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SKETCHBOOK
The following are snippets from our designers' sketchbooks. Whether sketching layouts for a current project or painting a folly of our imaginations, the ideas are always flowing. Here, we share some of those ideas with you.
Designing for Historic Districts
Studio Boise loves to design for Boise's historic neighborhoods. Remodels and additions require an extra level of problem solving to...
Noelle Martinez
Dec 4, 20242 min read
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Prioritize Your Outdoor Living
This sketch may look like a large amount of house, but the enclosed home is right around 1,000 square feet, and the footprint is less...
Noelle Martinez
Sep 27, 20241 min read
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Flat Roofs
Sometimes there is a fear of flat roofs, especially in heavy snow areas. I would like to nix that fear right now. First of all, there...
Noelle Martinez
Jan 12, 20241 min read
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Lofty Expectations for the 2024
Studio Boise is ringing in the new year with a hand sketch turned digital sketch of a loft-inspired interior for one our newest home...
Noelle Martinez
Jan 2, 20241 min read
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Scandinavian Essence: What You Need to Know About Designing a Scandinavian Barn-Inspired Home
In recent years, Studio Boise has seen more clients coming to us with dreams of Scandinavian Barn-inspired homes: think big black gabled...
Noelle Martinez
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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All the Drama Tudor
Quick sketch of a dramatic Tudor cottage taking inspiration from some of Boise's Harrison Boulevard, Warm Springs, and Boise Bench homes....
Noelle Martinez
Jul 28, 20231 min read
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Historic Proportions Modern Functions
One of my favorite puzzles is draw up a small, charming historically proportioned home and fill its interior boundary with the open...
Noelle Martinez
May 2, 20231 min read
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Corbusian Inspired Modernism
Just another page out of my sketchbook with a quick Corbusier inspired modernist home design. Taking inspiration from Le Corbusier's...
Noelle Martinez
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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Making the Box an Interesting Box
Modernism is defined by it's simplicity. Sometimes simplistic, modern design is more boring than inspiring. We have all seen authentic...
Noelle Martinez
Mar 20, 20231 min read
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Hillside Modern
Painting a quick water color of this custom home designed for the Boise foothills helps me, as a residential designer, to get a feel for...
Noelle Martinez
Mar 6, 20231 min read
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Unique Cabin in Cascade
This is a quick sketch of an idea for a small cabin on a tricky site in the mountains in Cascade, ID near the lake. This unique cabin...
Noelle Martinez
Jan 13, 20231 min read
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A Frame Cabin Design
This is a quick sketch of an A-frame cabin home design stretching down a mountain hillside. The simple design concept behind this was to...
Noelle Martinez
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Home Design Boise
Home design in Boise has never been busier and likely, it has never been harder to find the right match for your design needs. To know...
Noelle Martinez
Oct 18, 20222 min read
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Multi-use Innovation
This is a very quick sketch of the Independence Library and Apartments designed by Chicago Architecture firm: John Ronan Architects. The...
Noelle Martinez
Sep 10, 20221 min read
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VOLUME STUDY
Sketching out boxy volumes to stack down a hillside is a helpful tool to start reigning in the early ideas about proportion, where...
Noelle Martinez
Aug 31, 20221 min read
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Boise Foothills
Preliminary aerial sketch for a new home currently under construction in the Boise foothills. The series of courtyards in this home...
Noelle Martinez
Aug 19, 20221 min read
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Passive Cooling
Conceptual section sketches for a passive cooling tower. Passive home design is the smartest way to keep your home comfortable. Passive...
Noelle Martinez
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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The See-Saw House
On a recent trip to the Big Island in Hawaii, I sketched out this concept for a home designed around the idea of cross breeze, island...
Noelle Martinez
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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A Cottage That Could Be...
Doing some quick water color sketching in Albertson's Park in Boise, ID with my daughter, I couldn't help but design a cottage that could...
Noelle Martinez
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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Sketching At Architect Fay E. Jones' Thorncrown Chapel
On a recent trip for a site visit in the Ozarks of Arkansas, I made a bucket-list stop at Thorncrown Chapel. This gorgeous little chapel...
Noelle Martinez
Aug 13, 20221 min read
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