tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89873388385048515232024-03-05T03:07:43.815-05:00Lowcountry ArchitectAn exploration of regional design and a view of the architecture world from the South Carolina Lowcountry.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-27333766781382036132010-12-13T09:37:00.000-05:002010-12-13T09:37:35.008-05:00New SiteWe have recently revised our web page and my blog can be found there<br />
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Our main web site is <a href="http://www.f-farchitects.com/">http://www.f-farchitects.com/</a>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-72455352114021872322010-11-19T15:59:00.001-05:002010-11-19T15:59:37.110-05:00Paterson House - Under Construction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-62952447798561815742010-11-18T10:02:00.000-05:002010-11-18T10:02:52.581-05:00Ruddick Residence - On the Boards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgDthOviMEx5ngRXHA3v1GKH-oILsmgya75ZVZaaJTG9NwsOgX3emgHNZfMZatmSKxHwMhrc_JjZoCXwewI8W2QEdAfG4bpOgWoFUM0qMWF6D7KeKIQmQ3BgqOzlA7jK8zXCNQaSW7sA/s1600/2.+Southeast+sketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgDthOviMEx5ngRXHA3v1GKH-oILsmgya75ZVZaaJTG9NwsOgX3emgHNZfMZatmSKxHwMhrc_JjZoCXwewI8W2QEdAfG4bpOgWoFUM0qMWF6D7KeKIQmQ3BgqOzlA7jK8zXCNQaSW7sA/s320/2.+Southeast+sketch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a sweet little project for our client in St. Mary's, Georgia. This view is from the backyard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sXJXOXxog1C4EQ5h5EIw9iC87XO41WDaWTqqSLLvOnRm-o0o-3Oji_X34ZB_k2IgjrYNTUKOFY7BbIaTPGw4wx6aHLydonZXjRlbupqKhn5pVgqVLWQBZJ-hTO3IWBHUwjvBGgybJaA/s1600/1.+Northeast+sketch+%2528front%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sXJXOXxog1C4EQ5h5EIw9iC87XO41WDaWTqqSLLvOnRm-o0o-3Oji_X34ZB_k2IgjrYNTUKOFY7BbIaTPGw4wx6aHLydonZXjRlbupqKhn5pVgqVLWQBZJ-hTO3IWBHUwjvBGgybJaA/s320/1.+Northeast+sketch+%2528front%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main house is a great room downstairs with the master suite upstairs. The house is sited to take advantage of the view of the marsh.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6ap1huvQvgsCCz8yHBygqgBfJ-1sQhFVIJ1Rb-97ktMMDMGaEk0fhdozUtUK9qMi7BKCTgvdFOEjS7W1f7GEPViRkBztXNNMLxqdaSWPguJXrcyfG4M7-nss-ANT9pS31o4VpSYPkjU/s1600/first+floor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6ap1huvQvgsCCz8yHBygqgBfJ-1sQhFVIJ1Rb-97ktMMDMGaEk0fhdozUtUK9qMi7BKCTgvdFOEjS7W1f7GEPViRkBztXNNMLxqdaSWPguJXrcyfG4M7-nss-ANT9pS31o4VpSYPkjU/s320/first+floor.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"WHAT IF EVERY INTERVENTION RESULTED IN GREATER BIODIVERSITY; INCREASED SOIL HEALTH; ADDITIONAL OUTLETS FOR BEAUTY AND PERSONAL EXPRESSIONS; A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE, CULTURE, AND PLACE; A REALIGNMENT OF OUR FOOD AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; AND A MORE PROFOUND SENSE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CITIZEN OF A PLANET WHERE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE PROVIDED FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY?"</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Beaufort Three-Century Project & Historic Beaufort Foundation are hosting a public exhibition of architecture and community design to complement the City of Beaufort tri-centennial celebration. The exhibit will demonstrate how the valued built forms of Beaufort can be successfully fused with the future requirements for sustainability of energy, water, materials, human ecology and indigenous vegetation. The design categories will include the Single Structure Infill and the Neighborhood Plan – each on one of three pre-selected opportunity sites in historic Beaufort. In addition to cash awards for these two categories, there will be a People's Choice award, as voted by exhibition visitors during the three-week long event.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This professional competition is open to architecture and land design professionals & students of those disciplines. Submissions should be physical models, virtual or perspective renderings of single structure infill or community plan models for one of three selected sites in historic Beaufort. Each submission should be accompanied by a specification board headlining the fundamental design principles and sustainable strategies used."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We chose to enter both the neighborhood master plan and individual building categories. The site we selected was the four blocks at the intersection of Wilmington and Washington Street.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcDMD9Dg3EpKTu-pufu5ipeusMYcfug2ml7fc-_BBfjkh8JlvVeMxo4UCiEuy2WXdQmaAPPmmnbOOp42hhhu_wVzwQn8jWylzO8KN9l4hDUhyphenhyphenEJ6lminLhpd5BnhDTaA2CfpE-keuMYc/s1600/webEXISTING+CONDITIONS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcDMD9Dg3EpKTu-pufu5ipeusMYcfug2ml7fc-_BBfjkh8JlvVeMxo4UCiEuy2WXdQmaAPPmmnbOOp42hhhu_wVzwQn8jWylzO8KN9l4hDUhyphenhyphenEJ6lminLhpd5BnhDTaA2CfpE-keuMYc/s320/webEXISTING+CONDITIONS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The gray buildings on the site plan are recognized as contributing structures to the National Historic Landmark District. The are modest one and two story houses generally built right after the Civil War. This neighborhood was started by freed slaves and the majority of the current residents are African Americans. The white buildings are non-contributing structures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQSSjpzyquNac9J_1Zq9ppvve2zGt2xC4jcPqxGqjQ2uw17ztyxAbg5vZYgCPXY9EgZOuRdpWgn0fLVN2UJCVW4Tsjfg-M5kmnpr337MDFYNeOpoko2zu3WHQXsbDK03KYhyM_tndk2g/s1600/webPROPOSED+SITE+PLAN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQSSjpzyquNac9J_1Zq9ppvve2zGt2xC4jcPqxGqjQ2uw17ztyxAbg5vZYgCPXY9EgZOuRdpWgn0fLVN2UJCVW4Tsjfg-M5kmnpr337MDFYNeOpoko2zu3WHQXsbDK03KYhyM_tndk2g/s320/webPROPOSED+SITE+PLAN.