Category Archives: Architecture

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Project Updates

By Rusty | Published: July 13, 2011

Six shiny new site signs have arrived, thanks to Signs by Tomorrow. Two of the Tornado Rebuilding projects have completed demolition and are under permit review as I type this. Once the major equipment has come through the site, I’ll snap a couple pictures of the site in preparation for the new structures. In other […]

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Atomic Ranches & Your Home

By Rusty | Published: June 16, 2011

Yesterday was the beginning of a two-week survey contest, in which somebody will win this awesome book on that midcentury marvel, the Atomic Ranch. So what’s the point of the survey, what do I get out of it, and what does today’s tract housing have to do with these post World War II living sculptures?

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Rebuilding Raleigh – Continued

By Rusty | Published: May 26, 2011

What words of comfort can you give to a person who has lost everything? A person whose home is so desolated that there is more tarp than house. The best I could muster was, “Don’t worry. We’ll take good care of you.” I’m usually pretty good with words, in writing anyway. But after the second […]

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Advanced Framing for Residential Construction

By Rusty | Published: May 24, 2011

Advanced Wall Framing, is a concept and phrase that the average homeowner may have never heard. In fact, if you’ve ever been in a structure built using these strategies, you wouldn’t necessarily know it. There are many different ways to approach wood framing, and ultimately the ‘bones’ of the building are almost entirely hidden from […]

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New Projects

By Rusty | Published: May 18, 2011

I’ve recently picked up a few new clients and have a few new design projects on the boards that I thought I’d share. The first is a house originally designed by my mentor, David Davenport, which he’s allowing me to take over on and carry through construction in his place. It’s a great little modern […]

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