About Chris

An architect specializing in hot humid ocean front homes throughout the Eastern US and beyond.

Happy 441th Birthday to British Architect Inigo Jones

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Counties Queens-House-7263Here is the Queens House that Inigo Jones designed in Greenwich.  This masterpiece was begun in 1616.  It is know for its Tulip Staircase (see below) the first example of an cantilevered staircase design.  The House is now the home of the National Maritime Musuem.

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Happy Birthday to Spanish Architect Santiago Calvatrava

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puente-de-la-mujer-santiago-calatravaToday is the Spanish architect Santiago Calvatrava’s 63rd birthday. He allows the structure of the building to be expressed an beautifully integrated manner. Here is one of his many bridges, this one is the Puente-de-la-Mujer in Buenos Aries which I had the privilege to see in person earlier this year.

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Kendall Residence, 1 A Flyway, Kiawah Island, SC

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Here is the animation for a shingle style home and guest house to be built oceanfront at Kiawah Island, SC.

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Happy Birthday to one of our client’s Robert Shore

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Shore Caldwell Home

Here is the schematic model of Robert Shore’s and Brian Caldwell new home in the mountains of North Carolina. The virtual model is superimposed over a photo of their actual view to assist them in visualizing their new home.

 

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Happy 4th of July and 19th anniversary of Chris Rose Architects

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Legasey Residence

This is a photo of the Legasey Residence at 343 Surfsong Road on Kiawah I designed several years ago.  The Legaseys are showing their patriotism by displaying the flag.

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Happy Birthday to one of our favorite clients, Julia Fosson.

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We designed a home in The Cliffs at Walnut Cove near Asheville for Julia and her wife Sharon.  Julia is an incredibly talented artist and we gave her an encaustic studio over the garage.   Encaustic is a technique with melted wax where she builds up layer upon layer and adds color.  She has a studio in the River Arts District in Asheville, NC.

Again Julia have a wonderful birthday!

Den showcasing one of Julia's series, this one is has a different piece she made one each week over the course of a year.

Den showcasing one of Julia’s series, this one is has a different piece she made one each week over the course of a year.

Street view of home. Covered Porch

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Happy 112th Birthday to modernist Marcel Breuer.

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Breuer 1962 Kacmarcik house 500w

Here is the 1962 home he designed in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Happy 271st Birthday to Thomas Jefferson

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Here is his home Montecello that he designed.  He got South Carolinian Robert Mills to draw a perspective of it which he hung the octagonal room.

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Happy 71st birthday to Italian architect Mario Botto

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Here is the San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art that Botto designed.

SF Museum of Contemporary Art

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Happy 128th birthday to the king of Modernism, Mies van der Rohe

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Barcelona Pavillion

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the Barcelona Pavillion one of his most famous designs.

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