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the new master plan. We added a gathering place at the intersection of Wilmington and Washington and community gardens at the rear of each property.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center"><br />
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I will write a post later on the critical need to conserve water. The food was excellent, especially the Thai chicken rolls...I ate way too many of them. The photo above is me in front of Daniel Shiffman's interactive video <em>"Swarm"</em> Take a look of it in action...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyg7VZ_XpTa0R82TSn5Gvd_p5elI5httEdiC0UnV-7tMT6n3JBN0IWpjMEMFz1_79AH9QahNAIPQA3yLzJtYw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The color swarms across the screen and mimics the view in front of the camera. The keynote was followed by Pecha-Kucha Night hosted by AIA Savannah at Alligator Soul. A highlight was Ed Atkins presentation on finding unused space in Atlanta to house the homeless and grow food. The billboard apartments were great.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_T45wbBlbswAcghOCrK-J9FlF9KOR3x_P_VTi70JWy872m2hfARYt_Fw8s_PLvjxmmZQ7Mjg0odyTRe1Kq02DCPJT6JlL9jw7Q8DJmiB9q6UPS14Q6TVjK48Q7JU5GNaOSA3OmhTTFw/s1600/steps.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_T45wbBlbswAcghOCrK-J9FlF9KOR3x_P_VTi70JWy872m2hfARYt_Fw8s_PLvjxmmZQ7Mjg0odyTRe1Kq02DCPJT6JlL9jw7Q8DJmiB9q6UPS14Q6TVjK48Q7JU5GNaOSA3OmhTTFw/s320/steps.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On Saturday we woke to a beautiful day and after the keynote, Michael and I decided to spend the morning exploring Savannah. We left the hotel and wandered down to the river.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8uTHZ6L_WyM5kqyEfixuBBYxU6zPoHyXMT75Cg3mhvTYUmLqwBuyGvSWRx9RDn8CsMfRf6YO_GkNrI6QTVgJDFK0L6xb3Oj1kpuAny10WcJe3SibIj6XtnxgNR5taj-hSRvbq7JPk4Q/s1600/dogs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8uTHZ6L_WyM5kqyEfixuBBYxU6zPoHyXMT75Cg3mhvTYUmLqwBuyGvSWRx9RDn8CsMfRf6YO_GkNrI6QTVgJDFK0L6xb3Oj1kpuAny10WcJe3SibIj6XtnxgNR5taj-hSRvbq7JPk4Q/s320/dogs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We happened upon the 11th annual weiner dog races....there were over 150 dogs racing..it was a hoot!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dydWqEfDvyJn-NNT6jKp0DFga9KPdJ1fakY_n9Ljag8grJnzkD3J5PJoF7KlTthV3XqtMMC8vG2S3agZU30' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After trying to watch one heat we realized that we were too late to get a good seat so we continued our stroll. We passed through square after square and came to one of SCAD's classroom buildings..they are all over town. 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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The International Residential Building Code (IRC) made significant revisions after Hurricane Andrew that have been proven to prevent structural damage from wind. In fact, during the 2004 Florida hurricanes, no one died in any structure that was built under the revised code. The code requires that the building is tied together from the roof rafters to the foundation; the building is designed to withstand wind shear; the windows, doors, and skylights are protected from windborne debris; and the exterior finishes are securely fastened to the structure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The success of the structural code changes highlighted the problem of rain entry into the building. Before when a homeowner was missing a roof, he was not concerned with a leaky window. Preventing rain infiltration is now a new focus in home construction. Many property insurance companies will give homeowners a discount for some of these best practices. The key items include: The roof needs an overhang to keep the rain off the building; provide sill pans under all windows and doors; flash all windows, doors and other penetrations; provide a drainage plane behind the exterior finish material to allow the water to escape and the wall to dry; provide a secondary roofing membrane; design closed crawl spaces that are dry and watertight; and drain the rain away from the house through the use of gutters and sloping the ground away from the building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has understood for several decades how to prevent flood damage. The basics are general common sense; elevate the livable space, floor structure and heating and air-conditioning ducts above the 100 year flood plane and the potential storm surge; install hydro-static vents to prevent flood waters from collapsing foundation walls; build with materials that tolerate getting wet; and design the walls to easily dry after they get wet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot & Humid Climates recommends to design and construct buildings in hurricane prone areas using the following steps in order of priority: keep the building from blowing away; keep the rain out; elevate the structure above the flood plane; building with materials that tolerate soaking; and design the wall assemblies to easily dry with they become wet.