Thursday, May 14, 2015

James J Hill house

On Tuesday we went on a field trip to summit Avenue in St.Paul. We took a walking tour of the street and saw lots of different houses that had lots of different stories behind them.

James.J.Hill house


James J hill had a big part in the creation of the great northern rail way.
The house was completed for the Hills to live in in 1891.
James Hill lived in the house with his wife Mary and there 10 children.
The architect of the house was Mark Fitzpatrick.



Summit avenue 

Summit avenue was home to very wealthy people
James J Hill built homes for some of kids on summit avenue.
There were lots of houses shared between to families that where in business together
This house on summit avenue was one of the only houses with the garage attached .
Eventually they grew out of the house and built their own.
If you live on summit avenue today you are responsible to keep up with the historical accuracy of the house. The most common  style was queen Anne and Italian villa style. The most common architect is Cass Gilber and Mark Fitzpatrick

This house on summit avenue was very different when the original owner had it. It used to have a full front porch. 
This house was the first house on summit avenue that was not torn down.






St Paul Cathedral

The cathedral was built from 1906 and 1915. They are coming up on the hundred year celebration
This year. The copper dome at the top is over 306 feet high. The cathedral is a very distinct characteristic to the skyline.
Inside there were very  beautiful stain glass. There were many places to worship saints. The cathedral can seat 3000   people. 

Cathedral of Saint Paul

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Level 2

Level 1


Front (HP)

This house would be a good space for my clients because they are young and still in school but still need there own space. They need a space to study and do work and this house gives it to them. They need a garage to park their cards and motorcycles. They each have their own bedroom and bathroom

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Kitchen Design

Out Door Kitchen 
 
I designed this kitchen for someone who wants to spend time on the patio and grill.
The kitchen layout I used was the "L" style.





Indoor kitchen 
I designed this kitchen for someone who likes a simple design and not a lot going on around them.
The kitchen style was the "L" shape.

Friday, April 10, 2015

Harmony

    



         
Harmony-   Achieved when unity and variety are effectively combined
                      Unity
All parts are related by one idea or theme
             Variety
Two or more different elements of design are used to create interest
harmony

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Rhythm

This week in interior design we learned about rhythm. Rhythm uses pattern to create interest and unity in design. You can create rhythm when using certain lines,colors,forms or texture in a constant pattern.



Repetition  is the use of the same element more then once throughout the space. It can be pattern, color, texture, or line.
The repetition in these rooms is the pictures that are the same size and are hung in a certain pattern .

 

Radiation - All parts of a composition are balanced and repeated around a central axis.
The points of radiation in these rooms are the table and the carpet in the center that draws your eye out. In the second room in is the blue ottoman in the center in the room and the octagon  on the ceiling.



   

Gradation- Completed by increasing or  decreasing one or more qualities,such as height or width or over all size
You can see graduation in the first picture by the records on the wall or the vases that vary in size.
In the second one it is the yellow things on the wall that change color and size.

Emphasis

emphisis

Emphasis 

Friday, March 20, 2015

color schemes

Monochromatic 
Are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker color, gray or black.
This room gives a very uniformed comfortable feel.
monochromatic



Analogous 
The analogous color scheme uses colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. One color is used as a dominant color while others are used to enrich the scheme. This color scheme gives a very lively feel. 
analogous      


Split-complementary 
The split-complementary color scheme is a variation of the complementary color scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its complement. This color scheme has the same strong visual contrast as the complementary color scheme, but has less tension. This room gives a romantic yet colorful feel. 
split

Triadic 
uses three colors equally spaced around the color wheel. This scheme is popular among artists because it offers strong visual contrast while retaining balance, and color richness.
triadic

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Color Text Questions

1) What factors influence the psychological impact has on people?
  Age, gender , culture and life experiences are the things that influence the psychological impact on people.

2)Summarize the feelings each of the following colors evokes in people: red, green, and violet?
   Red evokes power,danger,strength,fire,and passions in people
   Green evokes the feeling of being refreshed, cool, friendly and peaceful.
   Violet evokes the feeling of being dignified and dramatic.

3) Name the secondary colors. What primary colors, in what proportions , are used to make each?
The secondary colors are orange green and violet. To make orange  you need and equal amount of red and yellow. To make green you need and equal amount of yellow and blue. To make violet you need and equal amount of blue and red.

4) Which color name is listed first in the name of a tertiary color?
The first name in the tertiary color always is the primary color used.

5) Contrast value and intensity of color?
Intensity of a color  refers to the brightness or dullness of a color.
Contrast is the difference in two colors,

6)What is the differences between tint, tone, and shade?
Tint is the any color with the addition of white.
Tone is the original color
shade is any color with the addition of black

7) Summarize how to neutralize a hue?
You can neutralize a hue by adding neutral color to the hue.

8)Name two warm colors and two cool colors.
Some colors include blue and violet and some warm color include yellow and orange.

