Kalamazoo Parade of Homes

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Along with the <a href="http://www.hbaggr.com/events/parade-of-homes.html">Grand Rapids Parade of Homes</a>, the <a href="http://www.kalamazoohomepage.com/major-events/fall-parade-of-homes/">Kalamazoo Parade of Homes</a> is also going on right now, where you can experience this residence designed by <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a>:<div><br /><p>Pine Cliff</p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662676998800528594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8d5AatpA4m9rNfcIzUE2foibEXU7ts9qYCdr6k5ehgkPrEAQNxxZ6H7lK0LjW1IsylHlVKXzaJB3-Ji2E1egqe2WijFJJIHMUlRIEXluhIOsZBinpCDI8h3p4wpHtzO9BcDT4kXD6oRp/s320/3D+Rendering+-+101.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 118px;" /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Exterior 3D rendering of the Pine Cliff</span></i></div><p>The “Pine Cliff” is a unique solution to a common problem in waterfront property: a narrow lot. What it lacks in width, this home makes up for in height and length, maximizing the available space and taking full advantage of what are sure to be expansive views from each of its three stories. Featuring porthole windows and outdoor upper decks, the “Pine Cliff” exudes a distinctly nautical air, perching on its steep grade like a great docked ship.</p><p>The entry-level functions as the main living space, featuring a half bath, entry area, kitchen, dining, and living room. One floor up is the laundry, bunkroom and master suite. The basement level is home to another bedroom suite and office space. Across the way, through the covered patio alcove, is the lower level family room, complete with kitchenette and walkout access to the water.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can visit this residence at the Kalamazoo Parade of Homes, which is running from October 7 - October 22</p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:11px;"></span></p><table width="380" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1"><tbody><tr><td width="297" valign="top">Fridays:<br />Saturdays:<br />Sundays:<br />Wednesdays:</td><td width="64" valign="bottom">4-8 p.m.<br />1-8 p.m.<br />1-5 p.m.*<br />4-8 p.m</td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Please note that not all homes are open on Sundays.<br />*Remodeled and Showcase Homes are Open October 21-22 Only<br /><br />For a guidebook, you can <a href="http://www.kalamazoohomepage.com/wp-content/themes/hbagk/guidebook2011_fall.pdf">click here</a> to download the PDF version. The "Pine Cliff" is listed as home number 2 on page 4 of the guidebook.</p></div>

Kalamazoo Parade of Homes

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FOX 17's Interview with Wayne

Take a look at this interview Wayne did with Fox 17 about the Fall Parade of Homes:<p>GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—<br />The annual "Fall Parade of Homes" kicked off Friday, in Grand Rapids. The event allows home builders to show off their latest and greatest designs, and try to sell a few models. However, 75% fewer homes are on display this year compared to 2006.<br /><br />"The beauty of this particular condo, it’s a 4,000 square foot and it's a fabulous condo, it's a penthouse condo," says architect Wayne Visbeen. He spent the day showing people the million dollar unit inside River House Condos, in downtown Grand Rapids. It’s one of 25 homes on display, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Grand Rapids. In 2006, 110 homes were a part of the tour.<br /><br />"Well the market has been really tough," says Visbeen. "In 2008, Visbeen had 11 homes that were in the parade, with about 6 or 7 different builders, and this year we have two," the architect adds. He says two is actually a good number. “Because a couple years ago, we were down to none and one,” says Visbeen.<br /><br />Architects and builders have a drop in building permits to blame. That means people can’t or don’t want to buy new. Emily Siebert with the Home Builders Association says those permits took a nose dive after 2006. ”There’s just not as much activity obviously in the building industry, it follows the economy. It follows all of those other metrics,” Siebert says.<br /><br />“I think people have been really hesitant to spend money and build new homes. They’re all kind of holding back trying to watch what’s going on in the market place. But I do think that you’re starting to see people gain confidence in the market place,” Visbeen says optimistically.<br /><br />With 25 homes to look at, builders say those who go on the parade have a better chance to see every single house along the route. They’re hoping to make a sale or at least spark some interest. Are you interested in the tour? <a href="http://www.hbaggr.com/events/parade-of-homes.html">http://www.hbaggr.com/events/parade-of-homes.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.fox17online.com/news/fall-parade-of-homes-features-fewer-homes,0,4493753.story">Click here</a> to see the story on Fox 17's website and watch the clip from the news broadcast.<br /></p>

