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Four projects that show how careful attention to details and materials can transform the same single-family and multifamily plans into distinctly different designs without any hint of repetition By Larry W. Garnett, FAIBD House Review Lead Designer April 6, 2021
Located in Irvine, California’s Great Park master planned community, the Prado at Cadence Park features a tri-pack arrangement of homes. | Photo: courtesy Dahlin Group Architecture | Planning
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In 1947, Levitt & Sons began building massive numbers of homes on Long Island, N.Y., for returning World War II veterans and their families. An assembly-line form of construction allowed fast, economical production of mostly identical homes a basic concept of repetitive plans and elevations that influences production builders to this day. The difference is that now, resistance to “cookie-cutter” streetscapes results in
Trendspotters Rose Quint, assistant VP for survey research at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and Donald Ruthroff, AIA, principal at Dahlin Group Architecture | Planning, in Pleasanton, Calif., report that using painted and lighter-colored brick can provide visual interest in sophisticated monochromatic schemes and add strong texture to the modern industrial farmhouse aesthetic that continues to be popular.
Using several exterior cladding materials in this case, fiber-cement “block” panels and wood-look siding with a stone veneer that features tones of both reflects recent trends to create more visual interest. | Photo: courtesy Nichiha
To ensure a beautiful end result, Chris Donatelli, president of Donatelli Builders, in Downers Grove, Ill., points out that brick requires proper installation and attention to the details. He relies on MortarNet to collect mortar droppings and uses weep holes to ensure incidental moisture that gets behind the material can e
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Questlove’s documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival wins at Sundance.
Summer of Soul, a documentary about what’s often referred to as the Black Woodstock, and a feature about a hearing daughter in a deaf family took home top honors at the Sundance Film Festival’s first virtual edition. In the nonfiction category, both the U.S. Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award went to
Summer of Soul, a gripping montage of never-before-seen concert footage and history lesson by first-time filmmaker Ahmir Thompson, also known as Questlove. In the dramatic features category, both the U.S. Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award went to