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Why Craft is Key
Why Craft is Key
“You know Mom, I don’t know anyone who sews! Actually, I don’t have one friend who makes things for themselves. They don’t paint, draw…
Shannon
Feb 20, 2018
Residential Design Inspiration: Modern Central Fireplaces
Residential Design Inspiration: Modern Central Fireplaces
For one of our current projects we are designing a modern central fireplace as the focus for the main living area. This idea doesn’t sound…
Marica McKeel
Feb 23, 2017
What To Expect from your Architect : Our Design Process
What To Expect from your Architect : Our Design Process
I love when people ask how we work because our process is the heart of our architecture. It’s what makes working with Studio MM different…
Marica McKeel
Feb 9, 2017
How Being Organized is Being Green
As a woman with a female brain I know all too well the feelings of overwhelm when my office or house is a mess. I can’t think straight. It…
Lisa Hawkins
Dec 9, 2016
The Importance of Sketching
The Importance of Sketching
Sketching + Architecture go hand in hand. And I’ll be the first to admit that most of my sketches may not be “museum quality” just yet, but…
Marica McKeel
Nov 10, 2016
Pedestrian Safety for Urban Planners (and Users)
Pedestrian Safety for Urban Planners (and Users)
Pedestrian safety: why does it matter?
Reliance Foundry
Nov 3, 2016
Residential Design Inspiration: Modern Mudrooms
Residential Design Inspiration: Modern Mudrooms
I was talking to one of our clients just the other day about the importance of a mudroom near the entryway… Every home needs a place to…
Marica McKeel
Nov 3, 2016
Reflecting on Design: Lake Wylie House
Reflecting on Design: Lake Wylie House
I just got back from a visit to South Carolina and have been doing a little reflecting…
Marica McKeel
Oct 27, 2016
Surplus and Sustainability
Surplus and Sustainability
The bold transformation of the industrial revolution has hit a plateau, and to rise beyond it we need a power boost of sorts. The material…
Shannon
Oct 21, 2016
Black, Blanc, Beur
Black, Blanc, Beur
Concrete Forms of Hate (La Haine)
JD.Heather
Jul 17, 2016
Metabolism of Identity
Metabolism of Identity
The Architecture of Postwar Japan
JD.Heather
Jul 1, 2016
The Ideal Community Center
The Ideal Community Center
Imagine if every town had a community center that combined a senior center, a daycare center, and a no-kill animal shelter
Shannon
Jun 4, 2016
MANIFESTO FOR A 21st CENTURY HOME
MANIFESTO FOR A 21st CENTURY HOME
The new modern home possesses an elegant simplicity and harmony in design
Shannon
Apr 8, 2016
VALUE OF ADDING A (ARTS) TO STEM EDUCATION
VALUE OF ADDING A (ARTS) TO STEM EDUCATION
What it Really Means
Shannon
Jan 19, 2016
The healing power of natural aesthetics
The healing power of natural aesthetics
Despite this precipice we walk, our hereditary saving grace is our responsiveness to beauty.
Lindsey Martin
Oct 27, 2015
Inside Outside Home
Inside Outside Home
Making homes comfortable, welcoming, and in harmony with nature
Shannon
Oct 15, 2015
Natures Imagination
Natures Imagination
Traced in Geometric Patterns
Shannon
Jul 1, 2014
Figure-Grounded
Figure-Grounded
Why We Should Use Less Ink When Drawing Cities
Ryan Mullenix
Apr 25, 2014
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