9) Identify an example of each of the seven color harmonies.
The seven color harmonies are, monochromatic, complementary, split-complementary, double-complementary, analogous, triadic, and neutral.

10) What factors influence the way color harmonies are used in planning an interior design.
When choosing colors for a room you wan to think about the moods and style the people want lifestyles of the clients function of the room and the items in the room and the location of the room .

11)Summarize the guidelines for using color correctly in a room design.
The guide lines for using color correctly are  using contrast if  you have a white couch on a black wall the white couch will draw more attention. When using color harmonies you want your base color to dominate.Select low intensity colors for large walls  if you use a high intensity color it can become overpowering. Heavy textures make colors appear darker.If a room is large use shades  to  make the room look smaller.In a small room use tint to make the room look bigger.

13) I would choose a soft yellow to make the room light and have a happy and warm feel to it. I think it would be bright even with the very little natural light because it is not a heavy cool color. Another choice would be white. White is fresh teacupful and  pure, it will make the room look crisper and livelier.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

texture



This week in Interior Design we learned about texture. There are three different categories of texture
one of the three is visual another is tactile and the last is audible. Visual texture is the appearance of a surface like the couch in my olioboard looks like it  has a soft texture or the yellow pillow look glossy and the side table looks shiny . Tactile is the feel of a surface like the chandelier in my olioboard has  a metal texture that is very smooth the blue table has a rough wood feel to it and lastly the magazine rack has a smooth metal feel to it . The last category of texture is audible that is the sound something makes when rubbed  if you went and rubbed the couch it would have a rough sound. If you rubbed the side table it would have a  squeaky sound and if you rubber the blue side table it would have a soft smooth to it. I think this room gives a very modern but comfortable feel because of all the different textures i have addedtexture

Monday, March 2, 2015

Element of Design - Line

This week in interior design we learned about different types of line. We learned how different types of lines give different effects in a space. You can make a space look bigger or smaller than it really is.





Horizontal
A horizontal line leads the eye side to side . Gives the effect of less height and more width.
Horizontal lines give a relaxed calming feel. Put these lines where you want to look wider.
As fancy as I get




Vertical 
A vertical line leads the eye up and down it adds height and slimness.If you want an area to look thinner add vertical lines.

Black, White and Blue Luxurious Living Room







Diagonal
A diagonal line is slanted.With a vertical line slant it gives slimness to a room. with a horizontal line slant it adds width. A diagonal line draws attention to the area used.This line is versatile and interesting.
Pattern Explosion

Curved 
A curved line makes spaces look larger than they really are. They increase the size and shape of the figure.It adds interest.
Dynamic Colour Pairing





Friday, February 27, 2015

Housing Exterior Styles



This week in Interior Design we spent time looking at different styles of houses. We learned about where different styles originated from and how the styles changed based on the years and space and needs of people.


 SaltBox
Is an Early North American House Style. Traditionally tall windowed front wall of a saltbox house Faced south to capture the suns warmth.There is a low back wall with few windows it has a sloping roof reach nearly to the ground offering protection from the cold north wind.

Garrison
This is a house style of colonial times in New England. It  is easily  identified because the second story overhangs the first story usually along the front wall of the house. A garrison house will usually have narrow wooden clapboard sidings Trim and decorative details are minimal. This  style is still popular today.

Georgian
This house is named for the King Georges of England . They were built before American revolution.Sometimes called Colonial style. These houses have a Classic  Inspired details around the main door such as classic columns or pilasters and a round arch.The roofs are pitched,from which rise several chimneys serving the fireplaces inside, Some original Georgian houses had wood siding but others were brick.This house shows Authority when people originally look at it. This house has a formal balance And is two stories . They also have an attached garage.

Federal
This style house was built after the American Revolution. They have lots of classical details. Such as palladian windows, columns or pilasters. They have a low pitched roof that often disappears behind a balustrade. Windows of lower stories are taller that those above.

Greek Revival
This style is the one most often copied for a modern colonial home. The Greek style was inspired by an original Greek temple. This type of house has two story columns. Lots of wood work around the door. Usually painted white.This house is very balanced. This house has a very formal and grand appeal to it.

Cape Cod
This style first appeared in the early years of North America. It has a steeply pitched saltbox  roof, with or without dormers.Usually sided with natural wood shingles,Today it is often sided with wooden clapboards.The front door uses wood trim to hint at classical pillars.

Gothic -Revival
This style was popular in the middle of the nineteenth century but not now. The house borrowed decorative details form medieval Gothic cathedrals. Details included pointed arches, high pitched roofs, elaborate decorative trim.Sometimes even towers

Row Houses and Town Houses
These houses were built on narrow long properties they had narrow fronts with several stories above.The wall of one row connected the the wall of the next row. Sometimes the the row houses resemble each other in appearance. Today they are called town houses.

Italian Villa
In the middle of the nineteenth century  some people built large houses resembling Italian villas.They could assume many forms but they all used classic columns or pilasters, and round arches and pediments over doors and windows. Quoins ran up the corners of the different parts of the house. Quoins are stones stacked up to form corners,alternating in size.

