RADA 2009 Winner: Habitat 825
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Residential Architect magazine has posted its RADA (Residential Architect Design Awards) 2009 winners, and this project here is the Project of the Year. It’s called Habitat 825, and it’s located in West Hollywood, California. BLDBLOG was about a year-and-a-half ahead of the game here. They posted on this house in September 2007! Good-on-ya BLDBLOG! I don’t know anything about it but what’s on their post, so I’ll just redirect you there. Residential Architect doesn’t have pictures posted yet, but you can check out all of the winner’s names and projects at ResidentialArchitect.com. I do love brown, white and green.
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There’s Always Room For a Fantastic Staircase
I stumbled upon this beauty of a staircase and started wondering what the codes are for designing a floating staircase. Most of the pressure is, obviously, in the engineering of the thing, but check out the IRC codes for staircases. I don’t think this staircase would pass the “4 inch round sphere test,” although I could be wrong.