FOX 17's Interview with Wayne

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Fall Parade of Homes

The Fall Parade of Homes by the <a href="http://www.hbaggr.com/">Home Builders Association of Greater Grand Rapids</a> begins tomorrow, October 7, and goes through October 22. Take this opportunity to check out these two outstanding residences designed by <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a>!<div><br /></div><div>The first residence is the Haverhill:</div><div><br /></div><i><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106402843103362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGs1F6B_noeToeYPUvN2DfcxxTiwTEFGv5b-4sqJOq4OzIqWbkWACBKy6Xn7Y7PniSv3KZggD0YXlGLsMytQHFZkMB-xQasq5xyR7KO1eHwDl0uGItpV5T1oghrfGBAMXgqxOyo_gkYdw/s320/Haverhill-front-Rendering.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 131px;" /></i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Exterior rendering of the Haverhill</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline ! important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></p></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline ! important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The “Haverhill” is a simply elegant Georgia</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">n-style home. Symmetry and order are balanced by decorative details, all of which contribute to the authenticity of the design. Arched rooflines, copper dormers and stone masonry are just a few of the creative touches found on this home’s exterior.</span></span></p></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline ! important;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span></o:p></p></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Inside, living spaces are comfortable and open, with the kitchen, dining, sitting, and living areas connected. Multiple office and workspaces, as </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">well as a screened porch and large patio are also included on in the main level floor plan.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The upper level features a large master bedroom, bathroom and connected laundry facility, as well as a home office and double en suite guest rooms.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The second residence is the Broadway:</span></span></p></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><i><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ekmrkw2sQNB2fNZbF-cFomfp26XuBeb9gdUoCXq51gh-eXk_2jUnGP-lN0eC87j1wNfotAnMGj3tkb6gUHIDfaeDDWPr1llAT61kziAIoOfxSspXPxVzzTEhXbzCKuYaJn1woFnJYHBi/s1600/Fuller+Parade.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660441344042513650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Ekmrkw2sQNB2fNZbF-cFomfp26XuBeb9gdUoCXq51gh-eXk_2jUnGP-lN0eC87j1wNfotAnMGj3tkb6gUHIDfaeDDWPr1llAT61kziAIoOfxSspXPxVzzTEhXbzCKuYaJn1woFnJYHBi/s320/Fuller+Parade.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" /></a></i></span></i></span></i></span></i></span></i></span></span></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: italic;">Interior sketch of the bar at the Broadway</span><br /></p></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p class="MsoNormal">When you imagine a single floor, sky-rise living unit, it is not often that you picture a two-bedroom, four-bath luxury home. The “Broadway” will transform your definition of “apartment,” and might even convince you that city living is the way to go.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The master bedroom is opulently appointed, and includes a hearth area, Jacuzzi, and extensive walk-in closet. Adjacent is the kitchen and dining areas, which feature bar seating, a pantry and ample counter space for food preparation and entertaining. A comfortable<a name="_GoBack"></a> home office is partitioned off from the sitting room, which leads out onto a private terrace.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Leading into the opposite wing of the home is a unique refreshment and kitchenette area. This large bar is situated along a bank of curving windows, giving residents a stunning view of the city below. Conveniently located around the corner is the recreation room, with space for billiards, game tables and a home theater. The guest bedroom, bathrooms, laundry, second terrace, and private study occupy the remainder of this extraordinary dwelling place.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Don't miss out on catching these gems at the Parade of Homes!<br />October 7 - October 22<br />Fridays, Saturdays, and Wednesdays: 1-8 pm<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><!--EndFragment--></span></i></p> <!--EndFragment--></span></span></div>

Fall Parade of Homes

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Fall Parade of Homes: Haverhill

