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Catalogs are treasured resources for architects. Next time you venture out to a First Friday gathering hosted by the Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture at the architect’s duplex within the Modulightor Building in New York, take a close look at the bookshelf and you’ll find a surprise: a bright yellow copy of the McMaster-Carr catalog. The resource—and others, like the Sweet’s Architectural Trade Catalogs—is an essential part of an architect’s referential toolkit.
The metaphor of a “kit of parts” is regularly offered up as the rationale for a design concept, either for the rationale of returning agency to a building’s users or to shrug off the responsibility of configuring the best version out of a series of options. The reality is that buildings are constituted by thousands of pieces, each of which needs to be thoughtfully selected and integrated into the larger assemblies that comprise envelopes, interiors, and landscapes.
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In this Source Material, AN presents a bevy of products from three Focus sections from recent issues of the newspaper: Landscape (p. 7), Residential Construction (p. 15), and Wellness (p. 23).
Up front, we’ve included a case study of a residence in Houston by LOJO lifted from the Residential Construction section that deftly addresses each of the Focus section headings: It incorporates an appropriate and considered landscape, innovates on typologies of houses to create a a ground-level ADU below the main home, and offers both interior and exterior spaces for relaxation.
Check out our selections on the spreads that follow. Perhaps something here will strike your fancy or come in handy for your next project? Time will tell.
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Vol. 21, Issue 4 | Summer 2023 Source Material
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The views of our reviewers and columnists do not necessarily reflect those of the staff or advisers of The Architect’s Newspaper. On the cover: As featured in the January/ February 2023 issue of The Architect’s Newspaper , this home in Houston, designed by LOJO, offers a new take on the Roman courtyard house typology. Read more about this project on page 4. Photograph by Leonid Furmansky.
Architect: LOJO
Location: Houston
Structural engineer: Insight Structures
Civil engineer: Karen Rose Engineering
General contractor: Viviano + Viviano
Landscape architect: Falon Land Studio
Landscape installation: Telloc Landscape & Construction
Sliding gate fabricator: Aria Signs & Design
Concrete floors: Dungan Miller Design
In this case, XO doesn’t stand for hugs and kisses. Rather, XO House—which Jason Logan and Matt Johnson of LOJO in Houston designed for Logan, his wife, and his wife’s father, who had dementia—references the house’s two plans: The ground floor is an X, the upstairs an O.
“Matt and I like to work with typologies,” Logan said. “The last house we designed for me and my wife was a dogtrot. Here on this site, the typology we had in mind was the courtyard of the Roman domus, specifically the compluvium.”
Situated on a tight corner lot in a sliver of Houston between the Woodland Heights Historic District and the Near Northside, XO House responds to its context while setting a new precedent. The two-story structure’s corners are carved away at the ground floor, opening space for two carports, a pedestrian entrance to the courtyard secured by a perforated steel gate (the perforations are a gradient of Xs and Os), and a small back patio. The enclosed spaces on the ground level include the in-law apartment (a generous one-bedroom setup), an office with full-height windows overlooking the courtyard, and the entryway to the main living space upstairs.
The main living space features a kitchen, a living/dining room, a primary bedroom with an en suite bathroom, a guest room, a powder room, and a utilities closet, all wrapped around the courtyard and cantilevered over the vacated corners below. The interior is spare, and the materials are kept to a minimum: just drywall, white oak floors, and yards and yards of white oak millwork cabinetry and shelving. To obviate the need for drawer pulls, Logan drew a curving
millwork detail for the opening and closing of the cabinetry. Logan, who professes to not like doors, kept the bedroom and adjoining bathroom almost entirely free of them. Instead, the spaces flow one into another. The exceptions are the utilities closet and powder room, and, more choicely, the guest room, which can be enclosed by a secret door that swings 180 degrees from its concealment in the hallway’s millwork to shut off this space should it be occupied by a visitor.
