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DAKE | WELLS a r c h i t e c t u r e

2011-11-01T21:52:00.003-05:00

Current Status

2011-11-01T21:44:00.002-05:00

I appologize for sort of falling off into the virtual netherworld... life is just about sorted out and hopefully posts will return to normal soon.

ERIC MOREHOUSE
LEED® Accredited Professional
producer author editor creative director of: http://eyecandy-webcandy.blogspot.com

AATA

2011-09-09T09:58:00.004-05:00

code ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

2011-09-08T21:37:00.002-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...
http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~code/index.html
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HEIN-TROY

2011-09-02T16:20:00.002-05:00

DORRINTON ARCHITECTS & ASSOCIATES

2011-08-29T21:08:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.dorringtonarchitects.co.nz

DUVALL DECKER ARCHITECTS

2011-08-25T14:40:00.005-05:00

vincent snyder architects

2011-08-15T10:04:00.002-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...
http://www.vincentsnyderarchitects.com/
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via ~ http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/15/ur22-by-vincent-snyder-architects/
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Hurst Song Architekten

2011-08-13T19:02:00.003-05:00

LunaTik by MNML

2011-08-09T11:18:00.007-05:00

LunaTik Instructions, Assembly & Tips from Visere on Vimeo.

http://lunatik.com/lunatik

http://www.mnml.com/

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_nano

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunatik-multi-touch-watch-kits

Estudio BaBO ARQUITECTURA

2011-08-08T00:11:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.estudiobabo.com.ar/

yh2 architecture

2011-08-06T23:26:00.003-05:00

max pritchard architect

2011-07-31T23:37:00.000-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.maxpritchardarchitect.com.au/

KAPLAN THOMPSON ARCHITECTS

2011-07-27T23:49:00.004-05:00

Photos: Naomi C.O. Beal Photography

JOHAN SUNDBERG ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

2011-07-24T23:37:00.000-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure....

http://www.johansundberg.com/

mecanoo architecten

2011-07-21T22:13:00.004-05:00

Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architectes

2011-07-18T14:17:00.002-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure....
http://www.prsarch.ch/
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via: design boom

Herriot + Melhuish: Architecture Ltd

2011-07-16T13:42:00.003-05:00

COLBOC FRANZEN & ASSOCIES

2011-07-10T21:37:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.cfa-arch.com/

DEL RIO NUNEZ ARQUITECTOS

2011-07-07T23:40:00.005-05:00

Intexure Architects

2011-07-02T14:46:00.000-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.intexure.com

Bach ARQUITECTES

2011-07-02T14:33:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.bacharquitectes.com/

Abramson Teiger Architects

2011-07-01T08:44:00.003-05:00

Many thanks to Douglas at Abramson Teiger Architects for the images...

Jim Bartsch Photographer

http://jimbartsch.com/

ROCKEFELLER PARTNERS ARCHITECTS

2011-06-22T23:03:00.004-05:00

Photography: Eric Staudenmaier

FINNE ARCHITECTS

2011-06-19T21:47:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.finne.com

Elliott + Associates Architects

2011-06-16T00:51:00.014-05:00

karawitz architecture

2011-06-13T12:52:00.002-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...
http://www.karawitz.com/index_fr.html
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varda studio

2011-06-08T23:05:00.005-05:00

Christophe Gulizzi Architecte

2011-06-07T14:17:00.001-05:00

Another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...
http://www.gulizzi.com/
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jones studio

2011-06-03T11:24:00.005-05:00

images from The Construct Zone...

via: PLASTOLUX

TVA

2011-05-27T22:13:00.000-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.tvaarchitects.com

Fitt De Felice

2011-05-26T22:18:00.002-05:00

Starvechitecture - WILL DESIGN 4 FOOD

2011-05-25T23:41:00.004-05:00

via http://klaustoon.wordpress.com/

AKB - Atelier Kastelic Buffey

2011-05-22T20:58:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.akb.ca/

via: http://www.ordosproject.com/index2.htm

fjmt | Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp

2011-05-20T15:10:00.004-05:00

all images © fjmt

smoothcore

2011-05-16T12:44:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...
http://www.smoothcore.fr/
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see also - http://www.landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/1079
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ROOM 11

2011-05-13T21:01:00.003-05:00

Herbst Architects

2011-05-09T20:06:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.herbstarchitects.co.nz/

LAN Architecture

2011-05-08T14:52:00.005-05:00

Desai/Chia Architecture

2011-05-02T21:17:00.003-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.desaichia.com/

