June 20, 2012
The evening of May 24th, 2012 marked a very special event for both Ripple Design and the Seattle design community. The design competition and auction, hosted by Luxe magazine, at the Seattle Design Center benefited the Seattle Humane Society and Seattle Children’s Play Garden. These two very deserving charities each deserve a place in the spotlight and we were more than pleased to participate and offer our design services.
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June 20, 2012
Before we get started on how we incorporate green principles and ideas into Mediterranean homes, let’s first revisit what it means to actually be a Mediterranean home. You can visit our post on Mediterranean Home Design or read below for a quick summary to catch up to speed.
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June 20, 2012
No, not that kind of mood…the mood that gets us inspired, energized, and in a happy place to design and be creative.
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June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012
Today we are continuing our thought process on what it means to distinguish one Home Design Style from another. This is our fourth post and our focus du jour is on Spanish Homes. Please see our other posts on Mediterranean, Tuscan, and French Home Design to follow what else we’ve been saying about each style and what kind of home suits your taste best.
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June 20, 2012
In our third post on specific types of home design we are focusing today on the region of France, which is a part of the Mediterranean bordering the southern tip of Italy. For earlier installments on other types of residential architecture see our posts on Mediterranean and Tuscan Home Designs.
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June 20, 2012
Today we are continuting our discussion from this post on Mediterranean Home Design. Today’s home composition is inspired by Tuscany! Ah, tuscany, pronounced Toscana in Italian, is the home of beautiful countrysides, genius artistic works mastered by Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Boticelli, Basilicas, Olive Oil, Wine…and basically almost everything delicous in Italian food.
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June 20, 2012
We are doing a series of blog posts that explain our thoughts and opinions on specialized types of residential architecture common in our portfolio.
Today’s post about regional architecture is brought to you by: The Mediterranean
June 20, 2012
This has been a very exciting year for Ripple! Not only have we added to our body of work both in Washington and California, we added actual bodies to Ripple Design and to our family.
Jim, our principal, adopted the sweet and beautiful Molly, who makes her presence known from time to time around the office with her big brother, Murphy.
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June 20, 2012
What do you think of when you think of an architect’s uniform?
In school I had a professor, albeit one of the kindest human beings ever to step foot on earth, who wore the same exact uniform day in and day out for all five years that I’ve known him. Khaki pants, white collared button down starchy shirt, round frameless glasses and some of the saddest shoes you’ve ever laid eyes on. At the end of our second semester some fellow students and I had the privilege to go over to his house and were treated to a dinner prepared by said professor. Though the gesture alone should have been my sole focus I could only think of one thing: Hell or high water I was going to take a peak inside his closet. After arriving, it took all of 5 minutes to figure out the layout of his house.
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