Villa for Two Figure Skaters

Originally designed for a pair of figure skaters, this house near Vancouver, B.C. is nearly 10,000 square feet of luxurious residential design. The dining room seats sixteen easily, there is a wok kitchen ( an enclosed and well-vented secondary kitchen) to keep cooking odours away from the silk upholstery, and an enormous media room. The design concept refers to the south coastal British Columbia nautical experience with a swirl of art deco to add elegance.

The folio has four hand drawn sheets; the rendering, shown here, and three freehand floor plan sheets, that are not shown. All sheets are 24" by 36" brown line prints.

California Building Permit Secrets

After many years and several thousand small renovation projects ( and a few larger projects), I have distilled the essential building details that are needed to obtain building permits for ninety percent of wood frame residential construction projects down to five sheets. California municipalities have very rigorous guidelines for seismic design, and are generally concerned with energy conservation.

This five sheet folio is both useful and entertaining. 24" by 36" Whiteprint, in a signed edition of 50.