Included in this year's Fall Parade of Homes by the <a href="http://www.hbaggr.com/">Home Builders Association of Greater Grand Rapids</a> are two fabulous, yet very different residences designed by <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a>. The first of which is called the Haverhill and is in East Grand Rapids. Colonial in style, the Haverhill relies on classic lines and a pleasing symmetrical facade. A welcoming front door with transom windows and sidelights users guests inside, where a modern floor plan complements the home's historically inspired past. The main level features an open floor plan, with a central kitchen and dining area, a home office and formal living space with fireplace. A screened porch overlooks the backyard and leads to the spacious garage. Upstairs is a private master suite, two additional bedrooms and a family office. The lower level offers an exercise room, game space, family room and two bonus areas. Here is a little sneak peak of this stunning residence with photos taken at a private event at the home last week.<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGs1F6B_noeToeYPUvN2DfcxxTiwTEFGv5b-4sqJOq4OzIqWbkWACBKy6Xn7Y7PniSv3KZggD0YXlGLsMytQHFZkMB-xQasq5xyR7KO1eHwDl0uGItpV5T1oghrfGBAMXgqxOyo_gkYdw/s1600/Haverhill-front-Rendering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><i><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106402843103362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGs1F6B_noeToeYPUvN2DfcxxTiwTEFGv5b-4sqJOq4OzIqWbkWACBKy6Xn7Y7PniSv3KZggD0YXlGLsMytQHFZkMB-xQasq5xyR7KO1eHwDl0uGItpV5T1oghrfGBAMXgqxOyo_gkYdw/s320/Haverhill-front-Rendering.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 131px;" /></i></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Exterior rendering of the Haverhill</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSRbPTOvi1rbP8WPLUkyhcdnX-KMNyzmiNbAGvclQX4yFn9dWzuODNzxeLmy6ijlQPFYf3cCXE3MUzUqvSOp6-5ud9yHGc8V22VPT6_-jPS0jNDuv1zTW4FzrFLXcAxro0z9mgMsaUUET/s1600/IMG_1921.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><i><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106395577860066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSRbPTOvi1rbP8WPLUkyhcdnX-KMNyzmiNbAGvclQX4yFn9dWzuODNzxeLmy6ijlQPFYf3cCXE3MUzUqvSOp6-5ud9yHGc8V22VPT6_-jPS0jNDuv1zTW4FzrFLXcAxro0z9mgMsaUUET/s320/IMG_1921.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></i></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Family room off of the kitchen turned into bar area for the private party</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeDl49V7wI9phC73WxKGDTj9jKTAg3RTW5z-95Amfq_iVPSzo0Kv0wnq3aeCtkJqjrNRKftd-xeIFdzJRPfwaDwfQlPpe-WFbhSa4qIBW1vo_FZz2MW_f8comp0TvQaEWalvUdWquaGhV/s1600/IMG_1922.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><i><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106389703069874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWeDl49V7wI9phC73WxKGDTj9jKTAg3RTW5z-95Amfq_iVPSzo0Kv0wnq3aeCtkJqjrNRKftd-xeIFdzJRPfwaDwfQlPpe-WFbhSa4qIBW1vo_FZz2MW_f8comp0TvQaEWalvUdWquaGhV/s320/IMG_1922.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></i></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The open floor plan was the perfect layout for this party </i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8YdGC4-4lE5sTpzh6z2Y436xMR5aa2yg0bI4qL2BwqYi0lAYZBSzXoonZnrykSiiKJGoaZMBl0MXZxvzxUBAEtwrh8h_dBsSCNwGufAj90bJhdKIdtmLhOH6I7ogq4tvomFoeiCaI3uV/s1600/IMG_1923.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><i><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106386607639874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8YdGC4-4lE5sTpzh6z2Y436xMR5aa2yg0bI4qL2BwqYi0lAYZBSzXoonZnrykSiiKJGoaZMBl0MXZxvzxUBAEtwrh8h_dBsSCNwGufAj90bJhdKIdtmLhOH6I7ogq4tvomFoeiCaI3uV/s320/IMG_1923.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></i></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Can't be a party without delicious food!</i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe7DxI6hvaEQjv29B8Yn4ChqxBFwGjWQ_ckoU6-_i2V7rhkYYgMpkIbbZR0lhtl2eDFGVuh0Kz7PPVcuA6PeGuAu3D6_hCCLnG-qtLuUylru2YwVlNpT-5MhwEHZX2gbxumhiq4e3KgT-/s1600/IMG_1924.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><i><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106126618341778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe7DxI6hvaEQjv29B8Yn4ChqxBFwGjWQ_ckoU6-_i2V7rhkYYgMpkIbbZR0lhtl2eDFGVuh0Kz7PPVcuA6PeGuAu3D6_hCCLnG-qtLuUylru2YwVlNpT-5MhwEHZX2gbxumhiq4e3KgT-/s320/IMG_1924.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></i></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>More delectables displayed on the butcher block kitchen island</i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4oIUJjF25WSSWfNIzrTnzNfI1nOGHJE_HWbrR4WEk_5jS3FpceZ-zi8-qQUtmaFGOGW9EQkqEk64B9-21qoc1UMkUeNiI_edp2lpPg8UwtJaO29EXNtHSYv7Ls3RB5X15_4f4YiCBYR9/s1600/IMG_1926.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106119280283586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4oIUJjF25WSSWfNIzrTnzNfI1nOGHJE_HWbrR4WEk_5jS3FpceZ-zi8-qQUtmaFGOGW9EQkqEk64B9-21qoc1UMkUeNiI_edp2lpPg8UwtJaO29EXNtHSYv7Ls3RB5X15_4f4YiCBYR9/s320/IMG_1926.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8lt6bJSiSz8iJtImTdIn4KQXK0TiiNcjyFylQ_YBIIZejzPkrHMkJw_xDIlQ0FM8ixMlfCw02aXuh6Mcb0qpLyWy_Fy48gLnpjdhFsMjtcS4m0zl75vCiI9NfkDxu-tQDzrQmYMtx3cX/s1600/IMG_1927.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106115521605074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8lt6bJSiSz8iJtImTdIn4KQXK0TiiNcjyFylQ_YBIIZejzPkrHMkJw_xDIlQ0FM8ixMlfCw02aXuh6Mcb0qpLyWy_Fy48gLnpjdhFsMjtcS4m0zl75vCiI9NfkDxu-tQDzrQmYMtx3cX/s320/IMG_1927.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a></i></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmykSkzs7LpGz_653PmTgWn0T6_ENXiR1F6sG_ZupxJaSlh1mUPBwAhIsuPz2Fl5HyK3iquWIVhbR3kPmP37bhBhnxSshHhV-uJqwlfGnMf26UO4Hs21EMycuBwndCKvJHlFoTwHK4cdDi/s1600/IMG_1928.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><i><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106108491730370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmykSkzs7LpGz_653PmTgWn0T6_ENXiR1F6sG_ZupxJaSlh1mUPBwAhIsuPz2Fl5HyK3iquWIVhbR3kPmP37bhBhnxSshHhV-uJqwlfGnMf26UO4Hs21EMycuBwndCKvJHlFoTwHK4cdDi/s320/IMG_1928.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></i></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Schmoozing in the kitchen / dining area</i></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkjzeP8pbsJ-v_hbDw3I4nkJIvNeUWt1PZ7ce513_AuV1kBT04Bey75qqBTWfSFFaXNc1mgCzvogbUzMPrhNd07AumdfJpjExHxE58m2fBqktvuMy3j_kDwyzJgLhBxP_soAqjgLR8-xf/s1600/IMG_1930.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><i><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106102810001298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkjzeP8pbsJ-v_hbDw3I4nkJIvNeUWt1PZ7ce513_AuV1kBT04Bey75qqBTWfSFFaXNc1mgCzvogbUzMPrhNd07AumdfJpjExHxE58m2fBqktvuMy3j_kDwyzJgLhBxP_soAqjgLR8-xf/s320/IMG_1930.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></i></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Guitar and viola music filled the home with the perfect ambiance</i></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Don't miss your opportunity to tour this beautiful home as a part of the Parade of Homes starting this Friday, October 7 through October 22!</div></div><div><br /></div>

