GETTING TO YES! September 16th Webinar by MFMalinowski How to effectively use Code Alternate Means and Methods and Permit Streamlining

http://www.imove.com/american-homes-through-the-decades 115 years of American home: a graphic timeline

Daughter Tessa ends one adventure . another to begin soon .

More than a half decade after completion, this contemporary project on Kenneth off Winding Way (designed by your truly) still looks great! Hard to believe is was a remodel of a ranch house. It’s quite catchy even on Google, in my humble opinion! Michael F. Malinowski AIA

Narrow/wide siding was used in Sacramento in the 1920’s – see the attached cottage on 19th Street – and we used it a decade ago in this new home in Sierra Oaks Vista that still looks great today – with hardy siding (cement board).

This part of a second story addition project can be scary for both homeowners and neighbors . with rain coming tomorrow, the next challenge for the builder is to create a temporary framework to support a tarp . In about 9 months, this house will look ‘whole’ again, but a new second story – and with the same cute form as the 1930’s original eclectic tudor.

Beautiful to see the living element expressed so clearly