Thursday, April 03, 2008

The plans are submitted

Wow, I haven’t posted anything for quite some time, but we have been busy and the plans were submitted to the City of Denver today for their review.

A-00 view from corner

A-01 Site Plan

A-02 Basement

A-03 Main Floor

A-04 Second Floor

A-05 Roof Plan

A-07 North & West Elevations

A-07 South & East Elevations

A-08 Sections

A-09 Sections

Thursday, January 10, 2008

We chose a roofline!

We had a marathon 3 1/2 hour session with Ginny and made quite a few decisions on the house.

First, we refined the kitchen layout and think that we are close to done on that.  I’ll post plans once I get them from Ginny.

More importantly, we looked at several alternatives for the roof and decided that to make the house look as contemporary as possible we are going to have a flat roof on part of the house and curved sections on three of the rectangular elements that stick up.  See the elevations and perspectives below.

While we were thinking about the outside of the house, we talked about what we think the exterior materials should be.  We decided that cement block will make up most of the outside of the house with metal on the sections of the house that have a curved roof.  We haven’t really decided on the exact colors yet, but we’re thinking of fairly light colors.

Finally, we spent a couple of hours looking at kitchen cabinets and appliances and advanced our thinking considerably.  More on that later.

Also, we got a proposal for the geothermal heating/cooling system that is very interesting, but more on that in another post.

Here are the perspectives and elevations, enjoy!

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Plans, Version 0.00003

Okay, I have been busy and didn’t get time to post the intermediate version, there weren’t that many changes anyway, but this is a big leap forward.  The spaces are definitely getting refined, there’s a basement plan, and there’s furniture too. There’s still work to be done (i.e. windows and elevations), but were actually taking these to the builder to start that conversation with.

Click on the image below to see a pdf file of the plans.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Plans, Version 0.00001

I’m not sure if I put enough zeroes in the title, this is a very, very preliminary idea of the flow of the house.  We have had a couple of very intense and entertaining meetings with Ginny and after looking at a number of alternatives we have settled on this one.  Of course, things will develop from here, but this plan has the basic elements where we want them and it seems to work on both levels of the house.

Click on the image below to see a pdf file of the plans.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

We picked Ginny DuBrucq as the architect

What a struggle it has been to select an architect.  We talked to 3 very talented groups and had a very hard time picking one.

First we talked with Michael Hassig and Olivia Emery with A4 Architects in Carbondale.  We really like the work that they have done creating a very contemporary Colorado look at various places in the mountains.  Also, they seems to have lots of experience with alternative energy options such as solar and geothermal.  The trouble is that they are in Carbondale and it would be hard to meet with them or have them oversee the construction.

Next we talked with Larry Cohen, an old school mate of mine who has recently set up his own shop in Denver and works with a couple of builders.  We toured a couple of his houses and really like the work that he has done, really listening to the client to create what they wanted.  He has a nice clean look and we really like his work.

Finally, we spoke with Virginia (Ginny) DuBrucq who has worked with my family for as long as I can remember.  We love her style and spend all of our time in the kitchen that she created for us.  We know that she understands our aesthetic and will do what we want with her style imprinted on it.  Plus, she only lives about 5 blocks from us.

So, in the end, we went for what has already worked for us, and decided to use Ginny as our architect.