</span>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-12187510519159151552010-09-27T11:41:00.000-04:002010-09-27T11:41:41.609-04:00SC Higher Ed Building Moratorium<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As president of the American Institute of Architects South Carolina, I hear regularly from our members about the grim economic environment throughout the state. The Governor's idea to solve the state budget woes and the rising cost of college tuition with a moratorium on construction is short sighted, especially since the universities have said that the lack of state funding, not building projects is the cause of rising tuitions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Typically, the construction industry accounts for nine percent of the national gross domestic product and the state of South Carolina needs to do everything possible to put our large construction industry back to work. My husband and I are both architects and have had our firm for 21 years. In good years we pay five figures in South Carolina income tax, in 2009 we paid $44 and it looks about the same for 2010. If all the architects, engineers, surveyors, contractors and suppliers in South Carolina were fully employed, it would generated hundreds of millions in tax revenue and the state could appropriate more money for higher education to reduce tuition costs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fact is there is no better time for building projects: Interest rates are at an all-time low; construction companies are eager to work at very competitive prices; our state economy badly needs a stimulus; and fully employing our construction industry workers will boost state income tax receipts. Every $1 billion spent on building projects increases the state's gross domestic product by almost $2.3 billion; creates 24,000 jobs with $720 million in personal income. We need jobs - not moratoriums!</span>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-75513887649702442132010-09-21T10:15:00.000-04:002010-09-21T10:15:08.642-04:00Let's Blog Off about Facebook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowhWV2t9b3I8QjwmRwZrugE7Xb5jfXCK2tv7w9lw-aYYetEDWYKG4HIiWwfgp3HhFnm8B3LbUvVntjDr3TPrlYhOxlNe2omAyzhfgeB41LL-qI4NMnvkRYrrvdwvQnrzFigN2JOCgY7w/s1600/wayne.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowhWV2t9b3I8QjwmRwZrugE7Xb5jfXCK2tv7w9lw-aYYetEDWYKG4HIiWwfgp3HhFnm8B3LbUvVntjDr3TPrlYhOxlNe2omAyzhfgeB41LL-qI4NMnvkRYrrvdwvQnrzFigN2JOCgY7w/s320/wayne.bmp" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my second post for a Let's Blog Off topic. <a href="http://letsblogoff.com/">http://letsblogoff.com/</a> This week the question is "Do social sites like Facebook connect the world or isolate people?" My quick answer is they connect the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was introduced to Facebook in March of 2009 I got an excited phone call from my college pal Wayne, pictured above in that stunning lime green paisley sports coat. "I HAVE FOUND GWEN ON FACEBOOK! YOU HAVE TO JOIN!" So I joined. After we graduated from Auburn in architecture in 1982, we lost track of Gwen. The last time I had seen her was at my wedding. We had head rumors that she had married a Spaniard and was living overseas.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Around the same time, my marketing consultants suggested that we start a business facebook page to complement my blog...but due to my advanced years we should wait a few months before starting to tweet! I have been tweeting for almost a year and find it to be the most valuable of the social media that I use. On Twitter I follow lots of architects and designers. Since I live in a small town, it helps me stay connected with the outside world. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Most of my clients live somewhere else and are building a retirement or pre-retirement house here, so they find us on the internet. Therefore, the larger presence we have in cyber space the easier we are to find. A great blog that sends quite a bit of traffic to my web page is Houzz <a href="http://www.houzz.com/">http://www.houzz.com/</a> I don't use LinkedIn much but through a connection on LinkedIn I was quoted in a story in Residential Architect magazine <a href="http://www.residentialarchitect.com/architects/off-the-beaten-path.aspx">http://www.residentialarchitect.com/architects/off-the-beaten-path.aspx</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It didn't result in a new client contact but it might one day! </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXAt1qKm5OfGK-XiLrPe_0nSyyX1QFhN0jgqmI5JTxA3mV_etmuE8d5BGVBvUxlXD9ibIQ9io_5XgxOV264H-dLHuOJJGDOwi9sD_DZP4jzZUIokQ9YVPIBMTM8Wa-2eUOwEo6Ll1wvQ/s1600/cans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXAt1qKm5OfGK-XiLrPe_0nSyyX1QFhN0jgqmI5JTxA3mV_etmuE8d5BGVBvUxlXD9ibIQ9io_5XgxOV264H-dLHuOJJGDOwi9sD_DZP4jzZUIokQ9YVPIBMTM8Wa-2eUOwEo6Ll1wvQ/s320/cans.