Throughout the home, windows are carefully placed to frame specific views. By carving away at the volume, the architects opened a corner window in the bedroom, which is on the north of the site, looking south across the side of the house toward downtown. A window on the floor of the living room allows easy views into the courtyard below. A full-height window in the kitchen looks across the gabled rooftops of the neighboring bungalows to the west. Glass walls on the south face are pulled back from the perimeter, shading the glass, opening space for an exterior balcony and freeing the architect from the task of detailing
a window around the cross bracing of the steel cantilever (the structure is a hybrid of steel and wood framing).
Located near White Oak Bayou in the 500year floodplain (though the site did not flood during Hurricane Harvey), XO House takes water seriously. The compluvium of the roof is functional, though rather than directing water into an impluvium it feeds large gutters and downspouts that lead to a 2,500-gallon underground cistern to keep stormwater on-site. The foundation is also raised two feet above grade as an anti-flooding measure. Additional sustainability measures include seven 300foot geothermal wells that offset heating and cooling loads, and the roof has room for a 28-panel solar array that, when set up, could take the house completely off the grid.
Clad in dark gray corrugated metal panels and larch boards that accentuate the project’s carved volumetric qualities, the house is at once assertively modern while not trying to stand out too much in this neighborhood of early 20th-century bungalows. AS
Facing page: Sited on a corner lot, XO House is a variation on the courtyard house typology and accommodates a main residence, office, and ADU. Clad in dark gray corrugated metal panels and larch boards, its upper story cantilevers over two carports and the main entrance, which opens into the courtyard.
Left, top: The courtyard is the physical and spiritual center of the house, where the ADU, office, and main residence share an outdoor social space.
Left, bottom: The interior is ripe with yard and yards of white oak millwork, here defining the stair to the main residence upstairs.
Above, top: The living/dining area features a glass wall pulled back from the southern elevation to create shade and put the steel structure of the cantilever on display.
Above, bottom: The two floor plans clarify the house's name: downstairs is the X, upstairs the O.
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Owing to the level of durability required of outdoor products, the market for furnishings often seems drab, cold, or uniform. But in the case of the following manufacturers, delivering on functionality came at no cost to aesthetics. These outdoor furnishings challenge the notion that beauty, versatility, and quality are restricted by performance and also offer a wide range of styles to suit the needs of any outdoor space.
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Aliece Hollis
ALUM Collection Maglin Site Furniture maglin.com
Palmera Pavilion pavilion-furniture.com
AMAi Extremis extremis.com
Aspen Collection Loll Designs for Room & Board lolldesigns.com, roomandboard.com
Studie Chair Fermob fermob.com
KINN series Vestre vestre.com/us
Conics mmcité mmcite.com/us
Adequate and thoughtful outdoor lighting can go a long way in ensuring a project can be experienced properly at all hours of the day. Whether you’re in the market for a design-conscious portable lamp, searching for an outdoor statement piece, or looking to provide tasteful wayfinding in a sweeping landscape, the following product listings have you covered.
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Gunnar Landscape Forms landscapeforms.com
Cachalot Ambientec ambientec.co.jp
Plisy Portable Lamp Diabla diablaoutdoor.com
Chaos Outdoor Wall Sconce Modern Forms modernforms.com
Brisa Vibia vibia.com
To ensure the level of quality and attention to detail carries throughout every inch of a project, the following paver manufacturers have broadened their collections to encompass unprecedented colors, patterns, shapes, and textures, while still maintaining top-of-the-line performance and reasonable cost parameters.
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Soreno Unilock unilock.com
Moduline and Holland Pavers Belgard belgard.com
Checker Block Environmental Paver Nicolock nicolock.com
Crete Cerdomus cerdomus.com
Weathering, fading, molding, and staining are all things one must consider when specifying outdoor textiles. Often these factors discourage designers entirely from incorporating them. Thankfully, the following brands have poured years of research into developing ultrahigh-performance, sustainably sourced, and aesthetically rich textiles that can be used for myriad applications. Offered in expanded color, pattern, and texture options, these outdoor textiles can weather a storm and look good while doing so.
