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Clayton Vance
Nov 22, 20222 min read
INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS: THE NATURE OF MATERIALS
We’re always intrigued by the continual “advancements” in material technologies, “green building systems”, etc. But there is something...
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Clayton Vance
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Materials: A Bit More Clarity On Natural vs Engineered Materials
Remember that materials less engineered will return to their natural state as they age. They will keep increasing in character as they...
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Clayton Vance
Nov 22, 20222 min read
All the World is a Stage
I want to open this blog post with a quote from Shakespeare: "All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They...
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Clayton Vance
Nov 22, 20222 min read
Introduction to McMansions: Character or Caricature?
In this post, we are going to start to poke some fun at ourselves and our architecture. I want us to struggle together for an answer to...
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Clayton Vance
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Introduction to Designing a Timeless Home
The most frequent request I get as an architect when designing homes is to make it “Timeless”. What does that mean? And how do we...
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Clayton Vance
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Introduction To The Principles Of Timeless Design
To get to the fundamental design principles that generate timeless architecture, we need to start asking different questions. We need to...
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Clayton Vance
Nov 16, 20222 min read
INTRODUCTION TO TIMELESS DESIGN: YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT
There’s a saying-”you know it when you see it”. This saying is our attempt to define something we know intuitively, but don’t precisely...
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