Fall Parade of Homes: Haverhill

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Professional Builder: The iPad Effect

We thought we would share an article published in the September issue Professional Builder Magazine on "The iPad Effect." This issue outlines what builders, trades, designers and suppliers are using iPads and other tablet devices for in home-building applications and also sheds light on the benefits and drawbacks of this emerging business tool category. Here at Visbeen Associates, we always try to stay up on the latest technology trends and we are on the iPad bandwagon! It has been a great addition to our business. If you have been in a meeting with Wayne in the last year or so, you may have already seen him use the iPad to show you a plethora of project photos in the iPad's portfolio.<div><br /></div><div>What do you think - is the iPad a business booster for you?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div class="panel-pane pane-views pane-node-header" id="block-node-header" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div class="pane-content" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div class="view view-node-header view-id-node_header view-display-id-default view-dom-id-2" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div class="view-content" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 36px; font-size: 28px; color: rgb(29, 29, 29) !important; font-weight: normal; ">Design on the fly: How tablets are transforming the design process</h1><div class="view-abstract" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Architects, designers, and builders are turning to tablets for a variety of<br />design-related tasks, including in-the-field design reviews and client presentations.</p></div><div class="view-byline" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(89, 11, 15); ">By Susan Bady, Contributing Editor</div><div class="view-date" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size:10px;"><span class="date-display-single" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">September 22, 2011</span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="panel-region-separator" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></div><div class="panel-pane pane-content-field pane-field-article-image" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; float: left; "><div class="pane-content" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline; "><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-article-image" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; font-size: 19px; "><a href="http://www.housingzone.com/professionalbuilder/design/design-fly-how-tablets-are-transforming-design-process" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(89, 11, 15); text-decoration: none; " title=""></a></h2><div class="meta" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></div><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-style: oblique; ">PHOTO Architect Christopher Derrick (right) reviews a design concept with one of his clients using an iPad. The tablet allows Derrick to quickly update, access, and present his design ideas and portfolio of work from anywhere in the country.</em></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">The tablet PC has become a powerful business tool for home builders, architects, and designers alike. The iPad, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy, and other tablets are widely used for such applications as construction management, sales tracking, and customer service.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">In residential design, though, the use of tablets has primarily been limited to client presentations and annotating drawings on the job site. Wheaton, Ill.-based architect Christopher Derrick recognized the potential of the iPad after giving his wife one for Christmas. “I played around with it longer than she did, so I decided to get one for myself,” he says.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Derrick uses his iPad primarily for client presentations. “Instead of carrying a large portfolio with drawings, I put together a portfolio on the iPad, which is very easy to do,” he says. “Instead of having to print out and enlarge photos, I can upload them to the iPad as soon as I take them with a digital camera, so the portfolio is up to date.” Presentations can be modified to show only new construction or only remodeling projects, depending on the client. Derrick also has an overview presentation that mixes the two.</p><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="20" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; width: 320px; "><tbody style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "><tr style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><td style="padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "><h3 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.45em; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; font-size: 16px; ">5 ways builders, architects, and designers are using tablets to design homes</h3><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">1. Client presentations —</strong> Architects and designers can quickly update, access, and present their entire portfolio of work with the tap of a finger.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">2. Annotating drawings —</strong> Using apps like AutoCAD WS, design professionals can instantly access, change, and markup CAD drawings while on the jobsite or the road.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">3. Create an online library of colors, textures, and materials —</strong> There are a host of apps for evaluating material and color choices. Virtual design boards can be loaded with fabric swatches, tiles, and other samples, and several major paint suppliers now offer tablet apps for color matching.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">4. Basic design from scratch —</strong> Tools like SketchBook Pro allow designers to create drawings from scratch with a tablet, using either a stylus or finger touch. Think of it as a replacement to the napkin sketch.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">5. Virtual design meetings —</strong> Virtual face-to-face meetings allow design team members and clients in multiple locations to collaborate on projects using CAD drawings, PDFs, screen captures, emails, and other key documentation.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">“I mainly use AutoCAD for architectural drawings, plus some minor programs that are more structural,” he says. “I’ll also take PDFs of different projects, load them onto the iPad, and go off to the job site. I have all the details with me; I’m not trying to page through everything or hold up a 24-by-36-inch drawing. It’s all on my screen.”</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">At press time, Derrick had just purchased AutoCAD WS, a mobile application that will automatically sync plan changes made on the iPad with his office computer, and allow him to access, edit, and share drawings with clients and builders.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tal Weiss, lead developer of AutoCAD WS, says the app is now also compatible with Android phones and tablets. Architects, engineers, and builders are the dominant users, says Weiss.</p><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; font-size: 19px; ">The untapped potential of tablets</h2><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Versatile as they are, tablets are not ideal for full-blown design applications — yet.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">“The challenge with design on the iPad is that you’re doing everything with your fingers, so it’s not as precise,” says Derrick. “If there was some way to hook up a mouse to it, I think it would be very functional, but until it gets to that point, tablets are going to be much more useful for presentation and viewing and office work.”