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Rame and Russell Hruska's live/work studio in Houston receives plenty of natural light.
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Don Glentzer
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The studio area of the building.
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Rame Hruska
The studio area of the building.
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De Tine's workspace occupies the lower level of a 6,000-square-foot 1854 brick and sandstone carriage house, which used to be a stable and workshop for building and maintaining lobster traps.
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Trent Bell
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Elements such as salvaged wood and stone preserve the historic character of the space, but steel and glass doors add a modern touch and create a mini vestibule to the office.
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Trent Bell
Elements such as salvaged wood and stone preserve the historic character of the space, but steel and glass doors add a modern touch and create a mini vestibule to the office.
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Architect Carol De Tine, AIA, at her Portland, Maine, studio.
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Trent Bell
Architect Carol De Tine, AIA, at her Portland, Maine, studio.
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Bill Timmerman
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Bill Timmerman
A sumptuously curving stairway serves as the studio's grand flourish.
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Bill Timmerman
A splash of tomato red brightens a shower on the mezzanine level.
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Benjamin Benschneider
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Benjamin Benschneider
The husband, who uses a wheelchair, gains access to his office by going outside, up the sidewalk, and through this rear entrance.
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Benjamin Benschneider
Two pocket doors on the street side of the ipe container allow for two-zone heating and divide the public and private realms.
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Benjamin Benschneider
An exterior view of the building.
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Sharon Risedorph
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Sharon Risedorph
Ground-level garage doors lift up, creating inviting sidewalk space for the Blue Bottle Coffee kiosk. ?
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Sharon Risedorph
The new third-story mezzanine holds a kitchen/conference room at the top of the stairs.
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Sharon Risedorph
The kitchen/conference room opens to an outdoor terrace, as does the studio across the atrium.
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Ed Massery
residential architect
June 2008
workspace
studio d'arc architects
pittsburgh
Gerard Damiani, AIA, NCARB, and Debbie Battistone wanted their new live/work locale to embrace Pittsburgh's urban fabric. So they scouted for an empty lot close to downtown. The ample glazing lets the husband-and-wife team forgo artificial lighting during the day—a big plus for the eco-conscious firm.
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Ed Massery
Materials also were chosen for their low-impact practicality. For desks, plan racks, a printer shelf, and a model display table, Damiani used maple butcher block “with a thickness that could cantilever, so pieces fly into the space.”
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Bill Timmerman
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Bill Timmerman
Inside the studio, everyone sits together at one table. "We're all working in a close, collaborative manner," Rosano says of the plan.
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Bill Timmerman
The building's public entry connects directly to the street, bypassing the house completely. But a low window in the living room of the main house alerts the architects to a client's arrival.
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The painting studio in this Whidbey Island, Wash., home also serves as a performance venue for chamber music concerts.
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Benjamin Benschneider
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An operable, interior garage door separates the painting studio from the living room.
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Benjamin Benschneider
An operable, interior garage door separates the painting studio from the living room.
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When the studio door is open, it highlights the home's double-height ceilings and loft-like feeling.
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Benjamin Benschneider
When the studio door is open, it highlights the home's double-height ceilings and loft-like feeling.
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The studio's Homasote walls boost its acoustical qualities.
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Tim Schlecht
The studio's Homasote walls boost its acoustical qualities.
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Alternating bands of gloss and matte white paint on the walls of the ground-level office bounce and reflect light, while fixtures made from circular fluorescent bulbs and contractor-grade porcelain sockets add a botanical touch.
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De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop
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The ground floor features an office, wood shop, and a guest suite for summer interns.
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De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop
The ground floor features an office, wood shop, and a guest suite for summer interns.
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Simple finishes like drywall and white paint helped keep costs manageable.
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De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop
Simple finishes like drywall and white paint helped keep costs manageable.
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For economy, the architects chose common off-the-shelf materials and finishessuch as porcelain tile, pine plank floor, gypsum, and sealed concretebut detailed them to achieve a custom look.
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De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop
For economy, the architects chose common off-the-shelf materials and finishes such as porcelain tile, pine plank floor, gypsum, and sealed concrete but detailed them to achieve a custom look.
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The firm's two partners were able to accommodate ample living space on the second floor of their live/work project.
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De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop
The firm's two partners were able to accommodate ample living space on the second floor of their live/work project.
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Architect Matthew Hofmann restored his Airstream's aluminum skin to its gleaming original state.
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Matthew Hofmann
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Bamboo coutertops and floors brighten the trailer's interior, as does a recycled-glass tile shower space.
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Matthew Hofmann
Bamboo coutertops and floors brighten the trailer's interior, as does a recycled-glass tile shower space.
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Hofmann's workspace also serves as his dining area and guest room.
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Matthew Hofmann
Hofmann's workspace also serves as his dining area and guest room.
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The 25-foot-long Airstream currently is parked on a residential site in Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Matthew Hofmann
The 25-foot-long Airstream currently is parked on a residential site in Santa Barbara, Calif.
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John J. Macaulay
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John J. Macaulay
The walls, roof, and glass doors are highly sound insulating.
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John J. Macaulay
A green roof tops the lower level.
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Tim Maloney
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Tim Maloney
A large wine refrigerator separates the living room and kitchen.
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Tim Maloney
The hospitality suite at Paul Hobbs Winery is everything the surrounding production buildings are not: crisp, refined, and detailed to a T.
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Tim Maloney
The wine-tasting room offers a vineyard view.
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Tim Maloney
Full-height pivoting doors flank a large wine fridge and lead to a professional-grade kitchen.