Sophie Aliece Hollis
Biobased Xorel Carnegie Fabrics carnegiefabrics.com
Twist Woven Floor Mat Chilewich chilewich.com
Masala Collection Brentano brentanofabrics.com
Odyssey Collection CF Stinson cfstinson.com
Megapixel Luum luumtextiles.com
Bloss blosscompany.com
Bosquet bosquet.us
Desalto desalto.it
Emeco emeco.net
Extremis extremis.com
Fermob fermob.com
FORMS + SURFACES forms-surfaces.com
GANDIABLASCO gandiablasco.com
Kornegay kornegaydesign.com
Loll Designs lolldesigns.com
Maglin Site Furniture maglin.com mmcité mmcite.com/us
Pavilion pavilion-furniture.com
Poltrona Frau poltronafrau.com/en
Renson renson-outdoor.com/en-us
Swisspearl swisspearl.com
Victor Stanley victorstanley.com
Vestre vestre.com/us
Vondom vondom.com
Ambientec ambientec.co.jp
AMEICO ameico.com
Artemide artemide.com
BK Lighting bklighting.com
Cerno cernogroup.com
Diabla diablaoutdoor.com
Flos flos.com
Landscape Forms landscapeforms.com
Louis Poulsen louispoulsen.com
Modern Forms modernforms.com
Structura Inc. structurainc.com
Tala tala.co
Vibia vibia.com
Belgard belgard.com
Cerdomus cerdomus.com
Hanover Architectural Products hanoverpavers.com
Nicolock nicolock.com
Unilock unilock.com
Brentano brentanofabrics.com
Carnegie Fabrics carnegiefabrics.com
CF Stinson cfstinson.com
Chilewich chilewich.com
Luum luumtextiles.com
Serge Ferrari sergeferrari.com
ABC Stone abcworldwidestone.com
Belgard belgard.com
Bison IP bisonip.com
Greenmood Greenmood.us Greenscreen greenscreen.com
Invisible Structures invisiblestructures.com
Ironsmith ironsmith.cc
Italgraniti Group italgranitigroup.com
Morley Builders morleybuilders.com
Móz mozdesigns.com
Parasoleil parasoleil.com
Pioneer Landscape pioneerco.com
Rigidized Metals rigidized.com
Tournesol Siteworks tournesol.com
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In the realm of home renovation, hardware is a small but mighty force. With the power to completely transform a space, updating your hardware might be one of the most substantial yet cost-effective changes you can make. To help you do so, the following manufacturers have rolled out a number of new collections that promise to deliver on aesthetics and durability.
Sophie Aliece
Hollis
Tubular Latch Accurate Lock accuratelockandhardware.com
Cast Buster + Punch busterandpunch.com
Pebble Collection Belwith Keeler belwith-keeler.com
Otto Collection by Float Studio Modern Matter Modern-matter.com
Years of research and innovation have changed the paint and primer game. Going far beyond color, the following products employ cutting-edge technology to ensure that each coat is actively working to protect your home and everyone in it. Disinfecting, cooling, and air purifying are just a few of the many qualities that these paint and primer products will bring to your next job.
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Copper Force Interior Paint Behr behr.com
KILZ RESTORATION Primer KILZ kilz.com
Cool Surface Technology Floor Paint Glidden glidden.com
Exterior Paint Clare clare.com
As unpredictable weather grows more and more common, it’s never a bad idea to ensure your home’s envelope is sealed and secure. Whether you’re looking to keep the elements out or maintain the conditions inside, the following sealant, barrier, and insulation products promise top-of-the-line performance to maximize your home’s efficiency and protection.
Sophie Aliece Hollis
DensDefy Liquid Barrier Georgia Pacific gp.com
PINK Next Gen Fiberglas Owens Corning owenscorning.com
Comfortbatt PRO Rockwool rockwool.com
Versatility is the name of the game with these new residential lighting solutions. Offering both design flair and flexibility, the following pendants, sconces, and innovative track lighting systems promise to redefine illumination in your next residential project.