</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mark Johnson, director of architect relations and education for Masco Cabinetry, Taylor, Mich., agrees: “Based on the apps that have been developed, the tablet is more of a presentation tool than an actual design tool. You can do some notation and light drafting, but not heavy design work.”</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">However, Johnson is digging deeper into the potential of tablets for home design. He recently created a presentation that showcases business applications for the iPad that Masco can use in its kitchen and bath showroom, as well as in the field. Johnson’s portfolio of 16 apps includes a virtual design board with fabric swatches, tiles, and other samples; a paint color-matching app; and a gallery of kitchen and bath photos that helps clients jump-start their projects.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Masco already uses Google SketchUp, a 3D CAD program, to design cabinetry. There is currently no iPad app for SketchUp, but Johnson found a reader called 3-D Dea for viewing SketchUp files on the iPad.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">“We thought that with better project organization, communication, online sharing, and 3D visualization, the iPad would be a powerful tool for helping them sell projects,” he says. “I’ll sometimes hear folks say that with all these new tools they’re using, they’re able to sell kitchens faster. You can take a design you’re working on and show it to customers on an iPad in 3D. It’s in full color, and you can pan around it and take them on a walkthrough of what hopefully will become their future kitchen or bath.”</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Like Derrick, Brian McMillen of McMillen Designs in Wasilla, Alaska, uses his iPad more frequently for client presentations than anything else. Occasionally, McMillen makes design changes in the field at a client’s request, and he expects to be doing more of that in the future. He says a tablet with a 3D viewer would be useful: “I’m taking Revit files and Architectural Desktop files that are 3D and basically using them in 2D.”</p><table align="right" border="1" cellpadding="15" cellspacing="10" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; width: 158px; height: 399px; "><tbody style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "><tr style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><td style="padding-top: 2px; 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padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(89, 11, 15); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Tablets on the Jobsite</a><br />• <a href="http://www.housingzone.com/design/design-fly-how-tablets-are-transforming-design-process" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(89, 11, 15); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Designing with Tablets</a><br />• <a href="http://www.housingzone.com/sales/touch-zoom-sell-how-builders-are-using-tablets-sell-homes" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(89, 11, 15); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Using Tablets to Market and Sell Homes</a><br />• <a href="http://www.housingzone.com/business/tech-review-which-tablet-right-you" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(89, 11, 15); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">Product Review: Which Tablet is Right for You?</a><br />• <a href="http://www.housingzone.com/AppCenter" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(89, 11, 15); text-decoration: none; " target="_blank">99 Tablet Apps Made for Builders</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Joel Esposito, a 3D artist who produces digital marketing materials for True Design Studio in Jacksonville, Fla., loads collateral onto an iPad for viewing in 2D and 3D — sort of. “The 3D content consists of interactive panoramas,” says Esposito. “Although it’s not true 3D, it really does look and feel like it.”</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">For now, McMillen is happy that he doesn’t have to tote rolled-up blueprints to construction sites with a scale to make sure the dimensions are accurate. “Being able to check the actual drawn dimensions and scaling it off the drawings is not necessarily a time saver, but it eliminates the margin for error.”</p><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; font-size: 19px; ">Luck of the draw</h2><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">SketchBook Pro (another Autodesk product) is, as the name suggests, a digital sketchbook, though unlike SketchUp, it’s a 2D program. Chris Cheung, SketchBook product line manager, says professional designers as well as hobbyists and artists use the program. SketchBook Pro for iPad was launched in April 2010, and a version for Android was released in July 2011. Users sketch directly on the tablet’s touch-sensitive screen either with their finger or a stylus. There are different levels of sophistication; for example, the premium edition of SketchBook Pro allows designers to work with multiple layers of a sketch. </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cheung says designers who spend a lot of time on the road are using SketchBook Pro for iPad as “a kind of whiteboard with their office.” The office team emails the designer layouts, screen captures, or digital photos, “then the designer fires up SketchBook and annotates them or does a design concept over them, makes some adjustments, and sends the email back to the office.”</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">True Design Studio is using AutoCAD WS and will soon implement other Autodesk and Adobe applications such as SketchBook Pro. Esposito believes that when accompanied with a stylus, SketchBook Pro will prove to be the most versatile. “It will do away with the napkin sketch and allow us to develop concepts on the fly,” he says. “It may prove to be particularly powerful since you could feasibly take a picture with your iPad 2 camera, then draw over it in SketchBook.”</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Esposito adds that this capability “could be a real game changer for remodeling projects. Someone in the field could sketch in a client’s requests, send it back to the studio to get feedback, and within minutes we could have a mature concept ready to be reviewed.”</p><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; font-size: 19px; ">Does tablet screen size matter?</h2><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">One builder who was using tablets on a day-to-day basis abandoned them in favor of the smart phone. “Primarily I was using a tablet for my own organization, because I had so much to keep track of,” says Ron Paulk of Paulk Custom Homes, Anacortes, Wash. He now performs the same functions on an iPhone, which fits in his pocket and has a construction calculator, camera, and voice recorder, in addition to Internet connectivity and email.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">From a design standpoint, though, Derrick prefers the tablet. He tried putting PDFs on his phone and found that the screen was too small. “Even though you can enlarge images on a phone, you have a much larger viewing area on an iPad,” he says. “I think that’s completely worth it.”</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Johnson says the tablet doesn’t lend itself to the way most professionals work with CAD applications. “They use a mouse with a scroll wheel, which is a big time saver in SketchUp,” he says. Johnson uses a 24-inch monitor connected to his laptop when he’s drawing “because everything is so easy to see. Right now, the process that a lot of us are used to might feel a bit clunky on a tablet.”</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; ">Still, don’t underestimate the speed of technological advancement. By this time next year, there could be an app or device that facilitates full-scale home design on a tablet.</p><div>Source: http://www.housingzone.com/professionalbuilder/design/design-fly-how-tablets-are-transforming-design-process</div></div></div></span></div><div><br /></div>

