It’s not too often that I give in to the idea of paying someone to do a household repair or minor construction project especially when I have the ability and time to do it myself. I’m kind of picky … [Read more...]
Sexy Retaining Wall
This happy top-o-the morning looking bloke is David Hocker. He's a landscape architect (Hocker Design Group) and a pretty good one at that. Besides winning an American Society of Landscape Architects … [Read more...]
Dallas Science & Nature Museum: Progress
Last week, North Texas media (and me) got one of the first looks inside the new Perot Museum of Nature & Science during a hard hat tour and construction update provided by Prtizker Prize winning … [Read more...]
What am I working on?
Currently, I am working on a residential project - a really large modern residential project. It's unique compared to our other projects because it is basically commercial construction - cast in place … [Read more...]
Concrete Floors
I decided to start a monumental project at my house this weekend - stripping my concrete floors. Depending on what you know, that may or may not be a big deal so let me tell you....it's a big deal, … [Read more...]
Concrete Detail: an interview with artisan Richard Holschuh
The word “concrete” derives from Latin meaning “growing together”. A technology developed by the Romans and lost for centuries, it has become the ubiquitous modern material. Simply put, it is a matrix … [Read more...]