Seth A Leeb Architect

  The way space makes you feel, the light streaming in, and the connection between humans all contribute to the experience of architecture. It’s vital that every architectural design, whether residential or commercial, has transitional spaces. These spaces aid to the imperative transition from the inside to the outside or from any one area to another. These spaces are created through green fields, breezeways, corridors, and entrance halls. Spaces like these will work on different levels depending on the project.  An essential part of getting the architectural design process right for commercial transition spaces is the vital need to understand who your users are, working to the user’s needs, and understanding what they want from their experience. Architects are in a unique position to help people experience different emotions and challenge them, or comfort them, or put them in a place that makes them feel or think something that they may not have imagined they would. Design, w...

  Staircases are a fascinating part of a multi-story home, both highly functional and rich in cultural symbolism and artistry. Through innovative design and engineering, your home’s stairs can enrich your overall architectural design while supporting the flow and feel of your space. Here are some important elements to focus on when designing your home’s stairs. Purpose   In older homes, stairs had a limited purpose – they were used to create a grand entrance to a home in order to impress visitors (think sweeping marble stairs with richly carved wooden balustrades), or as a means to travel from one story to another (usually cramped, narrow and bare). In modern homes, stairways have a more multifunctional purpose. As well as being functional, they are also an opportunity to create a visually interesting vertical space that adds an eye-catching design element to a room. Stairways are placed more centrally in the home as a feature rather than a tired necessity and are positioned t...

  Green building is an integrative process that focuses on the relationship between the built environment and the natural environment. Buildings can have both positive and negative impacts on their surroundings as well as the people who inhabit them.  Construction materials can have a much more significant environmental impact than you might imagine. They can contribute to resource depletion, greenhouse gas emissions, species loss, and pollution. In this article, we will talk about some of the ways you can choose materials for your green building. Before we go into different materials here, are three essential principles to remember : 1st – Reduce demand for new materials through smaller space-efficient homes and the reuse of construction materials. 2nd – Choose materials that are fit for their purpose; the best material would depend on the application and other issues like the climate. 3rd –  Think about the lifecycle of the material, where does it come from, what purpos...