Design is in the Details | Steel Windows
If you have never seen (or recognized) steel windows there is an entire element of your architectural life that has yet to be fulfilled. You can thank me later. What’s so special about steel windows? Well, because the steel is inherently stronger than other window types, wood, vinyl, etc. this allows the mullions to be pencil thin and delicate while supporting vast amounts of glazing (or glass), at a ratio far greater than the other window types. What does this mean? More natural light! Natural light is everything when it comes to design. Take an empty white room, flank it with a wall of floor to ceiling windows with natural light pouring in – suddenly you have a hip loft, a gallery space, a ballroom, an office? With a few pieces of furniture it could be anything. Life happens with natural light.
I submit for your consideration, the 8th wonder of the world … steel windows. You’re welcome.
Design is in the Details | Hardware
Details, details. Much have often been said about them. “The Devil is in the Details.” Or perhaps you’ve heard “Beware of the man who won’t be bothered with details…” ? I tend to subscribe to the latter of the two opinions. Case in point: Hardware. For some it is the very last selection in a design project where one exhaustedly throws her hands up, submitting to ho-hum hardware when this last element, the icing on the cake, can take a seemingly plain design and take it to the zenith of décor. An exaggeration you say? Perhaps. But remember the Moen commercials where a couple embarking on the adventure of building a new home ask the Architect to design a home around a single, sleek Moen fixture? I daresay, hardware need not be relegated to the back-burner, the last decision. It can turn the tide of the entire project…
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