Sophie
Aliece Hollis
MULTIVERSE System Juniper juniper-design.com
Owning and maintaining a home is no small task. Fortunately, constant innovation in the tech space has flooded the market with gadgets and systems that attempt to lighten this load. From smart switches and remotely accessible cameras to intuitive shower controls and appliances, the following IoT products promise to deliver simplicity with tasteful design.
Sophie Aliece Hollis
Delta Fassade delta.dorken.com
James Hardie jameshardie.com
Kinetica kinetica.com.mx
Omega omega-products.com
Schoeck schoeck.com
Soprema soprema.us
Sto stocorp.com
Tremco tremcosealants.com
Tyvek dupont.com
Hardware
Accurate Lock accuratelockandhardware.com
Assa Abloy assaabloy.com
Belwith Keeler belwith-keeler.com
Buster + Punch busterandpunch.com
Emtek emtek.com
Modern Matter modern-matter.com
Schlage schlage.com
Stanley stanleydoorproducts.com
Von Duprin vonduprin.com
Yale yalehome.com
Kohler kohler.com
Legrand legrand.us
LG lg.com
Lutron lutron.com
Ring ring.com
SimpliSafe simplisafe.com
Lighting
Artemide artemide.com
ELCO elcolighting.com
Estiluz estiluz.com
FLOS usa.flos.com
Foscarini foscarini.com
Juniper juniper-design.com
Ketra ketra.com
Lucifer luciferlighting.com
Pablo Designs pablodesigns.com
RBW rbw.com
Vibia vibia.com
Behr behr.com
Benjamin Moore benjaminmoore.com
Clare clare.com
Glidden glidden.com
KILZ kilz.com
Duravit duravit.us
Hansgrohe hansgrohe-usa.com
Infinity Drain infinitydrain.com
Kohler kohler.com
Watermark watermark-designs.com
Daltile daltile.com
Hanover hanoverpavers.com
La Nova Tile lanovatile.com
Legno Bastone legnobastone.com
Georgia Pacific gp.com
LP Building Solutions lpcorp.com
Owens Corning owenscorning.com
Rockwool rockwool.com
Arcadia arcadiacustom.com
Kawneer kawneer.com
Milgard milgard.com RAM ramwindows.com
Reynears reynears.com
Western Window Systems westernwindowsystems.com
The high-traffic and highly sensitive nature of healthcare settings demands ultradurability, adaptability, and cleanability of furnishings. Fortunately, these manufacturers have been working in healthcare design for decades to produce furniture that not only meets these strict standards but also looks good while doing it. Whether you’re a patient, staff member, or visitor, these functional furnishings ensure that your time in the healthcare space is both comfortable and efficient.
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Aliece Hollis
Rühe Allseating allseating.com
Melete Collection Keilhauer keilhauer.com
Sorta Carolina carolina.ofs.com
KwickScreen Duo Steelcase Health × KwickScreen steelcase.com
Adequate and appropriate lighting is paramount in the functionality of any healthcare space. Whether your aim is to improve aesthetics, dampen noise, disinfect, or not draw attention to the lighting at all, the following recently released luminaires have you covered. SAH
TruGroove Suspended Micro Signify Lighting signify.com
Whisper with Care222 Technology MARK Architectural Lighting marklighting.acuitybrands.com
Perhaps the next most important characteristic after cleanliness in a wellness space is durability. Hospitals, doctors’ offices, gyms, you name it—each of these environments sees constant foot and equipment traffic. With wear and tear in mind, these manufacturers developed resistant surface and textile solutions available in numerous shades and patterns. SAH
Serenity is an essential facet of wellness. Unfortunately, healthcare spaces are often far from calm or peaceful. To combat the hustle and bustle, the following acoustic solutions leverage subtle and serene design to quiet a range of wellness environments. SAH
