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The craft of concrete: What homeowners should understand before building with it
Concrete has a reputation for permanence. It is heavy, structural, elemental, and enduring. But in a highly resolved architectural home, concrete is rarely just poured and left to chance. It is designed, tested, coordinated, and crafted with a level of precision that homeowners may not immediately see.
Architecture with a sense of order
Architecture with a sense of order
Lifestyle
02 June 2026
4 MIN READ
“We’re really not interested in trendy materials or forms,” says Jakeb Novak, Partner at Specht Novak. “Timeless” is the word the practice returns to, not as a vague aesthetic promise, but as a discipline. The aim is to design homes that can be revisited in 30 or 40 years without feeling fixed to a momentary fashion.
Architecture for the touch grass revolution
Architecture for the touch grass revolution
Lifestyle
01 June 2026
3 MIN READ
The Ranch Mine did not begin with a polished manifesto. It began with a bathroom. In 2010, Cavin Costello and his wife Claire bought a small house in Arizona during the Great Recession. It was cheaper than renting, so they renovated it themselves. When a local newspaper featured their bathroom in a story about affordable remodels, they suddenly started receiving calls. First for bathrooms, then kitchens, then additions, then full houses.