Hybrid Timber Frame House

On occasion we have the opportunity to work on designs that are apart from what we normally do with branding identity, product development, and other facets of industrial design. This residence started as a small conventionally framed brick bungalow. When the opportunity for an addition emerged, we integrated conventional construction with the hybrid timber-frame design. Materials included Douglas fir for the sixteen post center structure, with the interior finishing materials made from 15,000 board feet of heart pine, which was cut on the lot and dried in a kiln specially constructed on site for the project. The entire design was modeled 3D prior and during construction, and under the general design and supervision of MINTdesign.

PLANNING WITH 3D COMPUTER MODEL

DOUGLAS FIR POST & BEAM WITH OAK PINS

OTHER PROJECTS

Custom Double Mantle Fireplace

Closeup of supportive structure of Double Mantle Fireplace

CUSTOM LAVATORY • AFRICAN OPEPE' WOOD CABINETS

Custom Lavatory Mirror Cabinet made of African Opepe wood

Opepe Wood cabinet arrangement around lavatory sink

Joint Square Tenon Pin Detail in Opepe Bathroom Cabinet

Bathroom with Cocobolo Furnishings

Lawyer Attache‘ • Solid Rosewood / Cherry

Custom Rosewood and Cherry Attache Case with Abalone pearl lion inlay

Interior view of custom rosewood attache case showing cigar and dictaphone compartments.

Lion Inlay Detail in Custom Attache case

Rawl Lovett, an attorney in Providence Road Island was looking for a special attache‘ case. MINTdesign was commissioned to make this custom piece. The abalone pearl lion inlay was taken from a photograph of a lion in a zoo, who had been awakened from a nap by a little stone hitting him on the head. Curiously, his displeasure translated through the process of turning the photograph into the inlay, and is visible in the lines of his expression--miffed. This story is true.