Quietude Carnegie carnegiefabrics.com
Biophilia Collection Kirei kireiusa.com
Qwel Designer Acoustic Tiles Genesis Products genesisproductsinc.com
The quality of the air we breathe has come under considerable scrutiny (with good reason) since the onset of the pandemic. We realize now more than ever how air can act as a vehicle for germs, toxins, and pollutants. To combat this, the following manufacturers invested considerable R+D in the cutting edge of air filtration and purification. Their latest products combine technology with design to deliver solutions small and large that sanitize and protect your wellness space, wherever that may be. SAH
OptiClean Dual-Mode Air Scrubber & Negative Air Machine Carrier carrier.com Intelli-Balance 100 Mirror Energy Recovery Ventilator Panasonic na.panasonic.com/us
PuriCare AeroTower Air Purifying Fan LG lg.com
3form 3-form.com
Architex architex-ljh.com
Arktura arktura.com
Armstrong armstrongceilings.com
Carnegie carnegiefabrics.com
CF Stinson cfstinson.com
Genesis Products genesisproductsinc.com
Kirei kireiusa.com
KnollTextiles knoll.com
pinta acoustic pinta-acoustic.com
Supreen supreenfabric.com
Turf turf.design
Unika Vaev unikavaev.com
Whisper Walls whisperwalls.com
Carrier carrier.com
Friedrich friedrich.com
LG lg.com
Panasonic na.panasonic.com/us
Puraclenz puraclenz.com
Allseating allseating.com
Carolina carolina.ofs.com
Dekko dekko.com
ERG erginternational.com
Fellowes Brands fellowesbrands.com
Futrus futrus.com
Hastings Tile & Bath hastingstilebath.com
HAT Collective hatcollective.com
Haworth haworth.com
HBF hbf.com
Herman Miller hermanmiller.com
Integra Seating integraseating.com
Keilhauer keilhauer.com
KI ki.com
Knoll knoll.com
OFS ofs.com
SitOnIt Seating sitonit.net
Steelcase Health × KwickScreen steelcase.com
Versteel versteel.com
Via Seating viaseating.com
Hardware
Accurate Lock accuratelockandhardware. com
Allegion us.allegion.com
ASSA ABLOY assaabloy.com
Baldwin baldwinhardware.com
Construction Specialties c-sgroup.com
FSB fsbna.com
Hardware Resources hardwareresources.com
HEWI hewi.com
INOX unisonhardware.com
Kwikset kwikset.com
SARGENT sargentlock.com
Sugatsune sugatsune.com
Sun Valley Bronze sunvalleybronze.com
Yale Commercial yalecommercial.com
Bartco Lighting bartcolighting.com
BEGA bega-us.com
Ecosense Lighting ecosenselighting.com
Feelux Lighting feeluxlighting.com
Juniper juniper-design.com
Ketra Lighting ketra.com
LED Linear led-linear.com
LightArt lightart.com
LIGHTBLOCKS lightblocks.com
Lithonia Lighting lithonia.acuitybrands.com
Lumenpulse Lighting lumenpulse.com
MARK Architectural Lighting marklighting.acuitybrands. com
Pinnacle Architectural Lighting pinnacle-ltg.com
Pure Edge Lighting pureedgelighting.com
Signify Lighting signify.com
Soraa soraa.com
Southern Lighting Source southernlightingsource.com
USAI Lighting usailighting.com
Vode Lighting vode.com
Altro altrofloors.com
Armstrong Flooring armstrongflooring.com
Ceramic Technics ceramictechnics.com
Chemetal chemetal.com
Corian corian.com
Daltile daltile.com
Eco Supply ecosupplycenter.com
EF Contract Flooring efcontractflooring.com
Fiandre granitifiandre.com
Forbo forbo.com
Formica formica.com
Gerflor gerflorusa.com
Interface interface.com
J+J Flooring Group jjflooringgroup.com
LX Hausys lxhausys.com
Mannington Commercial manningtoncommercial.com
Portobello America portobelloamerica.com
Richlite richlite.com
Shaw Contract shawcontract.com
Skyline Design skydesign.com
Stone Source stonesource.com
Tarkett tarkett.com
Wilsonart wilsonart.com
