by dreamdoctor | Apr 18, 2017
We moved here in ’91. Of all the houses we looked at this was the one that had been designed by the owner – all the rest were plan book or speculative. So many projects. A word of advice – if you ask your spouse their opinion you’d better be...
by dreamdoctor | Apr 18, 2017
Some projects are built well or at least competently built but have no redeeming characteristics beyond that. Some projects are built poorly but have character worth rehabilitating – this is one of those. The first line of their program was – “We...
by dreamdoctor | Apr 17, 2017
This project was originally designed by a great architect. And that is fine as long as you don’t have to deal with it. This was to be a passive solar home so efficient that you wouldn’t really need to have an HVAC system, but the bank requires it –...
by dreamdoctor | Apr 14, 2017
I did a lot of research for this before I designed and built it. i stayed as true to the philosophy of the tea house as possible. Natural materials, the concerns of physical life and world left outside, exposed building systems, calm and serene and it serves a s a...
by dreamdoctor | Apr 14, 2017
I do a lot of lighting design – layout, specifying and actual design. It is very hard to get a good picture of a lighting installation – they have to be experienced for the most part. Lighting is one of the biggest determining factors of success in a...
