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Inspiration for a contemporary drought-tolerant and full sun backyard concrete paver landscaping in Denver.

With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting everyone’s vacation plans, dinner outings, and other activities, some customers are spending their money on home renovations. This homeowner in Wayne, NJ had us complete this clean, polished bathroom finish. This bathroom finish consisted of installing the faucet, toilet, tub, and shower trim.
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With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting everyone’s vacation plans, dinner outings, and other activities, some customers are spending their money on home renovations. This homeowner in Wayne, NJ had us complete this clean, polished bathroom finish. This bathroom finish consisted of installing the faucet, toilet, tub, and shower trim.

Wanting to get as close to net- zero as possible, our clients came to us with a desire to create a home that would accommodate their growing family while walking lighter on the earth and living in a healthier home. A collaborative process with the clients, architect and Meadowlark resulted in a stunning energy-efficient home that seamlessly melds with the aesthetic of the classic Ann Arbor neighborhood where it’s situated.
Architecture: Architectural Resource
Photography: Joshua Caldwell

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Columbus, OH
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Columbus Design-Build, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Historic Renovations

Photo credit: Scott McDonald @ Hedrich Blessing
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The design objective was to build a house for a couple recently married who both had kids from previous marriages. How to bridge two families together?
The design looks forward in terms of how people live today. The home is an experiment in transparency and solid form; removing borders and edges from outside to inside the house, and to really depict “flowing and endless space”. The house floor plan is derived by pushing and pulling the house’s form to maximize the backyard and minimize the public front yard while welcoming the sun in key rooms by rotating the house 45-degrees to true north. The angular form of the house is a result of the family’s program, the zoning rules, the lot’s attributes, and the sun’s path. We wanted to construct a house that is smart and efficient in terms of construction and energy, both in terms of the building and the user. We could tell a story of how the house is built in terms of the constructability, structure and enclosure, with a nod to Japanese wood construction in the method in which the siding is installed and the exposed interior beams are placed in the double height space. We engineered the house to be smart which not only looks modern but acts modern; every aspect of user control is simplified to a digital touch button, whether lights, shades, blinds, HVAC, communication, audio, video, or security. We developed a planning module based on a 6-foot square room size and a 6-foot wide connector called an interstitial space for hallways, bathrooms, stairs and mechanical, which keeps the rooms pure and uncluttered. The house is 6,200 SF of livable space, plus garage and basement gallery for a total of 9,200 SF. A large formal foyer celebrates the entry and opens up to the living, dining, kitchen and family rooms all focused on the rear garden. The east side of the second floor is the Master wing and a center bridge connects it to the kid’s wing on the west. Second floor terraces and sunscreens provide views and shade in this suburban setting. The playful mathematical grid of the house in the x, y and z axis also extends into the layout of the trees and hard-scapes, all centered on a suburban one-acre lot.
Many green attributes were designed into the home; Ipe wood sunscreens and window shades block out unwanted solar gain in summer, but allow winter sun in. Patio door and operable windows provide ample opportunity for natural ventilation throughout the open floor plan. Minimal windows on east and west sides to reduce heat loss in winter and unwanted gains in summer. Open floor plan and large window expanse reduces lighting demands and maximizes available daylight. Skylights provide natural light to the basement rooms. Durable, low-maintenance exterior materials include stone, ipe wood siding and decking, and concrete roof pavers. Design is based on a 2' planning grid to minimize construction waste. Basement foundation walls and slab are highly insulated. FSC-certified walnut wood flooring was used. Light colored concrete roof pavers to reduce cooling loads by as much as 15%. 2x6 framing allows for more insulation and energy savings. Super efficient windows have low-E argon gas filled units, and thermally insulated aluminum frames. Permeable brick and stone pavers reduce the site’s storm-water runoff. Countertops use recycled composite materials. Energy-Star rated furnaces and smart thermostats are located throughout the house to minimize duct runs and avoid energy loss. Energy-Star rated boiler that heats up both radiant floors and domestic hot water. Low-flow toilets and plumbing fixtures are used to conserve water usage. No VOC finish options and direct venting fireplaces maintain a high interior air quality. Smart home system controls lighting, HVAC, and shades to better manage energy use. Plumbing runs through interior walls reducing possibilities of heat loss and freezing problems. A large food pantry was placed next to kitchen to reduce trips to the grocery store. Home office reduces need for automobile transit and associated CO2 footprint. Plan allows for aging in place, with guest suite than can become the master suite, with no need to move as family members mature.

Lower Level family room with Acoustic ceiling and built in storage
Photo by:Jeffrey Edward Tryon
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary look-out carpeted and yellow floor basement remodel in Philadelphia with white walls
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary look-out carpeted and yellow floor basement remodel in Philadelphia with white walls

Photography by Braden Gunem
Project by Studio H:T principal in charge Brad Tomecek (now with Tomecek Studio Architecture). This project questions the need for excessive space and challenges occupants to be efficient. Two shipping containers saddlebag a taller common space that connects local rock outcroppings to the expansive mountain ridge views. The containers house sleeping and work functions while the center space provides entry, dining, living and a loft above. The loft deck invites easy camping as the platform bed rolls between interior and exterior. The project is planned to be off-the-grid using solar orientation, passive cooling, green roofs, pellet stove heating and photovoltaics to create electricity.

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Columbus, OH
Hope Restoration & General Contracting
Columbus Design-Build, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Historic Renovations

Recently Tudor Mechanical Team installed Mitsubishi Deluxe M series Wall mounted for a new customer in Brooklyn Ny. If you want to get this unit installed with professional and specialized technicians then you are one call away. Our specialized and professional technicians will install this unit and other units whenever you want with best price on market. Our technicians have PHD on HVAC and are insured. The Deluxe Wall-mounted Indoor Unit features a 3D i-see Sensor® and offers dual vane operation. The advanced sensor scans the room for occupancy, then adjusts temperature and airflow accordingly, and saves energy when a room is empty. The Deluxe offers Dual Barrier Coating, triple filtration, a backlit hand controller and other premium features.
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Columbus, OH
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Columbus Design-Build, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Historic Renovations

Mid-construction image of two patios, really, with a stone 'throat' connecting them. Owners are retired archaeologists; details suggest forms and patterns of subterranean mystery.

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Design ideas for a large eclectic drought-tolerant and full sun backyard gravel landscaping in Denver.
Design ideas for a large eclectic drought-tolerant and full sun backyard gravel landscaping in Denver.
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