Kamil Mrva Architects

2011-04-28T21:26:00.004-05:00

TYIN tegnestue Architects

2011-04-24T21:47:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.tyintegnestue.no/

http://www.youtube.com/TYINtegnestue

Architekt DI Bernardo Bader

2011-04-22T22:13:00.003-05:00

Nick Deaver

2011-04-18T21:59:00.000-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.nickdeaver.com/

SAOTA Aberfeldy - Stephan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects

2011-04-18T21:03:00.003-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.saota.com/

HELIOTROPE ARCHITECTS

2011-04-14T21:12:00.005-05:00

A new residence located in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood designed as a simple three-story form wrapped in a cedar rainscreen and stretched across the width of the property to maximize views west toward Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. Spaces are arranged according to the importance of prospect and refuge. Primary social spaces are located on the top floor where the view is best and where kitchen, dining and living flow seamlessly together in one loft-like space. Private functions - sleeping and bathing - occur on the second level screened from the street. The ground floor contains entry, garage and an opening through the house, front to back – a covered exterior gathering space that frames the view of water and mountain for the passerby at the street.

Location:

Seattle, WA

Contractor:

Dovetail

Building Area:

2,600 sf

Completion:

2010

Photographer

Mark Woods

PROGETTO: Arquitetura e Interiores

2011-04-12T00:17:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.progetto.arq.br/

FABRE/deMARIEN architectes

2011-04-08T00:26:00.002-05:00

ion popusoi

2011-04-05T12:13:00.000-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure... http://www.ionpopusoi.ro/ . .

What Comes After Postmodern Architecture?

2011-04-02T15:55:00.004-05:00

Tuesday, April 5 at 6:30 pm

What Comes After Postmodern Architecture? A Conversation with Rafael Viñoly

The recent building boom in New York City has radically altered the look and feel of the city and added considerably to the list of starchitects currently reshaping New York’s iconic skyline. It has also helped redefine boundaries of the eclectic pluralism of postmodern architecture. How do we label the current architectural style of the last decade? Is there a post-postmodern? Join architect Rafael Viñoly and Julie Iovine, executive editor of

The Architect’s Newspaper,

for a conversation about the present and future of architecture in New York.

Reservations required: 917-492-3395 or e-mail programs@mcny.org

$6 museum members; $8 seniors and students; $12 non-members

$6 when you mention eye candy

Museum of the City of New York

1220 Fifth Avenue at 103^rd Street

New York, NY 10029

www.mcny.org

212-534-1672

SPG architects

2011-04-01T20:21:00.004-05:00

LEICESTER HOUSE

Leicester, North Carolina

Photos: Daniel Levin

www.spgarchitects.com

Kimmel-Eshkolot Architects ltd.

2011-03-27T23:55:00.000-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.kimmel.co.il/

ANNA NOGURA ACHITECT

2011-03-24T23:07:00.003-05:00

projektil architekti

2011-03-23T21:44:00.001-05:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.projektil.cz/

Ghost Lab 13: Plotting a New Course for Architecture

2011-03-11T11:10:00.001-06:00

excerpts below from archrecord: click the link above for full text and images...

For MacKay-Lyons the conference, called “Ideas in Things,” was a natural evolution from Ghost Lab. “We always talked about having this,” said MacKay-Lyons. “There’s a clubhouse effect of having the site, where every year people congregate.” The idea took firm hold three years ago while the architect was on a trip with four of his Ghost Lab buddies to see the ancient Dogon dwellings in Mali, Africa. That posse of North American architects—Rick Joy and Wendell Burnette (both from Arizona), Tom Kundig (Seattle), and Marlon Blackwell (Arkansas)—will speak at the conference, along with Deborah Berke (New York), Ted Flato (San Antonio), Patricia Patkau (Vancouver) and Francis Kéré (Berlin and Burkina Faso), among others. Critics will also participate, including Kenneth Frampton, Juhani Pallasmaa, and Peter Buchanan. Pritzker-Prize winner Glenn Murcutt, whom MacKay-Lyons calls “the James Brown of this movement,” may turn up, too.

And make no mistake: MacKay-Lyons and his cohorts do see this as a movement—or as Buchanan puts it, “the resistance”—to counter the numbing effects of globalization and a design culture that seems to favor theory over craft and spectacle over place. A part of the group’s mission is to take on architectural education, which, said MacKay-Lyons, has “become flakier and flakier, and less about making things.” In contract, he credits the Rural Studio at Auburn University in Alabama, or the work of Dan Rockhill at the University of Kansas, whose students design and build affordable pre-fab housing. Both Rockhill and Rural Studio director Andrew Freear will speak at the Ghost conference.

Ghost Lab 13: Ideas in Things Conference

badia-berger architectes

2011-03-10T23:21:00.003-06:00

ADA - Atelier de Arquitectura, Lda.

