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Architectural Brain Teaser Answer
OK, It's time to share the answer to the most recent AR "Vacation Architectural Brain Teaser"- what is the braded steel cable stretching across the space for? What purpose might it be providing? Drumroll please! The answer is that steel cable is acting as a tension...
Architectural Brain Teaser
OK, it's time for another stump the team "Vacation Architectural Brain Teaser"! Whenever our Principal, Michael Klement, goes on holiday he sends back a question to the AR Team back home pertaining to some aspect of architecture. It is fun little game we play with the...
Open Atrium Connects Levels & Nature: A Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired Whole-House Remodel
Save the Date! We are very excited to announce that we will be presenting one of our all-time most incredible remodeling projects on the upcoming Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor's fall Remodelers Home Tour on October 3rd and 4th. This...
Post-War Ranch to Prairie Masterpiece: A Whole-House Deep Energy Retrofit
Save the Date! We are very excited to announce that we will be presenting one of our all-time most incredible remodeling projects on the upcoming Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor's fall Remodelers Home Tour on October 3rd and 4th. This...
Greater Ann Arbour Home Tour – Interior Kitchen Before and After
This whole-house remodel, a Deep Energy Retrofit and second-story addition, completely reimagined a humble post-war brick ranch into a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired, Prairie-styled masterpiece. See it on the Fall Remodelers Home Tour, October 3rd and 4th.
Greater Ann Arbour Home Tour – Exterior Rear Before and After
Presenting one of our most incredible whole-house remodel projects on the Fall Remodelers Home Tour, October 3rd and 4th. This Deep Energy Retrofit and second-story addition completely reimagined a post-war brick ranch into a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired masterpiece.
Greater Ann Arbor’s fall Remodelers Home Tour
Save the Date! We are very excited to announce that we will be presenting one of our all-time most incredible remodeling projects on the upcoming Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor's fall Remodelers Home Tour on October 3rd and 4th. This...
Greater Ann Arbor’s fall Remodelers Home Tour
Save the Date! We are very excited to announce that we will be presenting one of our all-time most transformative remodeling projects on the upcoming Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor's fall Remodelers Home Tour on October 3rd and 4th. This...
Designing for Resilience: Wildfire Mitigation in Modern Homes
Our colleagues from the Green Home Institute present weekly webinars on a wide range of sustainable and resilient building and design topics. Recently they hosted a webinar on a very important current topic: fire resistant construction. Here Evan Sluder, research...
Architectural Vacation Challenge Answer
To everyone following along, it is time for the answer. Our AR Project Designer, Dale, took the prize with this explanation: "Judging from the age of the building, I am going to guess that these courses are helping to reinforce and stabilize a double-wythe, structural...
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