ARIZONA
“Revolution, baby.”
As I am working up a plan to try and salvage a large-scale residential project by taking a more in-depth look at the pro-forma (no small feat considering how land and housing prices have changed), I am reminded of the design successes we had on a similar project in Tempe […]
Design in the New Economy
This is a link to a great series of entries, and very timely as I am looking for lots of inspiration about how to manage and respond to what seems to be an ever-increasing pace of change in my practice. http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/jennifer-bove
New home plan set – “The LEO” available
In the spirit of shifting practice in a post-MKD world (see “changing architectrual landscape” post – 6/3/09), I spent some time this weekend wrapping up something that was long overdue. The design and construction sets for “The LEO” are just about finished, and I’m currently figuring out which of the online plan services […]
Building Science – Great Building Link
I’ve just found an excellent resource – http://www.buildingscience.com/index_html. It provides independent systems approach and analysis of products and assemblies without the marketing blitz from product manufacturers. I’ll also put this on the permanent link list.
The Case for new Case Studies
The need for revolutionary housing solutions may be one of the most important issues we face as architects in the upcoming years. In my article “Density=Destiny: Broadening the Local Sustainable Discussion” written in 2005, I outlined how the leaderless sprawl that had governed the Phoenix, Arizona growth plan for the […]
The changing architectural landscape
Michelle Kaufmann, the darling of the latest prefab movement, has fallen on hard times. Even in these hard economic times where up is down and change is constant, I think this is one of the most significant and clear signals about the future of this practice. http://blog.michellekaufmann.com/?p=2147 I didn’t fully understand […]
New Reset Studios blog
Welcome to the new blog of Reset Studios – a modern architectural design practice based in Phoenix, Arizona. Of course we have a website (www.resetstudios.com) that outlines the basics about the practice (projects, info, references), but it is admittedly “static”. This blog is intended to be the complement to that […]