2011-03-07T21:08:00.003-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.ada-urb.com/

pointner pointner architekten

2011-03-04T19:29:00.003-06:00

chris cobb office of architecture

2011-03-04T18:55:00.012-06:00

Eva Street Residence

Austin, Texas

Located on an urban infill lot in South Central Austin, the site’s biggest challenge was also one of its greatest assets, a gorgeous 150+ year old live oak that stood directly in the center of the build-able section of the property. The design arose from the need to build in relation to the tree and to investigate whether an urban home can achieve some of the spatial dynamics of the tree: sheltering the family without sealing them off from their surroundings. The solution was to create a taut multi-storied volume that features a dynamic interplay of different heights that engage and interact with the tree, tucking under and within the canopies that are defined by its outreaching branches. The house is clad in Brazilian Redwood siding and corrugated weathering steel, which adds scale, texture, and a melding of the house with its surrounding landscape while at the same time softening the sharp, crisp geometry of the structure. The wood cladding extends into the interior of the house, which also features dark chocolate bamboo floors, crisp white walls, meticulous custom-made cabinets, and clean detailing.

Builder:

Pilgrim Building Company

Cost: $200/SF

Area: 2250 SF

Completed: 2006

Photo Credit:

Casey Woods Photography

and

McConnell Photography

field ARCHITECTURE

2011-02-27T17:25:00.001-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://fieldarchitecture.com/

CADAVAL & SOLA-MORALES

2011-02-23T22:51:00.004-06:00

Posto 9 Arquitectos

2011-02-21T09:12:00.001-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://posto9.pt/

via: Veterinary Clinic / Posto 9

LEHRER ARCHITECTS LA

2011-02-18T23:47:00.002-06:00

The FREELON Group

2011-02-13T20:38:00.002-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...
http://www.freelon.com
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nuno brandão costa arquitecto

2011-02-13T20:36:00.000-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...
http://www.nunobrandaocosta.com/
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LAURIE FRICK

2011-02-10T22:47:00.002-06:00

….a thin line between art and neuroscience

"The scavenger hunt for clues to the personality continues with Laurie Frick: Sleep Patterns at Edward Cella Art & Architecture, Los Angeles - www.edwardcella.com .

The links to neuroscience are entirely explicit in Frick's large-scale sculptural constructions, which use individual objects as elements in an epic charting of human dream-time brain function. 6018 Wilshire Blvd.; thru April 2; 6-8 p.m."

http://www.laweekly.com/events/this-weekends-best-art-gallery-openings-11908
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Daily Activities of LF is 48" x 48"
The gallery installation is 12ft high x 20 ft wide
The Language of Sleep is 6ft x 8ft

TWS Partners

2011-02-06T21:45:00.001-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.twspartners.com/

VVKH architecten

2011-02-04T20:38:00.003-06:00

see also: Bouwfoto's van het poortgebouw op Flickr

A/ZC

2011-01-30T16:44:00.001-06:00

another quality web candy for your visual pleasure...

http://www.zundelcristea.com/

via: http://www.architizer.com/en_us/projects/view/treasury-office/17934/

pasel.künzel architects

2011-01-27T21:33:00.004-06:00

pasel.künzel architects was originally an eye candy back in 2008... http://eyecandy-webcandy.blogspot.com/2008/07/paselknzel-architects.html

Zebra Imaging

2011-01-26T23:23:00.000-06:00

it's like we jumped into the 21st century... welcome to 2011!

atelier A5 architecture and planning

2011-01-25T18:02:00.004-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.a-a5.com/

via - http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/12914/atelier-a5-fwhouse.html

ARCHITEKT DI BERNARDO BADER

2011-01-20T20:30:00.002-06:00

Abalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos

2011-01-19T18:48:00.000-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.abalos-sentkiewicz.com

Herreros Arquitectos

2011-01-19T18:47:00.000-06:00

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http://www.herrerosarquitectos.com/

ESTUDIO NOMADA

2011-01-17T22:01:00.004-06:00

Blog: www.estudionomada.es/blog/index.php?lang=es
Website: www.estudionomada.es

Issuu: issuu.com/estudionomada

http://www.dominiodobibei.com/web/index.html

http://www.epicure-wines.com/dominio-do-bibei-lacima/

Bruce Stafford Architects

2011-01-09T22:47:00.000-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.brucestafford.com/

Mulleners + Mulleners Architecten

2011-01-06T19:45:00.003-06:00

Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor as

2011-01-04T23:46:00.008-06:00

PATTERSONS

2011-01-03T12:26:00.003-06:00

another quality web candy - for your visual pleasure...
http://www.pattersons.com/

see also: The Michael Hill Clubhouse by Patterson Associates
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Energy Efficient Mortgages

2010-12-29T10:08:00.009-06:00

While I don't consider this to be "eye candy"...

