1 hour ago

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: [Summer House in the archipelago of Trosa south of Stockholm photo by Max Plunger]It’s always nice to look at beautiful design accomplished out there by other architects. There’s nothing to dilute the quality or inspiration of the work being shown. No baggage or knowledge of the project beyond what’s being communicated by (Read More)

6 days ago

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: It’s time for installment #4 of the Women Making an Impact series and we gotta say –the work we’re coming across keeps getting stronger and stronger.  All ten women in today’s post are, once again, entirely from BUILDblog readers.  A huge thanks to your contributions.  Keep ‘em coming and we’ll keep the series loaded with [ (Read More)

Nov 16, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: Last year BUILD LLC opened the Special Projects Division cabinet shop and since then we’ve had our heads down working away.  The shop has been so busy with cabinets lately that we entirely forgot to launch the furniture line on the BUILDblog, so here goes.  As most architects can attest, designing up furniture is a [...] (Read More)

Nov 13, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: It goes without saying that times are tough for everyone –including architects.  With few potential job opportunities out there in the residential arena, we’ve noticed some fierce competition amongst design professionals.  And along with fierce competition, we’ve also observed some dubious methods of obtaining work.  Don’t (Read More)

Nov 10, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: Seattle’s American Institute of Architects held their 59th annual Honor Awards on Monday night and team BUILD was there getting the scoop.  Apparently there were a total of 175 entries this year, 139 of which are built and another 36 pretend projects.  Check out the full roster here.Sitting in on the jury this year was [... (Read More)

Nov 06, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: We’ve been having an immense amount of fun with the Women Making an Impact series.  The education that comes with simply researching these individuals should also be worth some PhD college credit somewhere.  Today we’ve got another 10 mega-design stars for you.  Check out the previous posts here and here and enjoy todays:Al (Read More)

Nov 04, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: The response to our recent Women Making an Impact post was astonishing.  We received enough resources from our rock-star readers for an entire series and today we’ve got the second addition put together. Without further ado, some sharp shooting ladies who have made enormous contributions to the design world.Ray Eames, U.S.A (Read More)

Nov 03, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: The BUILD Young Architect’s Day is a year old now and its time to throw another.  With the flood of resumes coming in lately, we know many of you are anxious to meet up and kick the tires on some work by BUILD LLC.  For those of you not familiar with our YAD program: we [...]. (Read More)

Oct 30, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: [Cutler Residence by Murdock Young Architects, Photo by Micheal Moran]With the architecture industry picking up, we’re getting our digital ducks aligned here at BUILD LLC.  As the wave of work takes off, we want to get more eyeballs on our projects and make sure that we’re positioning ourselves appropriately for the type of (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: [Photo by John Wallis]BUILD’s recent Tree House Pavilion for the Microsoft Open House in Manhattan was a huge success as well as an invigorating four week design and construction process.  Today’s post picks it apart, dives into some of the key ingredients and calls out some of the epiphanies along the way.  Critical info i (Read More)

Oct 16, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: Real cities have industry. Real cities have grit. Real cities have places where steel gets machined, where cabinets get built, where cars and boats get fixed, where work gets done.Gentrification can be great, unless it sweeps clean the breadth of a city, purging out the factories, lumber yards, steel shops and institutions (Read More)

Oct 13, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: The preservation of traditional architecture is important to us and being a modern architecture firm does not exclude us from having respect for the architectures that came before us. Integrating new home updates to a traditional residence is always challenging and establishing a set of strategies is, in our opinion, key to (Read More)

Oct 09, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: So there we were, going six hundred and fifty miles per hour at thirty thousand feet in the air on a recent flight when we nearly spilled our martinis all over ourselves.  Turbulence you ask?  Nope – it was our eyes making contact with some incredibly provocative photography.  We had never before seen the work [...]. (Read More)

Oct 06, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: We’ve got a hot new project to unveil that we’ve been keeping under wraps since its very recent inception.  It was conceived, designed, fabricated and built in 4 weeks and completed early this morning.  Stay tuned for a blog post on the tight timeline, process and exceptional teamwork on this one. (Read More)

Oct 04, 2009

Submitted by Buildllc from blog: We just returned from the breathtaking state of Colorado where we’re working on a new project.  The trip out allowed us to do a bit of traveling around, and to put it simply – we were blown away at the cool architecture, dramatic mountain ranges and fall colors.  With a tremendous amount of help from [...]. (Read More)

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