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Architectural Tutorial: Storybook Homes

<blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"On they walked and walked, till suddenly they came upon a strange cottage in the middle of a glade. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"This is chocolate!" gasped Hansel as he broke a lump of plaster from the wall. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"And this is icing!" exclaimed Gretel, putting another piece of wall in her mouth. Starving but delighted, the children began to eat pieces of candy broken off the cottage. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">"Isn't this delicious?" said Gretel, with her mouth full. She had never tasted anything so nice."</span></span></span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"></span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">~</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">Hansel and Gretel</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">http://theliterarylink.com/gretel.html</span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Having a home look so good, you could eat it? That is what storybook homes are all about. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Also known as Fairy Tale, Disneyesque or Hansel and Gretel architecture, this style was popularized in the 1920s in England and the United States, especially on the West Coast. These homes were designed by architects and builders with a distinct flair for theater, a love of fine craftsmanship and, not least, a good sense of humor, the most famous of which include Harry Oliver, Walter W. Dixon, William R. Yelland and Carr Jones (Gellner and Keister 1). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">The three characteristics that set this style apart from others of the 1920s include...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">1) Exaggeratedly plastic and often cartoonish interpretation of medieval forms</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">2) Use of artificial means to suggest great age</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">3) The indefinable quality known as "whimsy"</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">These homes aimed to elicit an emotional rather than rational response and adjectives like picturesque, charming, cute and quaint come to mind when viewing them.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here are a few notable examples of storybook style homes...</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDgoO8LmjQHYI8Pb93L3N05boIpZ5-VxMXHa2hXIo4a-E9Z2YJFnU2TQgH8J6qqfjqolWmTWnTBSmqb1ZbtYT-2ikZuqTn-pgC-TbntmVNwg6mypwH7cNPQLWfNyxBi5Rt4xmyyz2Uhdm/s1600/1-IMG_7439_hi___lo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654895839209118034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDgoO8LmjQHYI8Pb93L3N05boIpZ5-VxMXHa2hXIo4a-E9Z2YJFnU2TQgH8J6qqfjqolWmTWnTBSmqb1ZbtYT-2ikZuqTn-pgC-TbntmVNwg6mypwH7cNPQLWfNyxBi5Rt4xmyyz2Uhdm/s320/1-IMG_7439_hi___lo.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 214px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Spadena House, also known as the Witch's House, was designed by Harry Oliver in 1921. According to the book, <u>Storybook Style: America's Whimsical Homes of the 1920s</u>, this home's entire design is a cleverly wrought caricature of dilapidated antiquity. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Image source: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fOtgZSaiSEiHf6y4NYMlHw</span></span></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjBUy1gYQWEmlTDUHUJu84BcFYAA5GFRP8STPzVV3LOL13ut2HCWljihWrSUo6nhyphenhyphenj_DOvKofz6HSUU3hnBQnI89lRSw-KXbw8mMoXPZQa-LbigZaBPpuwlKS2QhRgllUhsFOuEftGx9h/s1600/2-IMG_5261.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654895832244912274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjBUy1gYQWEmlTDUHUJu84BcFYAA5GFRP8STPzVV3LOL13ut2HCWljihWrSUo6nhyphenhyphenj_DOvKofz6HSUU3hnBQnI89lRSw-KXbw8mMoXPZQa-LbigZaBPpuwlKS2QhRgllUhsFOuEftGx9h/s320/2-IMG_5261.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 253px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Architect-builder Carr Jones designed this Oakland, California fairy tale home. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Image source: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t307/xmojorisinx/IMG_5261.jpg</span></span></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjh2c2El3pYrJeA-aSkOZ0W6NLXODimwp_QcVuN7or8tWQ08ImQTbOiekRS5kxKWAXFh9T1Lrn-TckvknWE7tj9lGt47NUOTkg6m6iRN597uW9Pu5TMxBa70bhPkgiw8T6MtnquCGcEkJD/s1600/3-tumblr_llqsu9dWCX1qzjngjo1_500.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654895822969625762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjh2c2El3pYrJeA-aSkOZ0W6NLXODimwp_QcVuN7or8tWQ08ImQTbOiekRS5kxKWAXFh9T1Lrn-TckvknWE7tj9lGt47NUOTkg6m6iRN597uW9Pu5TMxBa70bhPkgiw8T6MtnquCGcEkJD/s320/3-tumblr_llqsu9dWCX1qzjngjo1_500.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 258px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Even the surrounding landscaping of Jones' storybook residence is filled with whimsy. