We wish you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you to all of our clients, friends, family and business partners for making Eckxstudio's first year a great start. Here's to 2014 as we look forward to 2015! ____________________________ This post was originally written before re-branding as Eckxstudio for Modern Architecture at [...]
I have received a few requests to elaborate on the design process I went through when I came up with the design (image below) for a ski design contest. By the way, this contest is still ongoing as of December 17th.....find it here and vote for my design! Really, the design process I follow is [...]
Part of an Architect's Scope of Services usually includes Construction Administration, which is the monitoring activities and question-and-answer sessions while a project is being built by the general contractor (the builder). The owners who will move into the project are seeing their house/building/hotel etc. rise up and it is usually an exciting time for them. For [...]
Have you ever had a song stuck in your head (thanks, radio DJ) and it turned out to be an idea for your next blog post? Me neither until the other day. Modern architecture is about clean, crisp detailing and that includes things like the wall base. What is a wall base you ask? It [...]
Last Thursday afternoon (Oct. 2, 2014) a large and powerful storm swept through the Dallas metro area. Straight-line winds up to reported gusts of 90-mph did considerable damage around the area, and dealt a heavy blow to the power lines and trees all across the area. My home was without power for over 2 days, [...]
Happy Wednesday everyone. Just thought we'd say a random hello from the design community! ____________________________ This post was originally written before re-branding as Eckxstudio for Modern Architecture at the end of 2017. At Eckxstudio for Modern Architecture, we design unique and stunning projects, individually crafted for our clients' lives. We're passionate about listening to your [...]
I knew it! Good architecture and design can equate to better health after all. I read this report written by H. C. Dreiling for Architect Magazine this morning and had one of those "yep totally makes sense" type of moments. The medical community in alliance with architects from the American Institute of Architects recently met and [...]
The architectural design process isn't a dark art or an overnight hit (unlike that cool YouTube video, you know, that one that got 975,232 hits then disappeared). The design process is a fun, imaginative, and productive process that can take some time depending on the size and complexity of the project in question. [...]
Eckxstudio has launched our new content-rich website! From modern architecture to contemporary houses to how to get in touch with us for your architecture needs, visit our new website - www.eckxstudio.com. ____________________________ This post was originally written before re-branding as Eckxstudio for Modern Architecture at the end of 2017. At Eckxstudio for Modern Architecture, we [...]
Hiring an Architect to design a new house or renovation is a smart decision in terms of aesthetic outcome. Your Architect can help coordinate material selections, spatial arrangements, etc., but it is often the little details that an Architect brings to the design that make such an impact. Case in point - the width of tile grout joints. [...]
I recently read in the Lake Highlands Advocate magazine that Half Price Books is developing a new retail center in East Dallas (at the corner of NW Highway and Shadybrook) adjacent to their current book store. It was announced that REI will move from its LBJ location in 2015 to the new center as anchor [...]
The Lake Highlands area of Dallas has numerous mid-century modern houses scattered around among the builder spec homes. Dallas' Preston Hollow, North Dallas, Oak Cliff and several other areas are similar. One common denominator I see spanning these areas is when one of the modern, contemporary, or mid-century houses come up for sale you hardly [...]
We will explore the value of modern architectural design in this first post of a series. The question we come across fairly often is "is a modern house worth more than a traditional house?" While complex in nature we will explore this from a few sides and see if the conclusion is indeed having an Architect design [...]
I've found travel, specifically visiting noted works of architecture, to be quite inspiring. Photography is great but what if you want to view something from a different vantage point, or move through a great space and feel the volume and quality of light change? There's not much that beats being there and taking it all [...]
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