The Render Was Never the Room A good render can feel remarkably convincing. It brings the architecture, furniture, lighting, materials and landscape together into a single image, often with enough realism that it becomes easy to imagine the finished room will feel exactly the same. But a render is still one controlled interpretation of the […]
Tag Archives: Glazing Details
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Sep
The Extension Is Usually Not Ruined by the Big Idea Most extensions are judged first by their largest gestures. How much glass should there be? Should the new structure contrast with the original house or feel more continuous? Where should the main opening sit, and how should the room connect to the garden? Those decisions […]
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Aug
Not All Drawings Are Trying to Tell You the Same Thing One of the easiest misunderstandings on a building project begins with a perfectly reasonable sentence: “But that isn’t what the drawing showed.” Sometimes that matters enormously. But before deciding something has gone wrong, there is another question to ask: Which drawing? A project develops […]