Stick Style
In this house builders used intricate and individualistic wood decorations for the house.You can identify it by its decorative woodwork,Especially for porches around doors and windows, and brackets supporting the projecting eaves of the roofs. This house will have no other distinctive style.

Art Nouveau
This style of house is more decorative style than a basic house shape. Human faces wearing fanciful headdresses, plants and flowers are all typical of this style The decorations can be molded in stucco or cement and worked in color in stained-glass windows.

Queen Anne
This style came from England, Even though this house is large its low arches deep porch and dark sides often shingled, stone, or brick give it a cozy warn feeling of a cottage. This house has bay windows lots of nooks and crannies balloon frame building method. Multi colored and patterned. This house is very romantic and lively.

Tudor
A tudor style house has a traditional appearance.This house has lots of wood trim and half timbers a double gable front and a decorative chimney. The front door wall is stone the half timbered front is brick and the rest of the facade is stucco. Traditional colors are white and brown.


Dutch
This house has a gambrel roof with front shed dormers.This style is popular in NewYork and Pennsylvanian .

Spanish
This house is made of poured cement or stucco with details in wood. It is found mainly in the western united state These houses are popular in California and Florida .They feature nearly flat roofs walled courtyard.
Prairie
This style of house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. This style of house has long low lines with open balconies and spreads of windows all reflecting the flat open environment of the prairie.This style greatly influenced modern housing styles in North America.


Ranch
Like the prairie house it is long and low usually of only one floor.This house many include many rooms. The building material,interior plan and design details very greatly from house to house.

International
The international style looks like cubes or boxes grouped together in an interesting composition.Sometimes the house sits on the ground sometimes it is raised on columns with a garage beneath.Roofs can be flat or with a single slope.Balconies often add to the houses grouped geometric shapes. Seldom is the traditional material used when building.

Split Level
Split-levels are twentieth-century houses in which the first floor lies on more than one level, so you must step down or up in passing from one room to another.such a design serves an uneven building property. The garage is on the lower level the entrance and living room a half level higher and another room,above the garage another half level higher.On a level property the split-level accommodates a cellar beneath one section of the house.

Rustic
A rustic style might be described as a feeling rather than a distinct design. Such a house gives the feeling of woods,lakes,and outdoors. Its to be expected in such a rural environment as a
vacation home or in a wooded suburb.


Chalet or Alpine
A chalet is a Swiss mountain cottage with overhanging eaves.the term alpine has come to describe any of the traditional building style of the Swiss and Austrian alps. You can expect to find variations when alpine styles are copied for houses in the mountains or lake regions of North America

A-Frame
Covered framing members, propped in the shape of a letter "A" serve as both the roof and the side walls of the building. This design offers an inexpensive way to erect a vacation home. Some "A" frames are more elaborate with balconies of a swiss chalet the rambling wings of a ranch house.

Dome
These are made of very light yet extremely strong triangular panels, arranged in the shape of a hemisphere. The chief proponent of the geodesic dome was R. Buckminster Fuller, and innovative American architect. In the 1950s domes were used for military and industrial purposes. More recently domes have become popular as homes.

Solar
These houses are designed to work with nature, using heat and light from the sun as efficiently as possible. Active solar houses use panels tilted toward the sun to absorb solar energy and convert it into heat.South facing windows admit light and heat from the winter sun. Shading devices block the hot summer sun and cool the house.

Earth Sheltered
Earth sheltered houses most often have a low long narrow shape. Their design is simple and practical. The accent is on clean lines and modern materials, such as concrete. These houses are built for a purpose,so their form follows their function.

Manufactured
These houses are built entirely or partly at a factory. They are often transported by truck to the actual building site. Benefits of mass produced housing include lower costs for labor and materials, and shorter construction time.

Mobile home
For many years these homes were referred to as a trailer. Because they were once towed to their sites, so the needed to have a long, narrow trailer like form. They are manufactured in a wider variety of sizes and designs.

Duplex
This style incorporates two housing styles in one building. The two units may be next to each other or on separate stories. A duplex may also be called a double house, a double  decker a twin house or s two family house. A duplex house can be designed in any traditional or contemporary style.

Neo-Eclectic
This contemporary house features a Palladian window motif, decorated front gables suggestive of a Queen Anne style, and a front porch. This style is very clean and simple.


High Rise Apartment
This is an apartment that has 6 or more stories. These are built in congested areas to conserve space. They also allow green areas to be opened up between adjacent buildings for playgrounds and parks at ground level.

Bungalow
The bungalow was a simple house adopted by the Arts and Crafts movement partly as a reaction to "Victorian excess" The wood on the house was left natural or stained rather than covered with paint. Exposed rafters or braces could often be seen beneath roof  overhangs. The bungalow features a long low-pitched roof often with a gable dormer or a shallow "shed" dormer.