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DETAILS | Making a “Stand-Four” Model of a Project.

DETAILS | Making a “Stand-Four” Model of a Project.

by Lowai Ghaly | Jan 4, 2026 | DETAILS, FALL 2025

We sketch concepts with paper and colored pencils, we make white digital renderings, and we build cardboard scaled models of project. Each method captures the spirt of a design that we use to test a design’s composition, proportions, structural systems, scale and...
DETAILS | Capturing West and South Views While Meeting California Code

DETAILS | Capturing West and South Views While Meeting California Code

by Lowai Ghaly | Jul 23, 2025 | DETAILS, SUMMER 2025

You’ve seen those big houses in Hollywood with large walls of glass. Our clients here in Northern California (including the Sierra’s where there’s snow) often ask us to design similar walls of glass often facing to the west or south where sunset views are preferred....

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