January 12, 2012
by jerad.foster
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Furniture In Progress.

Studiobuild  had a busy Holiday Season.  We welcomed the newest Studiobuild team member, we probably aren’t going to get much work out of him for the next 14 years or so,  but he already has one of the coolest offices in the company.  Lincoln Foster is proud to call the first Studiobuild crib, home.

We employed three interns over their college break and they got their hands dirty in the shop, building some furniture projects we have had on the back burner and making some prototypes for future Studiobuild pieces.  Chris Penland & Megan Pfau worked with us last summer and continued this break, they fabricated our largest SIC (Scrap into Cash) project to date.

This time around Anthony Luca joined the crew.  Apparently we must let them do some fun work because the interns keep multiplying.  They finished up a Fold Entertainment Center for a friend of ours,  took inspiration in the piece and fabricated their own take on the design into a nice coffee table made from some really nice fsc certified white oak we had laying around.

The first prototype of a new series of furniture from us was built, hopefully we fine tune the design and get some more pics up soon.

December 20, 2011
by ryan.deveney
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What we’ve been up to.

Studiobuild has been busy designing some exciting new projects that are slated to start very soon. We are planning on breaking ground on these three large scale residential projects (including two new homes and one remodel) in early spring 2012. Here are some images showing their current state in the design process.

1. Prairie Village remodel

A nice not quite Mid Century Modern Split Level that has a lot of nice potential. We plan to push the interior and exterior more towards the modern spectrum of design. with a new master suite, media room, kitchen sunroom & workout room we have some interesting opportunities to explore with the exterior finishes and interior volumes.

2 & 3.  New homes.

Although the last few projects have been pretty substantial remodels, studiobuild hasn’t had the opportunity to build any new homes….yet.

It’s shaping up to be a very busy spring, but we are extremely excited and anxious to start these homes from scratch, showcasing what we can do with a clean slate. here are a couple images of one of the new homes.

 

November 30, 2011
by jerad.foster
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3555 Residence Finished !

We wrapped up  this project the day before Thanksgiving.  It was enjoyable working on this project and the finished product certainly transformed the house as well as the neighborhood.  It took us 7 months… That’s not bad considering we completely redesigned the house, demolished the old house and rebuilt the new house on top of the existing foundation. here are some before and after shots, stay tuned for some professional photographs.

November 28, 2011
by jerad.foster
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Join us this Friday.

We recently wrapped up two projects and will be posting photos shortly but in the meantime we would like to extend an invitation to view our Students work this friday.   Many of you know that we were fortunate enough to teach a third year design / build studio at KU this semester.   Their final project is a modular display structure for the Beggars Table Church & Gallery.   Located in the Crossroads District in Kansas City  we will be part of the annual First Friday exhibits lets hope the weather cooperates.  

October 27, 2011
by jerad.foster
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3555 Residence

Work is progressing nicely on this project.  The exterior work will be completed this week and the interior is being currently being painted.  Everyone has been asking us what the exterior materials are, so here they are.  The upper siding is James Hardi cement panel detailed with a Fry Reglet accent trim.  The lower siding is pre-finished corrugated sheet metal, and the wood is Cumaru installed with concealed fasteners.