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just returned from the AIA North Carolina Convention that was held in Asheville. Here are a few of the highlights</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was an interesting seminar on the restoration of the Thomas Wolfe House followed by a tour of the house. Thomas Wolfe last lived in the house in 1916 so the interior is typical of that period. The Wolfe family lived in the house until it was sold to the city of Asheville and turned into a museum. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERENzlw_VDCRF4WWhlI2LWAKqI3bSQyrNASkcFyercILT0wJi03kxkgtcXWeo-bGTslbPLX4gFr2DhWyqlILz__qS9jXzet2IzSJypsul0UI75Q3jiZ_ORthS4jCrlwfoDqQoNTmRJG4/s1600/biltmore+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERENzlw_VDCRF4WWhlI2LWAKqI3bSQyrNASkcFyercILT0wJi03kxkgtcXWeo-bGTslbPLX4gFr2DhWyqlILz__qS9jXzet2IzSJypsul0UI75Q3jiZ_ORthS4jCrlwfoDqQoNTmRJG4/s320/biltmore+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The highlight of the convention was the design award's gala that was held at the Biltmore House. What a treat...and the award winning projects were great, too.</span></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-78994662031468275362010-09-07T08:49:00.000-04:002010-09-07T08:49:11.297-04:00My Slice of Heaven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3eNicmt14121QdaDcccNiXbGqa5PqQgZ-p3lPvPSIy1woHZ4gViN_J181eqqElONh4q9aHnABOXbOTLgaWCgbdU74WnIDV5vXBTEBgnflUQDzU9l0806M_QuuiP3cEVvPZV4VmeF1bBo/s1600/sunset+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3eNicmt14121QdaDcccNiXbGqa5PqQgZ-p3lPvPSIy1woHZ4gViN_J181eqqElONh4q9aHnABOXbOTLgaWCgbdU74WnIDV5vXBTEBgnflUQDzU9l0806M_QuuiP3cEVvPZV4VmeF1bBo/s320/sunset+view.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my first blog-off challenge and the topic of writing about my "Slice of Heaven" was easy because I am one of the lucky ones who lives in paradise. This is the view from my back terrace overlooking the inter-coastal waterway. I live on Lady's Island which is just across the river from Beaufort, South Carolina. I never tire of the view..there is something about a long view that is very relaxing. One of the best things about being on the marsh is the abundant bird population. We see Herons, Egrets, and Wood Storks in the marsh. There is a Osprey that preens it feathers every morning in a snag that I can see from our bedroom. Hooded Mergansers arrive in December and were renamed Christmas Ducks by our girls when they were young. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmtC6HyMtqAvoMNpy-zUx6Srd0oHRTzhkcLyHBJVh2vey4mCtnUwciyIOxVRojySU87dxoX1z3vk9aJKOoKprFyBj8VAHAxQBXF9eqJoD0c4qkm76I53UrFdxzYH4totPuhSR85J4gPY/s1600/ibis2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmtC6HyMtqAvoMNpy-zUx6Srd0oHRTzhkcLyHBJVh2vey4mCtnUwciyIOxVRojySU87dxoX1z3vk9aJKOoKprFyBj8VAHAxQBXF9eqJoD0c4qkm76I53UrFdxzYH4totPuhSR85J4gPY/s320/ibis2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hear owls every morning and have seen a Great Horned Owl in a tall pine tree and a Screech Owl on our terrace after he collided with our sliding doors. Fortunately he was just stunned and soon flew away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA41BFhXsQyv9VU1ara3n-mJ49vm0b4i-2rJE0KXRQQLJ4gC5GuxWGdjtOwrMGD4qL0BEWhmE7GEO56Aohb_MlYihZj7vtYy1NEgjZGCBgISCCUpue8DEsQzBBPlwxcLGApmrdpkExtNw/s1600/view+to+courtyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA41BFhXsQyv9VU1ara3n-mJ49vm0b4i-2rJE0KXRQQLJ4gC5GuxWGdjtOwrMGD4qL0BEWhmE7GEO56Aohb_MlYihZj7vtYy1NEgjZGCBgISCCUpue8DEsQzBBPlwxcLGApmrdpkExtNw/s320/view+to+courtyard.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kitchen looks out to the river on the West and into a courtyard on the East. I see a different group of birds in the courtyard. The two most exciting to spot are Painted Buntings and Pileated Woodpeckers. We keeps several birdbaths and they are usually full of Cardinals.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWZp5hjWFr2cFaXhuSA__Nr9_R8qe3tx1Uol-pGTVsBCV06puRc0a8bVXDMmjjOrj15UgfPfJBXqaq9t6HI56WsuofAT9UB6jkI1dSwR3OQNTCs6LSRx-Iz_6YOd51YCMwci-Qrxgcco/s1600/kayak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIWZp5hjWFr2cFaXhuSA__Nr9_R8qe3tx1Uol-pGTVsBCV06puRc0a8bVXDMmjjOrj15UgfPfJBXqaq9t6HI56WsuofAT9UB6jkI1dSwR3OQNTCs6LSRx-Iz_6YOd51YCMwci-Qrxgcco/s320/kayak.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One day when we were out kayaking a manatee swam by us...really cool! Michael, my husband fishes behind our house. A few years ago he found a sweet spot and would leave the house asking how many fish I wanted him to bring home for dinner!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hdny6z3S03xLj1pFH3r8BOb1ldL4LseOtmSkdFZK9Tq4bfs_3l-Wvbv_G66fqPT4FliDDwoXRapz6VPTnCEqd8diMcTNi7EZnYaFk5WGOM3I-T12rkMFrsGM6R2Gcc7exvUVoLPZxXg/s1600/fog.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hdny6z3S03xLj1pFH3r8BOb1ldL4LseOtmSkdFZK9Tq4bfs_3l-Wvbv_G66fqPT4FliDDwoXRapz6VPTnCEqd8diMcTNi7EZnYaFk5WGOM3I-T12rkMFrsGM6R2Gcc7exvUVoLPZxXg/s320/fog.