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Art[i]fact House - Mechanisms

Art[i]fact House calls for occupants' operation. The mechanisms of doors, windows and stairs await interaction. Pivot doors use...

RI Monthly Annual Design Awards, Gold 2018

Our Art[i]fact House in Barrington was awarded Gold in the Residential Renovation category of the Rhode Island Monthly Design Awards...

Wood and Steel

The marriage between steel and wood created this beautiful integration of materials. See Project: Art[i]fact House

House in the Snow

We just about managed to get all the siding out of the way before the snow hit. It's been a warm winter, but we're glad to be able to...

Fire and Wood

We've become quite fond of charred wood finishes in previous projects, and now that we have a chance to pick our very own siding...

Siding

The siding is going up this week - HardiePlank lap siding, along with some custom charred cedar siding panels. More on the burnt cedar...

Roof

More progress - roof is up, and the interior spaces are taking shape.

Art[i]fact House Looking in, Looking out

One of the things that we frequently try to do is frame and call out phenomena on site. An evergreen growing in the neighboring lot led...

Up and Up

Second floor is underway in a big way. You can also see in full where the band of vertical windows will go, letting a ribbon of light...

A Better View of the Framed New Space

Some of the framing was visible in the video we posted earlier, but here is a little peek of the interior of the house, looking towards...

Meanwhile...

While work was being done on the foundation and floor slab in the new spaces, we got busy on the existing volume. We kept the bulk of the...

Art[i]fact House Concrete Slab DONE

After much hard work and coordination with our go-to concrete guy, Jay Garena of All Concrete, our slab is in place! The slab will be...

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