 - The Very Beginning”. This worksheet helps you document the initial stage of developing the program for your new home. It is available in a printer friendly PDF format here.
I have reformatted the Home Design 101 posts into an article in PDF format for easy printing. These articles are available HERE‘
