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3D Building Information Modeling House Design

It’s typically referred to as “3D/BIM.”  Three-Dimensional Building Information Modeling.  Rand Soellner, Senior Staff Architect at the HOME ARCHITECTS ® is learning it.   This is not something to be taken lightly.  The AutoDesk Official Instruction book is 1,000+ pages long, and this still isn’t enough instruction to cover everything that the program can accomplish.  […]
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Top 5 House Design Trends for 2013

First of all, these are the 2013 top 5 house design trends for a specialized market: People who are at or near retirement age who are moving from urban areas to more country and suburban locations. These rankings are per the HOME ARCHITECTS ®, one of the leading custom house architecture firms in the USA. The […]
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Septic System Construction Permitting

ALERT!   In recent years, there has developed quite a lot of discussion and trouble with septic permits.  It used to be, when you bought a piece of property that had a septic permit, you were just about guaranteed that you could later install your septic system.  Unfortunately, that is no longer the case.  This online […]
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Architect Helping Hurricane Sandy Victims

HOME ARCHITECTS ® is offering a 20% reduction in their normal fees to assist people whom have lost their houses in hurricane Sandy and other recent storms. Rand Soellner, AIA of the firm, said that “These people have suffered enough.  The least we can do is to help by designing new houses for them to […]
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