Noelle Martinez
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...
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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.
Noelle Martinez
- Mar 6
- 1 min
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...
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Noelle Martinez
- Jan 13
- 1 min
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...
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Noelle Martinez
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Noelle Martinez
- Oct 18, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Noelle Martinez
- Sep 10, 2022
- 1 min
Multi-use Innovation
This is a very quick sketch of the Independence Library and Apartments designed by Chicago Architecture firm: John Ronan Architects. The...
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Noelle Martinez
- Aug 31, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Noelle Martinez
- Aug 19, 2022
- 1 min
Boise Foothills
Preliminary aerial sketch for a new home currently under construction in the Boise foothills. The series of courtyards in this home...
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Noelle Martinez
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
Passive Cooling
Conceptual section sketches for a passive cooling tower. Passive home design is the smartest way to keep your home comfortable. Passive...
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Noelle Martinez
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Noelle Martinez
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Noelle Martinez
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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