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Image source: http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t307/xmojorisinx/IMG_5261.jpg</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWf4UPFTbgzwdzs2QkOzHrFhJLF4yhlIONYP1q_vPM74MEE-L8WUmePtTvEWp12omPcbIve0PSBvim1qymnT3vfexsdCdsYRXuD2XrX33T5uxTtSUhR0tfjeiYFhosFrJ1x0GFFE-NnMeS/s1600/4-normandy_village.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654895813971641874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWf4UPFTbgzwdzs2QkOzHrFhJLF4yhlIONYP1q_vPM74MEE-L8WUmePtTvEWp12omPcbIve0PSBvim1qymnT3vfexsdCdsYRXuD2XrX33T5uxTtSUhR0tfjeiYFhosFrJ1x0GFFE-NnMeS/s320/4-normandy_village.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">This eight-unit apartment building a few steps from the University of California at Berkeley, called Normandy Village, is the realization of William R. Yelland's dream of building a unique residence for students and teachers patterned on villages he had seen in Northern France.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Image source: http://berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/thornburg.html</span></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;">Visbeen Homes recently designed a series of homes in this storybook style - full of whimsy, charm and almost good enough to eat...</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKWJZrzOGTMR67PI3HyPvgjVIP0iNU40_HoSPJTkocyZW_0jnMz6fyzd_vl_ysYYmux_V6PgHvsY4su5r3T75f8pzVpvg1QRYzO0pyYoeG6D0xa8c3JhLVg-OUxsyo0tpB-afL_4buDv-/s1600/5-Canterbury-front-Rendering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654895620277663874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKWJZrzOGTMR67PI3HyPvgjVIP0iNU40_HoSPJTkocyZW_0jnMz6fyzd_vl_ysYYmux_V6PgHvsY4su5r3T75f8pzVpvg1QRYzO0pyYoeG6D0xa8c3JhLVg-OUxsyo0tpB-afL_4buDv-/s320/5-Canterbury-front-Rendering.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 194px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Canterbury</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6oYjZDVk75IjVeAsl24vUnhal6wAiF6LWuI16HS2H-hGicH5Q8h6hOgGMmT6ZDOeNzOoTQpbZ4rqqWXQZNfj6Lnt3_FfWJxxI_e5ejad6n7CH24txUHQ2tcw9azhvt8F7OqiRqWsNFsa/s1600/6-Buttermere-front-Rendering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654895613971298562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6oYjZDVk75IjVeAsl24vUnhal6wAiF6LWuI16HS2H-hGicH5Q8h6hOgGMmT6ZDOeNzOoTQpbZ4rqqWXQZNfj6Lnt3_FfWJxxI_e5ejad6n7CH24txUHQ2tcw9azhvt8F7OqiRqWsNFsa/s320/6-Buttermere-front-Rendering.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 188px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Buttermere</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkc6VJzh87L-3Hel2cRDGqacrszEF3LyG6TZEEYv7yS8R9YgCky7NfWk1lfhWQITAE2jmYN1UBRJKHK1Xj12wnaCEQeYvFIkWtYorCUYcxtNRGc7arnD5A7b0DT5SmtUcAubLXPgwwz9i/s1600/7-Chatham-front-Rendering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654895602821534322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkc6VJzh87L-3Hel2cRDGqacrszEF3LyG6TZEEYv7yS8R9YgCky7NfWk1lfhWQITAE2jmYN1UBRJKHK1Xj12wnaCEQeYvFIkWtYorCUYcxtNRGc7arnD5A7b0DT5SmtUcAubLXPgwwz9i/s320/7-Chatham-front-Rendering.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 197px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Chatham</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaBg_ZjhCSPMTEZqddVN4nn97AEzz_QD5IPMPNkDyH47DOwpqh6BptODTwW5mn_6xHwt-5WIrYR6Vgf7E44Q6bOljnbqi3Y3HLFzVVudghL_B7izVhq8aNd2ltj_5TslrDLLnRBHxk9oo/s1600/8-Cambridge-front-Rendering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654895594519443234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaBg_ZjhCSPMTEZqddVN4nn97AEzz_QD5IPMPNkDyH47DOwpqh6BptODTwW5mn_6xHwt-5WIrYR6Vgf7E44Q6bOljnbqi3Y3HLFzVVudghL_B7izVhq8aNd2ltj_5TslrDLLnRBHxk9oo/s320/8-Cambridge-front-Rendering.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 195px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cambridge</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcdY6o63MsHB-qjPHLrYY7dhhiQborfUyWFrzG8JN59Zuowd4evdRywB6NiAut-qioKeBB6jnEb_LCO_xlM5GK9GEnzsuBv8UJszuuEyr3xhpSqUVYJhyphenhyphenVnmVK9eKrztfwvO3Ob99TNoV/s1600/9-Wellington-front-Rendering.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654895588599361474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcdY6o63MsHB-qjPHLrYY7dhhiQborfUyWFrzG8JN59Zuowd4evdRywB6NiAut-qioKeBB6jnEb_LCO_xlM5GK9GEnzsuBv8UJszuuEyr3xhpSqUVYJhyphenhyphenVnmVK9eKrztfwvO3Ob99TNoV/s320/9-Wellington-front-Rendering.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 178px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wellington </span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Sources:</span></span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Gellner, Arrol and Douglas Keister. </span></span></i><u><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Storybook Style: America's Whimsical Homes of the Twenties</span></span></i></u><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. New York: Penguin Group, 2001.</span></span></i></span></div>

