The concrete Annex floor was poured, tooled, and sealed this week. The results speak for themselves: This finished surface will forever reflect the underlying logic of the design. The look is richly organic:
Week 120 (Control Room Framing, Part 3)
As I explained in last week’s update, the angles in any control room are unlike any angles one expects to find in normal framing carpentry. And our Control Room design has more interesting angles than most. This week we established the endpoints of the most unique framing in the project, …
Week 119 (Control Room Framing, Part 2)
Progress framing the Control Room continues apace. We started here: And by the end of the week, we wound up here: I don’t even know where to begin describing all the many details visible in this view, but I’ll try…
Week 118 (Control Room Framing, Part 1)
Three years ago I decided to embark on my first from-the-ground-up construction project: an ideal space for recording, mixing, producing, and experiencing music. This is what the space looked like at about that time: Two years ago, the Control Room was just an outline of some concrete blocks surrounding some …
Week 117 (Loggia Roof Wrapped Up)
Last week we saw the placement of the Loggia Roof rafters. This week the rafters were sheathed with plywood and the roof framing was finished, including the extensive and finely finished soffit lookouts. Here we are midway through the sheathing process: And even closer to half-way, the sheathing is trimmed …
Week 116 (Loggia Roof Framing)
The last piece of the roof framing puzzle is now falling into place, with the last steel framing members making their way across the Loggia Columns: It won’t be long before the other framing members are placed and that last remaining part of the roof is sheathed and shingled!
Week 115 (Progress in Utility Room)
We had a gorgeous week weather-wise, and progress has continued across all aspects of the project. The following photo of our radiant heating manifold shows why I’m choosing to highlight the Utility Room progress this week: Here is that manifold in a bit more context:
Listening To Music
It may seem a radical notion, but Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, Georgia is a live music venue that actually encourages audiences to listen to music instead of talking over it.
Week 114 (Sheetrock in Music Room)
It’s hard to believe that we’ve been under construction for more than two years without cutting, installing, or taping a single sheet of sheetrock, but it’s true. Last week we took delivery of 10 tons of sheetrock and this week it started going up: This week also saw some of …
Week 113 (New Perimeter Footings)
Despite yet another snowfall and two more days of rain, we finished (or nearly finished) a slew of milestones this week. We finished preparing the Music Room ceiling so that it can accept our acoustic ceiling. We basically finished framing and sheathing the Annex roof. We blew in the tons …