Designing and Building Your Dream Home

Thinking of remodeling your home? Would you appreciate some expert guidance on how to maximize your Return on Investment (ROI)? In other words, remodeling your home in a way that allows you to minimize the money you spend on the improvements, while simultaneously maximizing the value of your home? Our guest today is Todd Tomalak, Principal Advisor of Building Products for Zonda, a housing market r...

Do you want to learn how to purchase many of the brand new architectural components you will need in your new home at up to a 50% discount? Then listen to this week’s show. In it, we discuss how certain architectural products can serve a dual purpose in your new home. We illustrate this concept with one of those dual use architectural products; custom-designed, stainless steel railing systems. I u...

This episode of the show discusses just how important it is to have an energy rater work with your architect and builder in the design and construction of your custom home. Energy raters will help your builder to measure the energy efficiency of the home they are building for you, against the standards of performance that RESNET has established for residential construction. Engaging the services o...

In this program AIA CRAN ® Executive Committee member, John DeForest AIA, walks us through some of the amazing tools available to help architects guide their clients through the design process. John DeForest received architectural degrees from Yale and Harvard then gained experience working for firms in San Francisco and Seattle and on the East Coast before starting his own practice in 1999. DeFor...

Guest: Eve Guilbaud, Architectural Manager, Loewen Windows and Doors Which windows and doors you choose for your home will probably be one of the most important decisions your make in the design of your custom home. Among other considerations, this decision will impact how much outdoor noise and heat penetrates into your home - as well as how much it costs to keep your home warm in the winter and...

Our guest is Lindsay Cullum-Colwell, AIA, Managing Principal of Cullum Homes. Lindsay is a second-generation builder, who brings a unique perspective to the field of custom home building in that she is both a builder and a licensed architect. Lindsay discusses how Cullum Homes manages subcontractor relationships to produce better results for her clients, how participation in a peer review group (N...

In this episode, residential architect, Carrie Anderson AIA, who currently serves on the Board of Directors of AIA Seattle; describes the advantages to be gained by having your custom home designed and built by the same company.  She also discusses the most cost-effective things the builder can do to lower your homes ongoing monthly heating and cooling expenditures. See Privacy Policy at https://a...

This episode discusses why you should include ornamental metal work, created by a blacksmith or a metal fabricator, in your home. Our guest is Steve Lopes who has forged custom metalwork for Bruce and Jeannie Nordstrom, Bill Gates, John Nordstrom, Paul Allen, Larry Ellison and many others discriminating home owners throughout the US.    I am referring to things like custom-made door hardware, cust...

Our guest is Warren Lloyd, President of Lloyd Architects, and Chair of the AIA Custom Residential Architects Network. He discusses the annual CRAN® Symposium and why the networking, home tours and curated educational content taking place at this event is often one of the highlights of the year for residential architects, custom home builders and architectural product manufacturers. Details on the...

Our guest is Ryan Bloom. Ryan is the Co-Founder of Urban Bonfire. Urban Bonfire designs, and then pre-fabricates beautiful custom cabinetry for “kitchens, located outdoors”. You can learn more about Urban Bonfire at UrbanBonfire.com. Ryan discusses how a kitchen outdoors is so much more than just a few cooking appliances, it can be a gathering space that brings joy to your family members and close...

Our guest today is David Coleman, of David Coleman Architects. David was named one of the 100 foremost residential architects in the world by Architectural Digest Magazine. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects distinguished College of Fellows, his work is highly published, and he has received numerous design awards. He describes the way he and his team work this way; “We believe...

Pathway is a full-service home remodeling company that uses building materials that improve the occupant’s health while contributing to the creation of highly functional living spaces. We leverage smart design and wellness-conscious practices to build your healthy home. Our passion for Universal Design principles ensures that we are creating homes that are more than just beautiful: they're also de...

In our show today, we will discuss cleaning and maintaining some of the surface materials your architect and custom builder will include to make your custom home, a work of art!   Examples of this might be the use of tile, stone or concrete for the floors, stainless steel for the kitchen counter-tops and/or copper for the hood system over your gas range. Also, understanding which materials hold up...

Ted Clifton does much more than just create beautiful homes for his clients, he makes sure that the custom homes he builds not only look gorgeous, he makes sure they also deliver tremendous financial value to the owner. He does this by maximizing the value of every dollar spent during the construction of the home, and further, he minimizes the amount of money it takes for his clients to maintain t...

In this show we make the case for creating your dream home from an historic home, a Landmark home. These are properties built from the 1950’s back to the Victorian homes built in the 1800’s. Remodeling Landmark homes is not for the faint of heart, and yet, those who undertake this journey will be rewarded with a home that will be recognized by all as an architectural treasure in their community. O...

In this program AIA CRAN ® Executive Committee member, John DeForest AIA, walks us through some of the amazing tools available to help architects guide their clients through the design process. John DeForest received architectural degrees from Yale and Harvard then gained experience working for firms in San Francisco and Seattle and on the East Coast before starting his own practice in 1999. DeFor...

SCOTT SEVON , GMR, GMB, CGP, CGR, CAPS Scott's ascent to becoming a Custom homebuilder and remodeler began when he was a child growing up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. His father, an accomplished carpenter, often took a young Scott to his construction sites. "I guess you could say from an early age, building has been in my blood. I went to college, even thought about law school, but in the...

MethodHomes.net. Custom-designed, prefabricated, modular homes. If offsite fabrication and construction techniques can improve the quality of certain components of your new home; what about building the entire home offsite? Brian Abrahmson, Founder and CEO of Method Homes, a leader in prefabrication, helps us to understand modular construction and the impact it’s having on the custom home market....

In this program we review the appraisal process. Whether you are a current or future homeowner, a real estate agent looking to grow your client base, or a residential property appraiser wanting to increase your knowledge and expertise - you will learn a great deal from my guest, Sandra K. Adomatis, SRA, LEED Green Associate. We discuss; 1.      How to properly value ADU’s so they qualify for finan...

Guest: Eve Guilbaud, Architectural Manager, Loewen Windows and Doors Which windows and doors you choose for your home will probably be one of the most important decisions your make in the design of your custom home. Among other considerations, this decision will impact how much outdoor noise and heat penetrates into your home - as well as how much it costs to keep your home warm in the winter and...

Our Guest is Russ Faulk, Chief Designer & Head of Product, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In this program we discuss the advantages of restoring and repurposing existing structures; converting an abandoned warehouse into a custom home, and converting an existing home into an office. We also discusses how the time my guest spent practicing architecture in Japan influences the homes he designs.   My guest is Warren K. Lloyd AIA, LEED AP. Warren has been practicing architecture for 20+ ye...

Do you want to learn how to purchase many of the brand new architectural components you will need in your new home at up to a 50% discount? Then listen to this week’s show. In it, we discuss how certain architectural products can serve a dual purpose in your new home. We illustrate this concept with one of those dual use architectural products; custom-designed, stainless steel railing systems. I u...

My guest today, Brandon Bryant, discusses just how important elegant design is to the successful creation of a custom home. A home you can be truly proud of! As he says; “Red Tree builders builds beautiful custom homes - that also happen to be high-performance homes.”    In this interview, Brandon discusses the importance of having your builder address a number of essential elements of a successfu...

Growing older doesn't have to mean selling the home you love! Welcome to the Principles of Universal Design. In this episode we discuss with Kate Dailey, AIA the importance of designing your custom home in a way that allows for any necessary future mobility modifications to be handled quickly, and with minimum expense! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice a...