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Assessing the site constraints for the remodel of an existing 1940’s bungalow in Seattle

I came across the following ad on Craigslist recently and while I didn’t offer my services to them it seemed worth writing about in a blog about residential architecture.  It touches on a number of issues that I’ve written about in the past.  In particular my article on writing the project program  for a remodel [...]

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Home Design 101 - The Very Beginning - Part 3

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 Successfully designing a home requires a synthesis of :

personal vision, (read this first)
needs and desires, and  (read this second)
constraints.

Everything you do while designing your home involves integrating, balancing and compromising among these three parameters.
Constraints
There are two fundamental constraints on the design of a home: budget [...]

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