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The marsh and river views are always changing and can be very dramatic. We watch rain storms approach down the river. You are probably thinking that it is difficult for me to leave my house and go to work... once again, I am lucky. Our office is on the same piece of property as our house but in a different building. The view below is from the office.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCA3cKuJN_uQY8taUKKoMerZc1NJR-q6CICcG5z9fnzpBW8bj-iEcZbE7MP-avl1gztBWs9IzVjU9Qk2IDuahAoamjwzLGFXhwUOKLMEtkRhENrr0-azsPPQr-BkDxbyLdcmZ0a8ody6c/s1600/backyard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCA3cKuJN_uQY8taUKKoMerZc1NJR-q6CICcG5z9fnzpBW8bj-iEcZbE7MP-avl1gztBWs9IzVjU9Qk2IDuahAoamjwzLGFXhwUOKLMEtkRhENrr0-azsPPQr-BkDxbyLdcmZ0a8ody6c/s320/backyard.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though I live in paradise, it is on a flat barrier island and is in a small town. So when I leave my slice of heaven I either go to the mountains or to a city. I grew up in Tennessee, so I have to get my mountain fix and enjoy those long views especially when backpacking!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ_Jjs69JSoaJs2RlUE-0skb4FK2ufh83ZXTi5LWCI-F96GEGGSPqoupXaZc4Alv8jvcGlpHayWHkYrl5QkqNXhCHYhgXMCAWLzjgEdtNxFQdVyxlF37G0mju8NEQWAB3Gt9Ghb0DET4/s1600/scenic+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ_Jjs69JSoaJs2RlUE-0skb4FK2ufh83ZXTi5LWCI-F96GEGGSPqoupXaZc4Alv8jvcGlpHayWHkYrl5QkqNXhCHYhgXMCAWLzjgEdtNxFQdVyxlF37G0mju8NEQWAB3Gt9Ghb0DET4/s320/scenic+view.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a lush, semi-tropical landscape with huge Live Oak trees draping Spanish Moss but there is very little fall color. The marsh changes from bright green to gold and there is an occasional tree here in there sporting some color. So a trip to the mountains in the fall is a real treat.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-83391873511338152882010-09-06T13:49:00.001-04:002010-09-06T13:51:01.903-04:00Components of Closed Crawl Spaces<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until around 75 years ago, houses in the Coastal South were built out of solid lumber components of stud walls, diagonal sheathing, wood siding, and the interior was finished with plaster. When the walls got wet they were able to dry because there was no insulation and plentiful leaks to let air circulate in and out of the walls. There was not a problem with mold because solid lumber is not eaten by mold. Without air-conditioning, high ceilings, porches and cross ventilation contributed to making the house bearable in a hot, humid climate. This sounds like a good system except thermal comfort is almost impossible to achieve in a leaky, un-insulated structure .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the advent of air-conditioning, the homebuilding industry pursued the goal of thermal comfort to the detriment of the indoor air quality and structural integrity. By 1970, houses still had wood stud walls but almost everything else had changed. The interior was finished with paper faced drywall. The exterior sheathing was oriented-strand board (OSB). Thermal comfort was achieved with insulation and air-conditioning. Insulation was placed between the floor and the vented crawl space that was full of humid air. Likewise, insulation was placed between the ceiling and vented attic. The heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment and ducts were located in the vented crawl space and/or vented attic. The openings where ducts and plumbing pipes penetrated through the ceiling and floor were typically not sealed and the introduction of the hot, humid air into the cooled interior spaces caused condensation and the growth of mold. Similarly, when the cold air in the ducts passed through the extremely hot attic it created condensation in the ducts; this in turn caused mold and mildew to grow because the house could not dry. By tightly sealing houses and using products full of adhesives, houses were turned into mold and rot factories. Through research, building methods for hot, humid climates have been transformed. It wasn't until 1996 that the International Residential Code allowed modification for hot, humid climates and many people are unaware of these advances.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• A mechanical method of removing moisture must be installed, options include; a dehumidifier, air ducted from the house air-conditioner with a back-flow damper to prevent crawl space air from entering the house, or an exhaust fan.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• The rain washing off of the roof needs to be controlled, either by gutters or a foundation drain system. The ground needs to slope away from the house at a minimum of six inches in ten feet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information on closed crawl spaces go to <a href="http://www.crawlspaces.org/">http://www.crawlspaces.org/</a></span>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-46799755667993583442010-08-23T13:17:00.000-04:002010-08-23T13:17:33.615-04:00Amen Street Light Fixtures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPF4lFrhO0HknzTiSZ55mVyqKkuFIQ464y8bxETgA_HXfMvQkRc4CaDSXiSmFUaOISzLFfhCUc_XpO0XqPcCWKWVV_poSI3hnyiVGN4nTSMNS7QH4W8_bZTYDjHg09ZjxG0jFh-gqkoCc/s1600/LCO-024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPF4lFrhO0HknzTiSZ55mVyqKkuFIQ464y8bxETgA_HXfMvQkRc4CaDSXiSmFUaOISzLFfhCUc_XpO0XqPcCWKWVV_poSI3hnyiVGN4nTSMNS7QH4W8_bZTYDjHg09ZjxG0jFh-gqkoCc/s320/LCO-024.