Drywallers clad the inside of the building with fireproof sheets of  plaster. All of the east wall windows have drywall right to the...

I am working on a new work for a Surface Design Association exhibition. It involves a number of different steps and techniques. Random...

I was quietly working away at my desk when I heard a large truck arrive. It delivered a load of concrete onto the porch area. Citywide...

Remember I posted about finding these bent rebar rods Dave had made.  Now I know what they are for. He drilled holes in the foundation...

Oohh! A new van. The plumber. The house water main now has a new line going off it - to the studio. The white line takes water to the...

After the first day of securing the drywall panels in place. The ceiling is done. Ron and Dave check the work. Dave has been lining the...

Ron and I have the job of digging the trench to hold conduit for services from the house to the studio. Unfortunately, the trench passes...

Our back yard is a very busy place. A small digger is moving backfill soil around according to the landscape plan. The sheet metal...

The east side now has 3 sheets of metal cladding. The biggest negative of cladding a building in steel is it has a poor thermal value...

Ron and I are at work, in the unskilled category. I am working with small tools and hands to carefully clear around tree roots that go...

The largest wall is covered and taped. It is a wrap. The walls are now air tight and water proof. Carpenter Dave is attaching cement...

Progress on wrapping the building. Dave has saved me the Tyvek scraps. It takes paint well and melts into a very textural surface....

The building is looking good. The site is another story. The combination of trench digging, lifting pavers, uprooting garden beds and...

The plumber made a first visit. This is the pipe that will connect to the sinks. It vents up to the roof and runs down through the wall...

Ooh, another delivery truck with a load. And the guys are wearing special equipment. The load is going up on to the roof. At the same...

Pattern Language #107 Wings of Light The studio is designed to have light entering the building on three sides. The solution to this...

In an earlier post, I explained how I have used design method for the studio and the Back Yard Project. The first pattern I used was #104...

Eric the electrician came back to add electrical outlets and wires. I was asked where I wanted power and light. I was able to be decisive...

View from the inside looking south towards the sunny room. The plywood wall layer is nearly finished. The plywood is finished, including...

The construction of the sunny room has begun. It is called the sunny room according to the design book It will be where I will sit and...