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ArtPrize 2011: Let the voting begin!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkCwuKS2XSDtxCXg8tNcCqAIhAWGmMYUSVSPVUJ_Ptvyq3Gm-5v8XxXOLyCJRj18ko-npQ7BOqayU1NX3nzZuEvZnICOrZoRwHbudL-6_L1m_b8WDZYtstgNv0f9EqYhBktGyQ2BcE3i0/s1600/life-without-art-is-stupid-83101-500-345_large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266302821638242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkCwuKS2XSDtxCXg8tNcCqAIhAWGmMYUSVSPVUJ_Ptvyq3Gm-5v8XxXOLyCJRj18ko-npQ7BOqayU1NX3nzZuEvZnICOrZoRwHbudL-6_L1m_b8WDZYtstgNv0f9EqYhBktGyQ2BcE3i0/s320/life-without-art-is-stupid-83101-500-345_large.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">image source: http://www.avartica.com/gallery/500/75ff6229e0e5b914.gif</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>As of last night, <a href="http://www.artprize.org/">ArtPrize</a> is in full swing! This is a very exciting time for Grand Rapids and for <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a> because <a href="http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2011/01/introducingdavid-lorenz.html">David Lorenz</a>, our senior designer, is an official ArtPrize artist. Three of his stellar watercolor renderings are featured at 2 East Fulton on the north side of the building. Titled "Potential Revealed," these pieces capture the vision for what the building at 2 East Fulton <i>could be</i>. After the Livingston Hotel burned down on this property back in 1924, this building was erected as the Davenport Institute and later was used as the Junior Achievement Building followed by roughly 15 years of vacancy. Now, Visbeen Associates is working together with <a href="http://www.locusdevelopment.com/">Locus Development</a> on the possibilities for this building to preserve the rich history of its past while encouraging the growth, culture and community of the future downtown Grand Rapids.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are a few photos of the actual piece, but please check it out in person and vote for David!</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_L63oYlI-Ki0b-zRwPXQShh7yeYTBxBwSWEZQyCL-yAUyRiSYytZ4Suvuulfvm5GIF6pOuQLcp1heyIRg1cSSq5i1o6XEI0FsvtLB2wzIjOkpT6N97Kr-8bofv0hfWx2PbH8ZUY8z76Wi/s1600/IMG_0027-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266293753305154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_L63oYlI-Ki0b-zRwPXQShh7yeYTBxBwSWEZQyCL-yAUyRiSYytZ4Suvuulfvm5GIF6pOuQLcp1heyIRg1cSSq5i1o6XEI0FsvtLB2wzIjOkpT6N97Kr-8bofv0hfWx2PbH8ZUY8z76Wi/s320/IMG_0027-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwFOM6N9ZEIKqDkRd_oxA4TcQH5Vf_pVsqVrah8Ddu2n2XPA6B_mr77i9TCS1Doj-U-BkGg6z3d90gYf-HsywU4T6-Gub5ESRPiytVMqT5LX-cmZxG5aEoC2yMdKt0xSveyO1DQejzwvV/s1600/IMG_0037-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266276548972050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwFOM6N9ZEIKqDkRd_oxA4TcQH5Vf_pVsqVrah8Ddu2n2XPA6B_mr77i9TCS1Doj-U-BkGg6z3d90gYf-HsywU4T6-Gub5ESRPiytVMqT5LX-cmZxG5aEoC2yMdKt0xSveyO1DQejzwvV/s320/IMG_0037-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r7Fd3h1XYgSOAx-wi782zu9-T0gJNX2C8upkde4szy5X0LYaxgpWSKQ6Bb2r6rUiXFBw2d7fKZi3B0k99kq_cq0uGrPL3k-oeqOQumP_FA2ekS4GLI-BQ7aRdYmu8jfibAU6z9byisC3/s1600/IMG_0038-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266270573375890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r7Fd3h1XYgSOAx-wi782zu9-T0gJNX2C8upkde4szy5X0LYaxgpWSKQ6Bb2r6rUiXFBw2d7fKZi3B0k99kq_cq0uGrPL3k-oeqOQumP_FA2ekS4GLI-BQ7aRdYmu8jfibAU6z9byisC3/s320/IMG_0038-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Xc92r9UgceJwyN8P2YmdbBORXN07LNjBShsFHeQaoDN-FAPo98V17UQ7mTytesJ-MWh9PYKO0FZLaLmwRGEwzJBxurDnlBqcIefvsQI7WXKzNytNXPKqTsQLDGPu2IgaUd1t_Nkcdc1A/s1600/IMG_0040-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266260565231506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Xc92r9UgceJwyN8P2YmdbBORXN07LNjBShsFHeQaoDN-FAPo98V17UQ7mTytesJ-MWh9PYKO0FZLaLmwRGEwzJBxurDnlBqcIefvsQI7WXKzNytNXPKqTsQLDGPu2IgaUd1t_Nkcdc1A/s320/IMG_0040-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>

ArtPrize 2011: Let the voting begin!

image source: http://www.avartica.com/gallery/500/75ff6229e0e5b914.gif As of last night, ArtPrize is in full swing! This is a very exciting...

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