Comments on: House full of holes by David Hovey https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/23/house-full-of-holes-by-david-hovey/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark Erickson https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/23/house-full-of-holes-by-david-hovey/#comment-903 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:10:05 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=5612#comment-903 Wow, I wish I could give you a definite answer on the time I invested in this project but that had to have been well over 10 years ago. I’m guessing about a month to 6 weeks or so. Also, I worked for the shop that fabricated the steel, not the erectors. By the time I got to go to the jobsite (for the first time) the house was pretty much finished. At a later time I did get to go out to install the steel mesh under the glass panels located in the cantilever deck. I met Mr. Hovey and his wife that day…. awesome people! Working on jobs like this are what influenced me to get into detailing steel/design work.

]]> By: LB https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/23/house-full-of-holes-by-david-hovey/#comment-902 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:20:31 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=5612#comment-902 In reply to Mark Erickson.

Thanks for that story! You’re lucky. I would love to have seen the before and after and I agree it’s a work of art. I actually like industrial beams, but at the construction stage I think I’d have balked at the circular cutouts as too busy, too dominating, and too meccano. But I love them here, probably because of the airiness and all the repetition, and the fact that they’re mostly yellow and match the blond wood. I think it’s a brilliant house. How long did you work on it?

]]> By: Mark Erickson https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/23/house-full-of-holes-by-david-hovey/#comment-901 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:28:24 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=5612#comment-901 I had the privilege of fabricating the steel on this project years ago under a former employer. This included the main structure (beams/columns), the upper/lower decks, the cantilever deck (that was a fun one) and also having a hand in building the stairs. I must admit, at the time of fabrication, that I was quite unsure of Mr. Hovey’s vision of the completed project. After seeing the home upon completion everything made sense. This is a work of art and I feel blessed to have been a part of it!

]]> By: john hopper https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/23/house-full-of-holes-by-david-hovey/#comment-900 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:04:50 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=5612#comment-900 I’m not a huge fan of exposed industrial beams, but I really like this. I love the way that the beams have become an integral part of the interior rather than being used as a gritty industrial prop as seen in so many of those warehouse conversions of the last couple of decades. The colour scheme works really well with the wood tones.

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