Designing For Light
We believe the most beautiful homes have magnificent natural light, all day long. In Southern California, light is good theater — with drama…
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The Great Outdoors: Hardscape & Landscape
At Tim Barber Architects, our process involves designing the entire home, inside and out, roof to basement, front to back, while paying uncommon…
New Year, New Look: Dramatic Renovations
A lot of us hope for fresh starts in the new year – especially this one. In the spirit of this, we took…
Home for the Holidays: Design Tips for “Stay-At-Home” Entertaining
The holidays are here! …And while our kitchens may not be buzzing with friends and extended family this year, delicious meals and video…
Design is (Also) in the Details
Creating architecture at TBA is often just as much about the small details as it is the big picture. To us, this obsession…
Renderings: Learning How You See (Part II)
Last month, we took a look at some of the “time-honored” rendering types we create at TBA, including 2-D elevations, hand-drawn perspectives and…
Art in Architectural Design
Jim Coyle began his tenure at Tim Barber Architects as a job captain and has since earned a promotion to project manager. Of…
What is BIM?
Building Information Modeling — or BIM as it is more commonly known — is a series of powerful tools used in the architectural…
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”
In creative circles, some artists and particularly, authors categorize themselves into one of two schools of creative processes: “the architects” and “the gardeners”.…