Summerour Architects tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-86842266440472332 2011-04-21T14:29:24-07:00 TypePad The Hunting Porch tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348694ca8f970c014e87fefadf970d 2011-04-21T14:29:24-07:00 2011-04-26T10:04:22-07:00 A “Hunting” Side Porch The porch (or Portico in Greek) is defined as a roofed but incomplete living area that is as old as human civilization. Many different porch permutations have evolved over time as people have sought solutions for practical building problems. There is a front porch, back porch,... Keith Summerour The Affordable Farm Cabin tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348694ca8f970c0147e1adbb9b970b 2011-01-17T13:25:01-08:00 2011-01-17T13:25:01-08:00 Boulder foundation copied from historic cabins In an effort to build a home for the farm that is sympathetic to the landscape, yet is affordable to construct, I have found that using building materials from your land achieves both economy and aesthetics. If you also employ historic structures as a... Keith Summerour Outdoor Fireplaces and Firepits tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348694ca8f970c01348881e7ae970c 2010-10-27T08:31:56-07:00 2010-10-27T08:34:21-07:00 When the sun sets and the wind calms and the time has come to recount the days hunt, there is nothing more pleasurable than gathering around the outside fire. The smoke of an open air fire is charged with memory. One whiff and for a swift moment we are in... Keith Summerour Gates tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348694ca8f970c0133f4c7324a970b 2010-10-01T12:52:23-07:00 2010-10-01T12:54:06-07:00 Gates have always held a special interest to me. When I first started working for myself I did a lot of design drafting for Ryan Gainey, a garden designer from South Carolina who had a landscape business in Atlanta. Countless arbors, gates, walks and garden follies were drawn and built... Keith Summerour 15th Annual High Arts Day tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348694ca8f970c013487b05118970c 2010-09-24T14:11:09-07:00 2010-09-24T14:46:42-07:00 Summerour Architects designed one of the homes that will be toured during High Arts Day benefiting the High Museum of Art; we are very proud of this home and love the clients, they were a pleasure to work with and are a great family. I've included some photos of the... Keith Summerour Alluring Pools tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348694ca8f970c0133f442cf44970b 2010-09-15T11:30:54-07:00 2010-09-15T11:32:45-07:00 I turned the heater on for my pool this weekend - I knew that the kids like it warm (around ninety degrees) and that first promise of fall weather was predicted this past weekend. It turned out to be ninety-six degrees outside on the big game day and the pool... Keith Summerour Fall is coming... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348694ca8f970c0133f3ab53a1970b 2010-09-03T13:35:32-07:00 2010-09-03T13:37:53-07:00 We opened our windows at the office today! It has been so long since we could imagine the weather being good enough to enjoy the outdoors. Atlanta, for all of its disadvantages, does have a great fall and spring. My favorite time of year is the fall; a time of... Keith Summerour It's easy to build...it's another to maintain tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348694ca8f970c013486957d2e970c 2010-08-31T08:53:48-07:00 2010-10-01T13:14:02-07:00 As I travel around the southeast and think about the time and effort we have spent in the pursuit of Interstate Highway construction to connect ourselves to each other, I wonder if in the rush to build such a vast network it was considered how it would be maintained. As... Keith Summerour