Timber frame pergola kit installed over the backyard patio. These are durable strong timbers built with the old world dovetail mortise and tenon system to last for generations and stand up through strong winds and heavy mountainous snows.

1,500 facial ft of concrete block structural wall to support the foundation of a building. This wall provides both strength and stability, ensuring the structure stands strong for years to come.

1,500 facial ft of concrete block structural wall to support the foundation of a building. This wall provides both strength and stability, ensuring the structure stands strong for years to come.

Outdoor great room in Sparta, NJ with an awesome tiger wood covered structure. Stone based ipe columns. Two-tiered deck that step down to a custom designed paver patio with built in fire feature and a 20ft. retaining wall. Stunning stacked stone planter extends the rustic look of this beautiful outdoor living space.

This LEED Platinum certified house reflects the homeowner's desire for an exceptionally healthy and comfortable living environment, within a traditional neighborhood. INFILL SITE. The family, who moved from another area of Wellesley, sought out this property to be within walking distance of the high school and downtown area. An existing structure on the tight lot was removed to make way for the new home. 84% of the construction waste, from both the previous structure and the new home, was diverted from a landfill. ZED designed to preserve the existing mature trees on the perimeter of the property to minimize site impacts, and to maintain the character of the neighborhood as well as privacy on the site. EXTERIOR EXPRESSION. The street facade of the home relates to the local New England vernacular. The rear uses contemporary language, a nod to the family’s Californian roots, to incorporate a roof deck, solar panels, outdoor living space, and the backyard swimming pool. ZED’s careful planning avoided to the need to face the garage doors towards the street, a common syndrome of a narrow lot. THOUGHTFUL SPACE. Homes with dual entries can often result in duplicate and unused spaces. In this home, the everyday and formal entry areas are one and the same; the front and garage doors share the entry program of coat closets, mudroom storage with bench for removing your shoes, and a laundry room with generous closets for the children's sporting equipment. The entry area leads directly to the living space, encompassing the kitchen, dining and sitting area areas in an L-shaped open plan arrangement. The kitchen is placed at the south-west corner of the space to allow for a strong connection to the dining, sitting and outdoor living spaces. A fire pit on the deck satisfies the family’s desire for an open flame while a sealed gas fireplace is used indoors - ZED’s preference after omitting gas burning appliances completely from an airtight home. A small study, with a window seat, is conveniently located just off of the living space. A first floor guest bedroom includes an accessible bathroom for aging visitors and can be used as a master suite to accommodate aging in place. HEALTHY LIVING. The client requested a home that was easy to clean and would provide a respite from seasonal allergies and common contaminants that are found in many indoor spaces. ZED selected easy to clean solid surface flooring throughout, provided ample space for cleaning supplies on each floor, and designed a mechanical system with ventilation that provides a constant supply of fresh outdoor air. ZED selected durable materials, finishes, cabinetry, and casework with low or no volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and no added urea formaldehyde. YEAR-ROUND COMFORT. The home is super insulated and air-tight, paired with high performance triple-paned windows, to ensure it is draft-free throughout the winter (even when in front of the large windows and doors). ZED designed a right-sized heating and cooling system to pair with the thermally improved building enclosure to ensure year-round comfort. The glazing on the home maximizes passive solar gains, and facilitates cross ventilation and daylighting. ENERGY EFFICIENT. As one of the most energy efficient houses built to date in Wellesley, the home highlights a practical solution for Massachusetts. First, the building enclosure reduces the largest energy requirement for typical houses (heating). Super-insulation, exceptional air sealing, a thermally broken wall assembly, triple pane windows, and passive solar gain combine for a sizable heating load reduction. Second, within the house only efficient systems consume energy. These include an air source heat pump for heating & cooling, a heat pump hot water heater, LED lighting, energy recovery ventilation, and high efficiency appliances. Lastly, photovoltaics provide renewable energy help offset energy consumption. The result is an 89% reduction in energy use compared to a similar brand new home built to code requirements. RESILIENT. The home will fare well in extreme weather events. During a winter power outage, heat loss will be very slow due to the super-insulated and airtight envelope– taking multiple days to drop to 60 degrees even with no heat source. An engineered drainage system, paired with careful the detailing of the foundation, will help to keep the finished basement dry. A generator will provide full operation of the all-electric house during a power outage. OVERALL. The home is a reflection of the family goals and an expression of their values, beautifully enabling health, comfort, safety, resilience, and utility, all while respecting the planet. ZED - Architect & Mechanical Designer Bevilacqua Builders Inc - Contractor Creative Land & Water Engineering - Civil Engineering Barbara Peterson Landscape - Landscape Design Nest & Company - Interior Furnishings Eric Roth Photography - Photography

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Inspiration for a contemporary deck remodel in New York

1,500 facial ft of concrete block structural wall to support the foundation of a building. This wall provides both strength and stability, ensuring the structure stands strong for years to come.

Our Homeowner was looking to save on cost and because the structure of the countertop was strong we were able to offer an epoxy option. We mixed, poured and designed a custom epoxy countertop to mimic the look of granite and to compliment the existing countertops in the kitchen. We were glad we could offer a durable and affordable option.

Somraj Group of Developers is a prominent construction company operating in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario and Metro Vancouver Area of BC, Canada. Known for our commitment to quality and accuracy, we have earned a strong reputation for consistently delivering outstanding results on all of our projects. Building for Generations: crafting structures that stand the test of time.

Somraj Group of Developers is a prominent construction company operating in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario and Metro Vancouver Area of BC, Canada. Known for our commitment to quality and accuracy, we have earned a strong reputation for consistently delivering outstanding results on all of our projects. Building for Generations: crafting structures that stand the test of time.

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Example of a transitional formal dark wood floor living room design in Dallas with white walls and a standard fireplace

Somraj Group of Developers is a prominent construction company operating in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario and Metro Vancouver Area of BC, Canada. Known for our commitment to quality and accuracy, we have earned a strong reputation for consistently delivering outstanding results on all of our projects. Building for Generations: crafting structures that stand the test of time.

Located in Port Aransas, Texas these "Denali" structures were all installed for the property to add some much needed shade to their pool deck and around the playground. Coastal locations always need some extra shade when that afternoon UV is strong.

The beauty of an open reach-in closet is how much easier it makes your life. Make use of the full height of your wall by installing a floor-standing system from TidySquares that not only looks finished, it’s structurally strong and durable. With extra deep shelving, hanging rods, wire baskets, drawers and a tilt-out hamper, this custom reach-in closet is jam-packed with tons of storage to fit it all and more!

Superadobe is a form of earthbag construction, a technique using layered long fabric tubes or bags filled with adobe to form a compression structure. The resulting beehive shaped structures employs corbelled arches, corbelled domes, and vaults to create single and double-curved shells that are strong and aesthetically pleasing. It has received growing interest for the past two decades in the natural building and sustainability movements.

Huge minimalist backyard gravel patio container garden photo in New York with no cover

Morph Industries has been in operation since October 2007. In that time we have worked on many high end residences in Vancouver and Whistler area as our main focus for our architectural division. We have a strong background in heavy structural steel as well as being self taught at stainless ornamental work and finishing. We are very proud to be able to fabricate some of the most beautiful ornamental metal work in the industry. We are one of the only companies that is able to offer in-house ornamental stainless, aluminum and glass work as well as being fully certified for structural steel.

Mid-sized minimalist beige two-story stucco house exterior photo with a hip roof and a metal roof