I do think there's benefit in a brief overview of Energy Efficient Mortgages/Green Mortgages (for the purchase of a new home or the refinance and energy improvement of an existing one).

Excerpts below from: http://www.mortgageloan.com/environment/

So, what kinds of things does an EEM pay for?

An EEM can pay for improvements like new dual pane windows, a new HVAC unit with air ducts, insulation, weatherizing, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, fixing or replacing a chimney, installing active and passive solar technologies, and other upgrades.

Who offers them?

EEMs are offered by most mortgage lenders through federally insured mortgage programs like FHA and VA as well as secondary mortgage market lenders like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Lenders can offer conventional EEMs, FHA EEMs, and VA EEMs. All of them offer slightly different plans and you should talk to a few lenders.

How do you get an EEM?

To get an EEM, you first have to find out what improvements your home needs. And, though you may have had your eye on a new central air unit and other upgrades that you think you need, you have to follow the official suggestions. These suggestions come in the form of a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) report. A trained Energy Rater will take into account factors like insulation, windows, heating and cooling systems, and local climate to give the home an overall rating. You can work with your lender to find a licensed Energy Rater.

A HERS report includes:

· An overall rating for the house as it is.

· Recommendations for cost-effective energy upgrades.

· Cost estimates of the price, savings, and life of energy saving upgrades.

· An estimate of the house’s rating after the upgrades.

· Before and after estimates of annual energy costs for the home.

A HERS rating costs somewhere between $300 and $800 and you can finance it as part of the loan if it isn’t paid for by the buyer, seller, lender, or real estate agent.

Once I have my HERS, how does it all work?

Once you have your HERS inspection, you can figure out how much money you qualify for and what upgrades you want to spend the money on. Once the actual EEM has been worked out with the lender and the loan closes, the lender puts the money into an escrow account. The mortgage owner then has between 90 and 180 days (depending on who provides the EEM) to hire professionals to make the improvements. You can do some of the improvements yourself to save money (but you cannot pay yourself to make the renovations). The money is then paid out to the borrower once an inspection takes place to verify that the proposed improvements have been made and the energy savings are real.

I also highly recommended checking with your local utility company (mine is Kansas City Power and Light ), as well as, rebates available through the Energy Star Program .

Shunichiro Ninomiya + Tomoko Modrome NRM* Architects Office

2010-12-26T21:32:00.001-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure..

http://www.nrm-a.com

SKAARA ARKITEKTER AS

2010-12-24T12:58:00.002-06:00

another quality web candy - for your surfing pleasure...

http://www.skaara.no/

via http://www.archiweb.cz/buildings.php?action=show&id=2825

MERRY CHRISTMAS from eye candy...

Black + White Studio Architects

2010-12-23T17:02:00.005-06:00

via http://blog.buildllc.com/2010/12/on-the-radar-24/

Atelier Waechter

2010-12-22T20:54:00.005-06:00

CAPE COD

DATA

Awards: AIA Portland 2010 Merit Award

Completion Date: August 15th, 2010

Project Type: Residential Renovation

Square Footage: 1400

Owner: Lola Oyibo & Eric Boardman

Address: 3965 N Gantenbein Ave., Portland, OR

Architect: Atelier Waechter, Portland, OR

Builder: Prutting and Co.

Structural Engineer: Munzing Structural Engineering

Photographer: Sally Schoolmaster

The task of this project was to transform an existing 1947 single story Cape Cod style house into a compact and functional 1,400 sq.ft. modern dwelling. Each level of the new house has a distinct character to meet the needs of the new inhabitants.

FIRST FLOOR: The first floor living space is now one open room with living, dining and kitchen areas. Offset from the center of this room is a wooden box that contains “servant” spaces (stairs, powder room and storage). To go upstairs one literally steps into this wooden box creating a dramatic threshold between the main living space and the more private bedroom area above.

SECOND FLOOR: The original Cape Cod roof was removed and a second floor was added for bedrooms. In stark contrast to the first floor, the spatial order is comprised of 4 rooms organized around the central stair. The mood is quiet and calm through the scale of the rooms and the soft texture of the carpeting.

ROOF TERRACE: The open floor plan of the first floor reappears at the rooftop terrace. The diagram, once again, is a single room with a box “floating” off center. This time, however, the room perimeter consists of parapet walls which afford sweeping views of the neighborhood and distant mountains.