An interior designer in Miami says he designed this waterfront house himself on the lot that held his childhood home. Not bad, if true...(todays WSJ)
Non Sequitur
Feb 13, 19 2:32 pm
meh, could be anywhere. Plus that's just a rendering. Anyone can design anything.
Volunteer
Feb 13, 19 2:37 pm
Here is the interior designer dude in front of his family home, which has not been razed yet, on the Intracostal Waterway in Hallandale Beach, FL
Non Sequitur
Feb 13, 19 2:40 pm
the original looks better
tduds
Feb 13, 19 2:41 pm
If you think you're skilled enough to fix your own car, you don't need a mechanic. The mechanic is there to save you the headache of taking your car apart and then finding out you're not skilled enough to put it back together.
Residential architecture serves a similar role.
Volunteer
Feb 13, 19 3:04 pm
A lot of people are skilled enough to work on their own cars. I have disassembled a V-8 right down to the crankshaft and reassembled it. It went 200,000 miles after the rebuild. This house, to me, is attractive. It certainly is not a McMansion, many of which have been designed by architects.
Non Sequitur
Feb 14, 19 9:26 am
I don't find the design very well thought out.
tduds
Feb 13, 19 3:08 pm
A lot of people are skilled enough to build their own homes.
Volunteer
Feb 13, 19 3:14 pm
And to design them.
tduds
Feb 14, 19 12:35 pm
Indeed. We are a service profession. We provide a service for people who can't do it themselves. We aren't a societal necessity.
Steeplechase
Feb 14, 19 8:44 am
The one thing I could easily see not being thought out is the glass. That needs to be a large missile impact rated assembly and given the span may even have to be window wall system. Definitely not cheap.
Non Sequitur
Feb 14, 19 9:25 am
this is a good point, and certainly not something your typical interior designer would think of. Those hurricane proof mullions (and steel reinforcement) are not the paper-thin models used in the rendering.
Steeplechase
Feb 14, 19 10:07 am
Amazingly, small mullions and even butt glazing can be done. The span is more what I question. Did a project a few years back in Florida with floor-to-ceiling (12’) glass and we were limited to about 4’ - 6’ wide. Even that was expensive and the owner and contractor were constantly complaining and trying to find places to not do an impact rated system.
Non Sequitur
Feb 14, 19 10:11 am
are you suggesting you can get 4" deep impact resistant mullions? I agree, the c/l spacing is likely to be a bigger factor.
joseffischer
Feb 14, 19 11:21 am
Interesting, and here I was focused on a balcony without a railing and stair with some version of partial (metal?) wall that also wouldn't pass as a code compliant railing system. *shrug* I guess we all see different issues first.
Steeplechase
Feb 14, 19 11:43 am
NS, not 4” deep but 6” deep with a 2 1/2” sight. Joe, the balcony has a glass railing that is just barely visible with a yellowish tint. I believe Florida allows a lot of leeway for single family residential stairs.
Non Sequitur
Feb 14, 19 11:47 am
Good to know Steeple. Anyone know the orientation of that large glazed wall? Would love to see the AC bills if it's a south facing wall.
Bench
Feb 14, 19 11:48 am
Steeplechase - what is a 'sight' when referring to mullions ?
Non Sequitur
Feb 14, 19 11:51 am
^ mullion width. Called sightlines.
joseffischer
Feb 14, 19 1:00 pm
Totally missed the yellow translucent plane in the model, good eye. Now I'm wondering how the yellow translucent plane actually becomes a railing system.
Volunteer
Feb 14, 19 1:22 pm
The house fronts the Intracostal which runs north/south through Hallandale. Not sure which side it is on so the water side would face either due east or due west, but not south. It would be a lot of fun just to sit on the second floor deck and watch the boats go by.
poop876
Feb 14, 19 2:33 pm
Looks like Dj Khaled's home in Miami
geezertect
Feb 14, 19 3:01 pm
I could take out my own appendix if I wanted. The after effects are another matter.
Steeplechase
Feb 14, 19 4:30 pm
Volunteer, could you link to or summarize the original article? Is the article itself questioning the need for architects?
Rusty!
Feb 14, 19 6:25 pm
All the large unobstructed openings suggest there will be need for some meaty steel beams, which suggests it's a steel structure throughout. At that point you are going to put a pitched roof that is wood framed? Pretty stupid.
