The original house’s location on the site, its modesty, pleasing form and proportions provided design cues. Consideration was paid to the size, scale, mass, materials, texture and window proportions of the existing and neighboring houses, creating an ideal marriage of modern design with traditional context. This architect couple decided to buck the trend toward McMansions […]
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Being able to comprehend and fully understand a drawing can be difficult for a viewer. Whether the design is just a sketch on a napkin or a full set of construction drawings, a 3D visual representation of your project makes the design easily understood, as not all can “think in 3D”. […]
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While walking by a construction site off of North Street, the dumpster above caught my eye. DRYWALL ONLY, the sign reads… It is great to see that businesses are finding ways to create an after-life for this type of hard to recycle material.
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CU Biodiesel, a non-profit student organization dedicated to the advancement of biodiesel awareness and use, is hosting a competition to design their mobile biodiesel processing unit, ESTER:
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In order to talk about our space we must take you back to the beginning. Fade in to May 2002: Sacha was living in the tiny apartment above Rob’s garage. Rob and Sacha were watching a movie when a friend opened the door and in a curt, calm voice said, “Garage is on fire.” The […]
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The Tour of Solar and Green Homes takes place this weekend. This year 14 innovative solar and green homes will be featured. The tour and workshops will showcase a variety of resource conservation technologies. The tour begins at 10 am on Sunday, October 5th. Homes will be open from 10am-4pm.
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Movement of the historic Boulder Depot to the future site of the city’s Transit Center on the east side of 30th:
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First thing Saturday morning, I came upon this graphic poster on Pearl & 15th. It was an ephemeral political statement, as just a few hours later, fliers for boulder shows and events were plastered over top, obscuring it from view.
Has anyone else seen examples of public political art around boulder relating to the election or […]
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