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few weeks ago we went out to lunch at Amen Street Resturant </span><a href="http://www.amenstreet.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.amenstreet.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in Charleston. I highly recommend eating there for the great fresh fish and local produce. We were quite taken with the light fixtures that were made out of oyster shells. They are made locally by Lowcountry Lighting Originals <a href="http://www.lowcountryoriginals.net/">http://www.lowcountryoriginals.net/</a>. They will make custom sizes and finishes.</span>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-82734121565066765332010-08-12T16:53:00.000-04:002010-08-12T16:53:47.291-04:00Closed Crawl Spaces<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have had second thoughts about having a closed crawl space in the hot, humid South..think again. The North Carolina research company Advanced Energy "has confirmed over the long term...that outside air contains more water vapor than the air in the crawl space during the warm seasons, and has no potential to dry the crawl space. Instead, the outside air ends up contributing water vapor to the crawl space." Thereby, vented crawl spaces support mold growth in a hot, humid climate. Advanced Energy's research on closed crawl spaces compared to vented crawl spaces showed that "closed crawl spaces consistently outperformed the wall-vented crawl spaces in terms of both moisture control and energy use." Learn more about closed crawl spaces here <a href="http://www.crawlspaces.org/">http://www.crawlspaces.org/</a></span>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-78121310193015177362010-07-26T16:54:00.000-04:002010-07-26T16:54:55.707-04:00"I" House or Plantation Plain Style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">A typical southern house was the "I" house, named because of the tall narrow profile. This house was two stories with a simple gable roof and a shed roofed one story porch in front and a shed roofed addition on the rear. Typically, there were masonry chimneys on each end of the house. This simple house was one room deep which maximized the amount of light and cross ventilation. It had high ceilings which allowed the heat to rise and provided a more comfortable environment. The one story porch allowed the second floor sleeping rooms to have ventilation on three sides. Occasionally there would be a double porch on the front. Kitchens were usually in a separate building behind the house; this kept the heat from the fireplace out of the main house and also protected</span> <span style="font-size: small;">the main house in the event of a kitchen fire.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-OcvLrfKzjC0ngsVrMVnTzjMrmvpJAF_2UQwjpZ14WmuOe14wprVNxK4MNof84QAMTBulpd74Ay5WDXiQpBe9zUqVu6JZB_l4KVH1jOJtPn2LxFJbC7a5xzfQ87aSg2_2D6TyTYR_LU/s1600/side+exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-OcvLrfKzjC0ngsVrMVnTzjMrmvpJAF_2UQwjpZ14WmuOe14wprVNxK4MNof84QAMTBulpd74Ay5WDXiQpBe9zUqVu6JZB_l4KVH1jOJtPn2LxFJbC7a5xzfQ87aSg2_2D6TyTYR_LU/s320/side+exterior.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DqxiL4Bbn4euk-mlmRtO1UhL_RVOtr833DAIVfGuREAT5ReaswcfbujGXIg2befrn8TfXSi0srbe-olVZBT8MvX-9bV2ZySrphTpUmw-ecCHs4iAG1EI6ltfqOrPKomqX0KryoU4QMM/s1600/porch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DqxiL4Bbn4euk-mlmRtO1UhL_RVOtr833DAIVfGuREAT5ReaswcfbujGXIg2befrn8TfXSi0srbe-olVZBT8MvX-9bV2ZySrphTpUmw-ecCHs4iAG1EI6ltfqOrPKomqX0KryoU4QMM/s320/porch.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a number of "I" houses to be found in Beaufort and the surrounding counties. The challenge with the "I" house is incorporating the necessities of modern day living, such as kitchens, bathrooms, closets and laundry rooms. We recently worked on an "I" house in Beaufort that has an important provenance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1839, Robert Smalls was born a slave on this property. In the civil was he became a U.S. Army captain. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He went on to serve in the SC House of Representative, SC Senate and was a United States Congressman </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for 5 terms. After the civil war, Robert Smalls purchased this and adjacent properties. It is believed that </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this circa 1855 house was moved to the property as part of the Smalls estate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The original house was two rooms over two; it appears that a one story wing was added when the house </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was moved. The double front porches were removed many years ago and replaced with a small stoop. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Typical of historic houses, there was only one inadequate bathroom and virtually no closets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Robert Smalls is an important historical figure in South Carolina, so it was critical to respect the integrity </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the house while providing the basic necessities in bathrooms and storage. We added a small L‐shaped </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">second floor addition to house two new bathrooms, master bedroom closet and a small third bedroom. