Melissa Macdonald Metalwork fabricated these two nice powder-coated steel awnings for us. They will protect the big window and backdoor from the weather. Hopefully, they will install the third one on my house soon. Photos by John McBride
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More Photos of San Mateo Modernization
Posted in Design Projects, tagged house, house surgery, modern spanish eclectic, San Mateo, steel, steel moment frame on August 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This was a dated Spanish Eclectic house with minimal connection to the yard and lots of little rooms. We tore out most of the walls on the main floor. This required adding a steel moment frame that we left exposed, finished with gun-blue and wax. Living room, dining room, and kitchen flow together and all enjoy a view out big doors to the deck and yard. The owners exercised a lot of restraint in their selection of interior finishes and materials. Upstairs we added an open plan, light-filled master suite with vaulted ceiling and updated the other bathroom and bedrooms. A radiant heating system in the floor was added throughout. Now it’s time to fill the white walls with art and break it in!
Built by Accolade Construction, Engineering: AJ Miller & Associates,
Photos by Open Homes Photography
Before Shot
Entry Hall
Living/ Dining
View through main floor
Kitchen
Kitchen
MAster Bath
MAster Bedroom
Master Suite
Master Bath
Progress in San Mateo
Posted in Design Projects, tagged modern spanish eclectic, process, San Mateo, steel on January 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Exposed steel in the main living area (living, dining, kitchen)
No roof yet, but the exterior form is looking great
More Rainy Days on the Jobsite
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, cedar, copper, copper pipe handrail, decks, houses, roof deck, steel on January 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Copper Handrail, cedar fence & gate, Copper gutter and downspout above
Cedar slat railings above and below, energy efficient wood-clad windows and copper gutter and flashing.
In addition to lots of improvements on the inside of the house, this project makes vast improvements to the interface between the house and the yard. Such improvements then inspire the client to make big improvements to the garden itself – A new stone patio, pathways, and many new plants.
The roof deck above is built strong, ready to hold the most practical kind of living roof – a vegetable garden in pots and planters!
More Exciting Construction Shots
Posted in Design Projects, tagged awning, process, roof, steel on November 6, 2015| 1 Comment »
The first three shots here are showing the site work for a new little ceramic studio. We are saving that little citrus tree and the foundation will angle around it. This will create an interesting interior space with a cozy sitting area on one end and a wider studio area at the other. The lot slopes down to the right and we are adding a retaining wall along the property line to level the lot. The concrete walls will be board-formed and hopefully look very nice.
This is John McBride, hard at work. Oscar and Jose behind working on the excavation for the footing.
Here you see a new 3/16″ thick steel awning recently installed. Gonzalvo is installing the lag screws. There will be another similar awning over the doors above. I tried to talk the owner into painting them bright blue or fireball orange to match their front door, but she chose a more conservative and very classy grey brown. Kind of like wrought iron.
Diamondback Rattlesnake Bridge in Tucson, Arizona
Posted in Found Objects, tagged bridge, color, colored concrete, desert architecture, diamond, metal, rattlesnake, steel, Tucson, turquoise on February 28, 2012| 2 Comments »
On a recent visit to Tucson, Arizona I saw this cool bridge for bikes and pedestrians over East Broadway Blvd . (If you zoom into the map and switch to satellite you can see the extent of it. It was designed by Simon Donovan. I also liked the bright blue bollards and railing. This particular color looks just right in the Sonoran desert, but Im not sure why. You will see the identical color in another post later this week. The painted steel mesh skin really looks like a snake – kind of like a dry, discarded snake-skin. The shadows created by the crisscrossing steel are also quite nice.
Three southwestern blue bollards
Southwestern blue ramp railing
snake-skin
Rattlesnake tail
Looking through the snake
Tucker exits the snake mouth
Snake head through the trees
Snake bridge body through the trees
Dagmar and Tucker walk back through towards the tail
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