HAUS received an AIA Excellence in Architecture 2022 Citation Award at last nights gala at Indiana State Museum.
Paul, Chris, and Erika represented HAUS to receive the award for Bridge House, which has now received it’s second AIA award.
Thanks again to our clients, and AIA Indianapolis for coordinating and hosting an outstanding event.
We enjoyed the year getting settled-in at G BLOC.
Check out some of the new exterior photos and updates to the project story!
Michael Shirley joins us as Student Intern for Spring Term through summer 2022!
He is currently pursuing his Bachelors of Architecture, with this internship putting a wrap on his 4th year.
If you see Michael in the studio, be sure to ask him about his rock-climbing expertise.
May 2022 – As it turns-out, Michael decided to dedicate his summer to rock-climbing and renovating a bus instead of working in studio through summer. BOOOOOO !!! They are not booing, just chanting “Michael, Michael, Michael !!!” 🙂 We wish you good luck in your future endeavors, Michael!
Bridging environments | the award-winning, low-profile retreat that lightly touches its landscape, paying tribute to both its homeowners’ affinity for nature and art.
Check out Great Lakes by Design Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 5, featuring Bridge House.
Thanks again to our client and collaborators!
ICF walls are complete at Silvopasture Farmstead in St. Paul.
For sure you need to check-out the updated project story complete with new Owner-recorded drone videos!
C & P got the opportunity to spend the day shooting Back40House on this beautiful fall day in Pendleton!
Chris was definitely in his element, with many prime opportunities to “wave his arms around“; sometimes while in conversation, and other times while motioning for Paul to reposition props.
Besides helping stage the shots, Paul enthusiastically interacted with people, spaces and dogs. It was a good day all-around!
Code Red: UN Report details how climate change is affecting the earth.
What can we do to help? We continue to integrate resilience and energy efficiency goals into our design + build process whether or not our clients are requesting it (many clients are, some are not). We are being proactive and making sure our clients have the latest information to informatively make their final choices and decisions.
Contact us for a deeper dive into this very important topic and our process!
Ke’Toren Mendoza joins HAUS as architectural student intern for Fall Term!
We look forward to having Ke’Toren on the team to see how he can help us with our creative projects. Likewise, we look forward to giving him some good opportunities to learn and grow in his first opportunity at an architectural firm.
Please join us in welcoming Ke’Toren!
We’ve finally produced and uploaded photos of the Scandinavian Modern Interior project that we mentioned in 2020.
Have a look at the detail on this one.
Check out this new photo of Rural Modern pool deck.
Our client finished Phase Two of this project in summer 2021 to complete a project process that began in 2014.
Please check-back for other updates about the design + construction process!
We are so happy how Grandview is turning-out (nestled in the trees).
The pre-existing tree canopy and lakeside location is such an idyllic setting.
So much work goes into dreaming and creating a work of architecture. Working with our clients to come-up with the design concept, then the key details may only get you 25% there.
You have to have really great communication between Owner, Architect, and Construction Team from beginning-to-end to get you to the finish-line. We are almost to a-hundred!
The lumber price explosion has been a hot topic for about 9 months, and the story continues.
Up to now, we have blamed COVID mainly, but also the cold weather event in Texas. But there are some other factors at play also, per this attached article from Visual Capitalist.
These extraordinary events and costs are certainly affecting the construction industry. However, all indicators are telling us that the design + construction markets remain as hot as ever. How much will these circumstances affect your decision to renovate or build new?
We have moved our studio to G BLOC in Broad Ripple North Village right next to the Monon Trail!
It’s been a long COVID-influenced, socially-distanced 12 months, and we are very much looking forward to the future. In fact, we are all back together in one space again!
Although we are still keeping socially distanced (for the most-part), it’s great to be able to communicate and collaborate with team members in-person again.
If you are in the area, please stop by G BLOC for a visit!
Grandview Lakehouse is progressing nicely in Columbus, Indiana.
This design was greatly influenced by previous issues with the former structure on the site (water-related).
Check-out the updated story highlighting the ongoing progress!
Camden Hochgesang joins us today as Student Intern.
Camden is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Architecture. He’ll be with us for Spring Term + summer before his 5th year at Ball State University.
Everyone please welcome Camden to the studio!
Thanks, Tiffany, for the collaboration on your home in Meridian-Kessler, and the nice words in Indianapolis Monthly Magazine Home of the Month!
We enjoyed our small part in helping to open the kitchen and integrate access and functionality to the upstairs. And you brought it all together with your excellent interior design sensibilities!
And thanks to Kameron Shepherd – Innovative Construction – for excellent execution.
Maarten Bergsma joins HAUS as Student Intern for Fall term 2020.
We look forward to having Maarten on the team during this difficult time as we navigate COVID protocols.
Everyone please join us in welcoming Maarten to the team!
18 July 2020: We are currently looking for a creative Graduate Architect to grow with our team. If you know someone who loves to contribute their talents to interesting architecture + interior design projects, please send them our way!
We believe this person will have up to 3 years of professional experience and have earned an architectural degree. Also, they will have experience and talent in design, drawing, and enjoy the design collaboration process. And last but not least, this person may also enjoy the construction process and helping to see that their ideas are successfully executed in the construction phase.
Please email inquiries with resume and portfolio links to “create@haus-arch.com”.
Update (17 Aug 2020) – Thanks for all of the shares! We have filled our immediate need. Interested candidates, please continue to send resumes and portfolios our way for future consideration!
2020 is challenging us on various fronts beyond crazy architectural details and a worldwide virus without a cure. Now racial awareness issues have again come to the forefront and have challenged us to be better as a nation and as a people.
Architectural details are not a new thing, just tools to help solve functional problems, ideally with aesthetic benefit.
Viruses are not a new thing either. But most of us have not experienced this level of interruption to our daily routines from the threat of sickness.
And now the topic of racial diversity is before us front-and-center. How our differences affect all levels of the life experience has become a most urgent focus society-wide.
Is it possible to put all of these things together to make a difference and help spur positive change?
As we ponder how we can help, many of our “solutions” center on the things we know. For us, that is urban planning and architecture.
Is there any learning from the past that can help guide us? Perhaps. One particular effort comes to-mind. We dusted-off this thesis project from 1992 to see what motivated us to tackle similar issues almost 30 years ago.
Unification Memorial: Catalyst for Social Change – A learning resources center specifically attempting to raise awareness and shape views of past and existing racial diversity in the United States.
Is it naive to think that the process and result of creating a significant socially-conscious multi-purpose civic resource (a building) can serve as a “catalyst for social change”?
These are crazier times. At this point, we have now been confined to our homes for a couple of weeks. Most certainly, “Social distancing” is a term we are now very familiar with (and likely tired of hearing).
Also, we have learned a lot about what is “essential” and “not essential”. As we may or may not be developing some degree of cabin fever, we can probably agree that the environments that we have created for ourselves help contribute to our degree of well-being.
Is your environment functioning ideally – or are there things you would change? What is most important during a time of crisis? Is your home supporting the daily, intensified needs of your family and loved-ones?
Thanks to our clients and team members for their flexibility. We’re thankful we are able to continue forward as an essential activity utilizing safe means and methods in our daily work.
Everyone, please stay safe out there!
And finally, thanks, Lance and Laura for brightening our Friday with the card and update from Michigan! 🙂