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The addition backs up to the existing chimney and we left it exposed in the bathroom. We enclosed an </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">existing small porch to create a breakfast room with a new porch beyond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In restoring the double front porches, the house now looks like the typical Beaufort house that it is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">instead of some foreign transplant. The clients desire for a screened porch was met with a free standing </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">enclosure that respects the scale of the historic home and encloses a courtyard on the south of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As more and more people move to the coastal South there is a growing need to understand how to design your house for our hot humid climate. The intense solar radiation and high moisture create unique challenges to building a comfortable house that is easy to maintain and minimizes the impact to the environment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prior to the advent of air conditioning, an understanding of local environments enabled southerners to build in ways that buffered the harsh climatic realities. As Europeans moved to the southern colonies it typically took them a generation to adapt their native architecture to the climatic conditions of the region. They quickly learned that houses one room thick maximized cross ventilation. The thin plans also provided ample light that prohibited mold growth in dark areas. The best orientation of this thin plan was east to west to reduce solar gain. The windows were located to catch the prevailing summer breezes. Large porches or verandas were always located on the southern side and often on the east and west, too. The verandas protected the house from both the sun and the rain, provided circulation, and created a cool place to sit and sleep in the summertime. High ceilings allowed the heat to rise and provided a more comfortable environment. By raising the houses off the ground several things were accomplished; it allowed the first floor to be out of the flood plain in coastal areas; breezes are better on the raised first floor; and air circulation under the house helped reduce the heat gain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An early prototype embracing these principles is the dog trot, also known as "two pens and a passage". One room was typically used for sleeping and the other for cooking. The covered open center passage was the main sitting room in warm weather that was cooled naturally by the Bernoulli effect. The center passage was often used as the dog kennel and thus the name dog trot. Dog trots are found in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, the Carolinas, and Texas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The vernacular forms still are relevant in our climate and we have designed several dog trots, recently, which I have posted to this blog. There are other architects doing dog trots...here are a few of my favorites with links to their sites.</span><br />
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A great web site for clients to prepare an idea book of their likes and disikes is <a href="http://www.houzz.com/">http://www.houzz.com/</a><br />
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Two web sites I visit when I need a chuckle are <a href="http://unhappyhipsters.com/">http://unhappyhipsters.com/</a> and <br />
<a href="http://catalogliving.tumblr.com/">http://catalogliving.tumblr.com/</a><br />
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Happy Monday!Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-1933219074101115642010-06-24T10:50:00.000-04:002010-06-24T10:50:05.841-04:00Bluff Plantation 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bluff was originally owned by Nathaniel Heyward, brother of Thomas Heyward, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Nathaniel's house was burned in one of the wars but the two live oak avenues remain. We built this new house overlooking the river. It is based on the traditional "Beaufort T" house form.</span></div><br />
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The ancient oak alley just needed a nice big house at the end.<br />
