luxury home plans
luxury home plans
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-12
"Accessibility", as it pertains to the design of buildings, is a term that most of us are somewhat familiar with. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the "ADA") mandates that most buildings u...
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-17
If you're planning on building a custom home in a new development or remodeling a home in an older neighborhood, you'll likely to find your plans subject to design review. Design review boards go by d...
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-17
The materials and finishes that we use on the interior of our homes require cleaning and occasional maintenance; we dust, we vacuum, we mop-n-glo to keep them looking good and long lasting. Without to...
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-17
Good house design takes its form in part from the forces that act on it. Climate and weather are two of the strongest form-makers (there are no igloos in the tropics) since houses must be designed and...
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-17
Retirement. Florida. Golf. Boredom. What do these terms have in common? Not much, according to a mountain of recent studies of the lifestyles and demographics of aging baby-boomers. Today's "empty-nes...
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-17
"Dupioni"; "Faux bois"; "Intaglio"; "Pulmonaria"... Rare tropical diseases? European politicians? Expensive appetizers?Nope, they're paint colors! If you're thinking of painting the outside of your ho...
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-17
Here's a subject that's rarely given enough thought in custom home design...the way you enter and leave your house. We're just talking about a door, right? A hole in the wall, a way in and a way out; ...
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-26
"It should be about this big..."My six-year-old son's voice trailed away as he paced off an area in our back yard about the size of a blimp hangar."...and about that tall..."He pointed to the top of t...
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-29
Two demons wait for unsuspecting homeowners, hoping for their chance to gobble up time and money on new home and remodeling projects.The Ripple Effect lurks quietly in the background. Just like the mo...
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by Richard Taylor, AIA - 2007-04-30
John and CindyThe new, bigger closet he was having built for her would finally allow them to spread out and organize their apparel. His golf shirts wouldn't be jammed together so tightly that the colo...
