Saturday, December 25, 2004

story time

a little quiet reading time with cousin Jacob
story time
Originally uploaded by architect.

carnage

Believe it or not most of that mess isn't his
carnage
Originally uploaded by architect.

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Blogorama

For the latest, greatest designs in ceramic "pots" see
http://alispotspot.blogspot.com/

check for daily updates ;)

Monday, December 13, 2004

sled2

LL's first sledride!
sled2
Originally uploaded by architect.

sled1

nice 'sled
sled1
Originally uploaded by architect.

Monday, December 06, 2004

Bathroom reno

Ok- so it only took about 4 months- but the bathroom is pretty much done- the contractor has finished his share of the work, and i just have a couple of finishing details to take care of. Here are some photos!

from sink

view from sink area
from sink
Originally uploaded by architect.

from shower

view from tub/shower
from shower
Originally uploaded by architect.

from doorway

view from hallway door
from doorway
Originally uploaded by architect.

plan

working drawing- plan
plan
Originally uploaded by architect.

original sketch model

schematic design model
original sketch model
Originally uploaded by architect.

elevation A

working drawing- interior elevation
elevation A
Originally uploaded by architect.

elevation C

working drawing- interior elevation
elevation C
Originally uploaded by architect.

elevation D

working drawing- interior elevation
elevation D
Originally uploaded by architect.

Sunday, December 05, 2004

linus

that's my boy
linus
Originally uploaded by architect.

oooooh

party
oooooh
Originally uploaded by architect.

ouch

party pooper
ouch
Originally uploaded by architect.

Saturday, November 27, 2004

stove close up

Vermont Castings "Resolute" model
stove close up
Originally uploaded by architect.

stove

This wood burning stove is for sale.
$300 o.b.o. Purchaser is responsible for removal and transport.

stove
Originally uploaded by architect.

laundry

Just wash the baby along with the diaper
laundry
Originally uploaded by architect.

static

Nice lid.
static
Originally uploaded by architect.

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Kai

My lil' nephew Kai has his own blog now! Check out www.kaizblog.blogspot.com

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

My rant for the day

If I haven't said it before, let me make this perfectly clear-
Home (*&^% Depot sucks. Let me be more specific. Home Depot is good if all you need to do is go in and buy a light bulb or a garbage pail. BUT if you need any assistance at all or want to order an item, say for example a countertop, you might as well save yourself 3 or 4 hours of waiting around time and just stab yourself repeatedly with a blunt spoon. It would be more humane and certainly more productive. In case I lose my mind and decide I need to go to Home Depot again, please remind me it's better to fight the traffic and go to Reno Depot instead.

Monday, November 08, 2004

Saturday, November 06, 2004

tremblantstew

Mark made this delicious stew on Friday night. Yum.
tremblantstew
Originally uploaded by architect.

tremblantvillage

Last weekend a bunch of us went to Mont. Tremblant for a few days R+R.
Here we are on a stroll through the village.

tremblantvillage
Originally uploaded by architect.

Monday, October 18, 2004

new ride

Fonzie and his new wheels
new ride
Originally uploaded by architect.

Sunday, October 17, 2004

Breather

Well, the drawings for the Fujino/Lapointe residence are practically done. I issued them on Tuesday and am just waiting to see how the pricing is for the house. Hopefully there won't be too many changes required for the contruction drawings set. The grand total of hours spent is 398 so far, so now i get to take a breather and figure out what the next project might be. Ann's parents are coming in a couple of days and Grace, Kenn, Ashley and Abby just left here a couple of days ago. Then renos are in a bit of limbo as we wait for our vanity to be completed by the millworkers. Looking forward to having a sink again. I also wanted to include a couple of links that may be of interest to you:

http://home.primus.ca/~tsaiken/
http://members.shaw.ca/dstsai/

One of these days i hope to figure out how to do a nice webpage, but for now this will have to do!

k

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

yellow

Nice fall afternoon
yellow
Originally uploaded by architect.

fall afternoon 1

Days like this, I love being at home!
fall afternoon 1
Originally uploaded by architect.

Thursday, October 07, 2004

New sheriff in town.JPG

Sebastien on his hog (Kanata, ON)
IMG_3370.JPG
Originally uploaded by architect.

IMG_3335.JPG

By popular demand/badgering, here are photos of the current state of bathroom
IMG_3335.JPG
Originally uploaded by architect.

IMG_3364.JPG

Still looking for someone to build the vanity counter
IMG_3364.JPG
Originally uploaded by architect.

Friday, September 10, 2004

sept 9b

rest of the drywall is up...needs mud and tape still
sept 9b
Originally uploaded by architect.

sept 9 a

more framing
sept 9 a
Originally uploaded by architect.

Thursday, September 09, 2004

towards hallway wall

the toilet was not yet installed so sewer smells were coming up into the bathroom. Yum.
towards hallway wall
Originally uploaded by architect.

towards exterior wall

windows were covered up so it was very dark in there...sorry it's blurry.
towards exterior wall
Originally uploaded by architect.

towards kitchen wall

wednesday night- got back from Alberta, this was the state of our bathroom renos.
towards kitchen wall
Originally uploaded by architect.

Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Grassi Lakes Hike

On the way up to Grassi Lakes
Grassi Lakes Hike
Originally uploaded by architect.

grassi lakes

Just arrived at Grassi Lakes
grassi lakes
Originally uploaded by architect.

grassi lakes dad

Grassi Lakes with dad
grassi lakes dad
Originally uploaded by architect.

grassi lakes mom

Grassi Lakes with mom
grassi lakes mom
Originally uploaded by architect.

nap sack

After a nice hike up to Grassi Lakes,
Canmore, AB.

nap sack
Originally uploaded by architect.

Saturday, August 07, 2004

emsemble

....then the fun starts
emsemble
Originally uploaded by architect.

zakai

....causes this
zakai
Originally uploaded by architect.

seb

starts with this...
seb
Originally uploaded by architect.

Saturday, July 31, 2004

Montreal sky

This photo was taken from our now-defunct roof terrace during the International Fireworks competition.
Starry night
Originally uploaded by architect.

Hair

After 6 months of struggling, a good hair day at last.
Hair
Originally uploaded by architect.

Heir

Lounging around on a nice summer day in Montreal....the heir to the Tsai empire.
IMG_2193
Originally uploaded by architect.

Schematic design version 2

Here is the second version of schematic design for the Fujino/Lapointe residence as submitted and copywritten July 31, 2004.
VERSION 2 RENDERING
Originally uploaded by architect.

Schematic Design version 1

The first version of schematic design fot the Fujino/Lapointe residence as submitted and copywritten on July 24, 2004.
SCHEMATIC RENDERING
Originally uploaded by architect.