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   Jeff_Clarke | Dec 31, 2007 05:07am | #1

   Lake Flato is a fellow CAD user (ARRIS cad) and a great firm.

   Jeff

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   fingersandtoes | Dec 31, 2007 07:35am | #2

   Great work. A bit of a ringer as far as being West Coast, but definitely in the same spirit of real engagement to a specific region.

   Any more you can think of?

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   Pierre1 | Dec 31, 2007 08:28am | #3

   I like architect James T. Hubbell's "Sea Ranch Chapel" in Sonoma Cty., CA. This little chapel is crafted like a piece of furniture, a real jewel.

   Go here to see the whole picture.

   http://www.beachcalifornia.com/sea-ranch-chapel.html

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   andyfew322 | Dec 31, 2007 08:39am | #4

   was just working on a nice house, uesd natural trees for porch colums and two inside, nice touch to a house by a horse ranch farm thing

    

   It takes studs to build a house

   
   

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   Edited 12/31/2007 12:39 am ET by andyfew322

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   junkhound | Dec 31, 2007 05:30pm | #5

   Interesting designs.

   BC must have totally different energy codes than WA. 

   It would take a week of paperwork to be able to put that much glass on a house here, if even possible, not even sure it would be possible without big $$$$.

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   fingersandtoes | Dec 31, 2007 08:51pm | #6

   Only Joe's House is in Canada. The Seattle area is the hotbed for this kind of stuff. I don't know how they get away with it. Our codes are very stringent on building envelope design, but from what I've read here, pretty slack compared to yours in seismic, wind and energy requirements.

   Here is another one. It uses moveable walls to open up a lake front house in the BC interior to cool the house in  summer.

   http://www.rbaarchitects.com

   click on residential, #10