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Throughout the week, Christine Marvin, the Vice President of Marvin Design, did a great job representing the Marvin Companies and their approach to modern design. Our group was also treated to a private tour of Albert Frey’s home; the swiss-born architect whose influence on modern architecture in the region was so significant, it came to be known as “desert modernism.” We also enjoyed a tour of Kirk Douglas’ former residence, as well as Mileena and Joel Turkel’s Axiom Desert House.
Signature Windows + Doors sponsored two guests on the trip: Colorado-based architects Amanda Christianson and Mike Piché. We enjoyed the opportunity to discuss how Mike and Amanda, along with the other architects attending the event, approached the iterative process of interpreting client visions and rendering them as drawings, schematic layouts, and ultimately, complete construction documents. In our work at Signature Windows + Doors, we usually only see the tail end of the process, and it was fascinating to learn what the earliest stages of a design project look like.
In another discussion, Christine spoke about one of their latest product innovations; an Immersive Glass Alcove product called Skycove, as having been born from these ideas.
The most significant takeaway from the experience was a richer perspective of the place Signature Windows + Doors chooses to claim in the design process. While we don’t have the expertise nor the “eye” of an architect, we do understand much more about what is possible with Marvin products. We plan to use that knowledge to offer alternative ways to achieve a design intent, collaborate on solutions to design challenges, and to serve as a resource regarding the industry more generally in case the design intent is better accomplished with products not brought to market by Signature Windows + Doors.
Posted on February 24, 2020 by Signature Windows
Category: Company Updates and Events
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