This is 2nd year architecture studio "barely passed" fodder.
The Wall Street Journal article was mainly about Hallandale being transformed from a "scruffy" beach town between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale to the next big (expensive) thing. What caught my eye was the claim that the owner, an interior decorator, claims to have designed it himself. The house reminds me of some of Marcel Kogan's work in Brazil. Several other houses were profiled but whether an architect was responsible or not was not mentioned.
Volunteer
Feb 14, 19 6:43 pm
Here is the website of the interior decorator who says he designed his house:
An interior designer in Miami says he designed this waterfront house himself on the lot that held his childhood home. Not bad, if true...(todays WSJ)
meh, could be anywhere. Plus that's just a rendering. Anyone can design anything.
Here is the interior designer dude in front of his family home, which has not been razed yet, on the Intracostal Waterway in Hallandale Beach, FL
the original looks better
If you think you're skilled enough to fix your own car, you don't need a mechanic. The mechanic is there to save you the headache of taking your car apart and then finding out you're not skilled enough to put it back together.
Residential architecture serves a similar role.
A lot of people are skilled enough to work on their own cars. I have disassembled a V-8 right down to the crankshaft and reassembled it. It went 200,000 miles after the rebuild. This house, to me, is attractive. It certainly is not a McMansion, many of which have been designed by architects.
I don't find the design very well thought out.
A lot of people are skilled enough to build their own homes.
And to design them.
Indeed. We are a service profession. We provide a service for people who can't do it themselves. We aren't a societal necessity.
The one thing I could easily see not being thought out is the glass. That needs to be a large missile impact rated assembly and given the span may even have to be window wall system. Definitely not cheap.
this is a good point, and certainly not something your typical interior designer would think of. Those hurricane proof mullions (and steel reinforcement) are not the paper-thin models used in the rendering.
Amazingly, small mullions and even butt glazing can be done. The span is more what I question. Did a project a few years back in Florida with floor-to-ceiling (12’) glass and we were limited to about 4’ - 6’ wide. Even that was expensive and the owner and contractor were constantly complaining and trying to find places to not do an impact rated system.
are you suggesting you can get 4" deep impact resistant mullions? I agree, the c/l spacing is likely to be a bigger factor.
Interesting, and here I was focused on a balcony without a railing and stair with some version of partial (metal?) wall that also wouldn't pass as a code compliant railing system. *shrug* I guess we all see different issues first.
NS, not 4” deep but 6” deep with a 2 1/2” sight. Joe, the balcony has a glass railing that is just barely visible with a yellowish tint. I believe Florida allows a lot of leeway for single family residential stairs.
Good to know Steeple. Anyone know the orientation of that large glazed wall? Would love to see the AC bills if it's a south facing wall.
Steeplechase - what is a 'sight' when referring to mullions ?
^ mullion width. Called sightlines.
Totally missed the yellow translucent plane in the model, good eye. Now I'm wondering how the yellow translucent plane actually becomes a railing system.
The house fronts the Intracostal which runs north/south through Hallandale. Not sure which side it is on so the water side would face either due east or due west, but not south. It would be a lot of fun just to sit on the second floor deck and watch the boats go by.
Looks like Dj Khaled's home in Miami
I could take out my own appendix if I wanted. The after effects are another matter.
Volunteer, could you link to or summarize the original article? Is the article itself questioning the need for architects?
All the large unobstructed openings suggest there will be need for some meaty steel beams, which suggests it's a steel structure throughout. At that point you are going to put a pitched roof that is wood framed? Pretty stupid.
This is 2nd year architecture studio "barely passed" fodder.
^ Here is the link. It may have a pay wall.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/t...
The Wall Street Journal article was mainly about Hallandale being transformed from a "scruffy" beach town between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale to the next big (expensive) thing. What caught my eye was the claim that the owner, an interior decorator, claims to have designed it himself. The house reminds me of some of Marcel Kogan's work in Brazil. Several other houses were profiled but whether an architect was responsible or not was not mentioned.
Here is the website of the interior decorator who says he designed his house:
http://troydeaninteriors.com/
I tend to be cautious of anything from south Florida.
looks like he does good work. I' m sure that he designed that house, I doubt that he did CD's for it.
I don't have anything against people designing and building their own homes, they're usually great advertisements for hiring an architect.