BUILD Progress Report
It’s a good time to update the blog with a few projects on the front burner here at the BUILD world headquarters. Also keep your eyes peeled for a few publications coming out soon.
With the Magnolia residence just months from completion, the exteriors are beginning to look finished now that most of the rainscreen panels are in place. The interiors are being flushed out with a thorough cabinet package from SPD and a crisp steel stair composition. The owner continues to maintain the most thorough blog documentation of any home construction project that we’ve ever seen on the web, check it out here.
We’ve been hard at work honing in our system for updating mid-century modern homes and the Innis Arden project is an ideal case study. The construction documents are just about wrapped up and construction begins in March. The package includes a new entryway, new doors & windows, new electrical-plumbing-heating, new cabinets, and new surfaces throughout. A new house for the price of a remodel.
After touring Manhattan and Chicago the tree house project has made its way to Seattle. It’s currently disassembled in a warehouse awaiting it’s next deployment which will be somewhere in the Seattle area, we’ll keep you posted when it goes up.
Builder/Architect magazine will be running a feature on us in April, in the meantime you can check out the online publication here.
Green Building+Design is also running an upcoming story on BUILD, check ‘em out.
We’re keeping busy in the digital realm with to 2-3 blog posts per week which can be accessed via our RSS feed, you can also follow us via twitter for all the behind the scenes stuff.
Cheers from your friends at BUILD
By Gus, February 15, 2010 @ 1:38 pm
that Magnolia house is going to be a hot number – looking forward to seeing the completed shots.
By Nicholas Williams, February 16, 2010 @ 9:37 am
Hey Guys, it’s great to see you are keeping busy in this economic downturn! Congratulations on all of your great work!
By Scott, February 16, 2010 @ 10:33 am
Hi Build, I was wondering what kind of wood siding you used for the Magnolia house. Considering it’s in Seattle, wouldn’t it be difficult to maintain with all the rain?
By Build LLC, February 16, 2010 @ 10:43 am
@ Scott – the weathering and maintenance of the siding was a big design consideration. The products that we decided on were T&G cedar installed horizontally, Prodema panels and Cembonit panels. The homeowner runs a very thorough blog, A House by the Park, that documents the siding very well
By Les Fitzpatrick, February 16, 2010 @ 11:07 am
Very nice and very exciting.
By Sean, February 17, 2010 @ 1:32 pm
Nice house. On the horizontal cedar T&G siding, did you have the siding custom cut with a longer “tongue” in order to create a horizontal shadow line between coarses, or were they just installed with a small gap. . .or am I seeing a detail that isn’t there?
By bob, February 17, 2010 @ 8:38 pm
wow, look at that, very creative and inspiring, I wish I could design something like that
By Kevin, February 18, 2010 @ 9:03 am
Sean- we installed the T&G butted together but with the “V-groove” out. This, in combination with the darker stain, helped give us the appearance of a wider gap. This is a detail we looked at pretty carefully which makes us totally flattered that you took notice.
Bob- thank you. A mere 11 years into this business and we’re hitting our stride (ha ha)….
By Nicholas Williams, February 18, 2010 @ 10:25 am
Hey Andrew, what’s going on with your house in Colorado? You guys moving ahead with that project? I am in New Mexico now and would love to bid on the project if you are interested.
To update you guys, we are breaking ground on the first of two Railyard Live/Work Buildings here in Santa Fe, NM in about 2 weeks. I’m very excited! If you are ever in this neck of the woods give me a shout and I can show you around.
-Nicholas Williams
By Sean, February 19, 2010 @ 7:15 am
Kevin – nice detail with the shadow line between T&G cedar. I have done this detail in the past both ways (tight and with a shadow line) when I have run T&G cedar horizontally. After a year of weathering/movement, the shadow line detail is far superior because you see an uneven shadow on the tight joint in areas that make the cedar siding look less than perfect. The shadow detail hides this movement as the reveal/shadow is intentional. I look forward to seeing the finished product.