<a name='more'></a>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-14490967155476466152010-06-14T14:55:00.000-04:002010-06-14T14:55:59.537-04:00Update from Miami<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZqJHbUR05dg16EbzL0b8pAf2GnPnvvnlTkESPVy7Q70CB7FVLGZnXWizlvr4T_pko-5b70DrmLoW2br0DsoU2NjJ45ZDkBQUTQtW1EXuxaFfIiL0P3PDsGxLuRlWsaGcomr7vGkJkng/s1600/bleu%2520open.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZqJHbUR05dg16EbzL0b8pAf2GnPnvvnlTkESPVy7Q70CB7FVLGZnXWizlvr4T_pko-5b70DrmLoW2br0DsoU2NjJ45ZDkBQUTQtW1EXuxaFfIiL0P3PDsGxLuRlWsaGcomr7vGkJkng/s320/bleu%2520open.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw lots of stick things when we were in the Miami Design District. This lamp was at Jalan. <a href="http://www.jalanmiami.com/">http://www.jalanmiami.com/</a></span>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-11581826746693333952010-06-02T12:09:00.000-04:002010-06-02T12:09:16.659-04:00Raymond Jungles, Landscape Architect 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVoe4baCb8jzjYDX4tnBnUOiMPoDS4jZCEUXdnRZQAAwxf4xTiVmU7arqyzCrFCHMVD4H0rVY_GN-hVFOcN1EkVfB-akVQF3D_2vHZvwhG8ObOB23cAtZDK8_4ame6x18iL3qdzbf-e4/s1600/Jungles+blog1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVoe4baCb8jzjYDX4tnBnUOiMPoDS4jZCEUXdnRZQAAwxf4xTiVmU7arqyzCrFCHMVD4H0rVY_GN-hVFOcN1EkVfB-akVQF3D_2vHZvwhG8ObOB23cAtZDK8_4ame6x18iL3qdzbf-e4/s320/Jungles+blog1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkjv6Gd9nayzOiQJqk4ae8GPT5HB0jCdtc2PekZU9oKhXub9s6YZbkSU97wng37HEGWwpuLX0mIb1Bjzb7iflQC-r8xsrnGx_EN6njiNRviamBTeI_LzVypAWs4K-6cmEHr5nAorMFao/s1600/jungles+blog+after.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkjv6Gd9nayzOiQJqk4ae8GPT5HB0jCdtc2PekZU9oKhXub9s6YZbkSU97wng37HEGWwpuLX0mIb1Bjzb7iflQC-r8xsrnGx_EN6njiNRviamBTeI_LzVypAWs4K-6cmEHr5nAorMFao/s320/jungles+blog+after.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqAy-1H-1jWzUwQGPf_q3eSrmEuwNsZuvAPjk1-XqIKDf8PbpZC7OekpLBZpa4E6UxIOVXy1hE8rED21R0jS-BWuXz630u8tMpyFtFy3KyQi694d9Hwof4MlwIHrSDkZS9YkzIpqZkX0/s1600/Jungles+before.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTqAy-1H-1jWzUwQGPf_q3eSrmEuwNsZuvAPjk1-XqIKDf8PbpZC7OekpLBZpa4E6UxIOVXy1hE8rED21R0jS-BWuXz630u8tMpyFtFy3KyQi694d9Hwof4MlwIHrSDkZS9YkzIpqZkX0/s320/Jungles+before.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBB1MrVNkVwLQwgKS9TUcDDoDjVUsB-k1sGbG3r5a9019lM0EMVYDCIEJXBNOpA9OnGxZLHROS4MSOslFwqX6XjC9sYqj2bmbmPpAS7vyVm_WKdvamGpSOcwhdazAEHfB-sEBSVW6Mpw/s1600/Jungles+blog+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBB1MrVNkVwLQwgKS9TUcDDoDjVUsB-k1sGbG3r5a9019lM0EMVYDCIEJXBNOpA9OnGxZLHROS4MSOslFwqX6XjC9sYqj2bmbmPpAS7vyVm_WKdvamGpSOcwhdazAEHfB-sEBSVW6Mpw/s320/Jungles+blog+2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nVS4S_EoF-B01B0CJ8ORA65pAXgovhvS7-9vaxj0ANJoG6Iea4Qf7nKSLwm-cLH6SDwBVfgbQyLt-XOaHRzHrt73bRKg5m1pF8PpGCLAW0_G8IMcWAjxHfmU8Y3dH19co9rjuQZlnt0/s1600/Jungles++blog+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nVS4S_EoF-B01B0CJ8ORA65pAXgovhvS7-9vaxj0ANJoG6Iea4Qf7nKSLwm-cLH6SDwBVfgbQyLt-XOaHRzHrt73bRKg5m1pF8PpGCLAW0_G8IMcWAjxHfmU8Y3dH19co9rjuQZlnt0/s320/Jungles++blog+3.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just received some photos of Jungles' project David's Garden. He won a FL ASLA merit award for the project. All photos c. Raymond Jungles, Inc.</span>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8987338838504851523.post-51954079240411998022010-05-28T10:05:00.000-04:002010-05-28T10:05:50.484-04:00Raymond Jungles Landscape Architect<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next month, I am headed to Miami for the national convention for The American Institute of Architects. I always leave the convention inspired on many levels. Whether it is new sustainable products, great speakers, or tours of amazing buildings I always find useful information to bring back to my practice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year I hope to experience some gardens designed by one of my favorite landscape architects, Raymond Jungles, <a href="http://www.raymondjungles.com/">http://www.raymondjungles.com/</a> There are many lessons to be learned from Jungles' gardens that are applicable here in the lowcountry. Jungles says that your garden must make a statement; be dramatic yet inviting. He accomplishes this through the layering of spaces, walls, light plants, color, sound, and fragrance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jungles explains that the entrance to the property is critical to the entire design. Typically the entry path is very controlled with view snapshots that create anticipation for the rest of the garden. In some of my favorite designs the garden path is floating slabs of concrete in reflecting pools.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The selection of plants is critical. While we are not in a tropical zone, our semi-tropical zone plants include many of the sculptural plants that do not need pruning that Jungles likes. Place the plants with dramatic foliage where their shadows can create interesting patterns. He also advises to design for the "insufficient maintenance" that most homeowners deliver. Select hardy indigenous ground covers and grasses to reduce the amount of watering and maintenance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of Jungles' gardens include a water element. Whether it is a swimming pool with a fountain or a fountain with a reflecting pool, a cool oasis with the sound of moving water is a welcome relief in our hot humid climate. Jungles recommends in a flat landscape like ours to take advantage of the drama of the sky. In small gardens, a reflecting pool can capture the clouds. If you are fortunate to have a long view, allow glimpses of the view as you progress through the garden before opening up to the entire view.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBSv5SMQzbU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBSv5SMQzbU</a></span>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561543405549557842noreply@blogger.com0