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Umbanhowar: Avoid building exterior balconies off primary bedrooms
“Don't do balconies off of primary bedrooms. Just do sliding doors that open and you have a railing, and your balcony can be inside your bedroom. I would almost say like a deductive take that you, people don't step that often out on a six foot deep balcony. I j…”
Umbanhowar: Real estate buyers should bring architects onto site due diligence
“I think it makes total sense to get an architect and have that person on board for you as an extra set of eyes as you're looking at property.”
Umbanhowar: AI Will Greatly Help Architectural Code Checks and Administration
“I think it'll help the administrative side of things a lot, code things, where we literally can stick a drawing, ask AI to look at it for code.”
Umbanhowar: Non-judgmentalism is overrated because humans naturally judge constantly
“Non-judgmental. I think humans in general, we judge each other all the time, and I think we need to get over that and to say we judge each other. We're not the executioner, but we're always judging each other. That's how our brain works. So I don't like when p…”
Umbanhowar: Young architects lack the wisdom that only direct practice provides
“It's a profession of wisdom, and I don't think there are young architects who have that wisdom. You can't buy it. You have to do it.”
Umbanhowar: Dark steel roofs are a passing trend
“I think those things are like fashion. I think that will come and go.”
Umbanhowar: Open floor plans are here to stay
“I don't think those are going away. I think that's how people live now. It's very rarely that someone says, I want to closed off kitchen.”
Umbanhowar: California AB 2097 removes minimum parking requirements
“And it's now in a AB two zero nine seven. You probably know that too, where you don't need to provide parking.”
Umbanhowar: Los Angeles FAR caps lot coverage at 45% before ADU bonuses
“LA's FARs on lots have gotten tighter. They used to be variable in different areas and now it's mainly just 45% of a lot sizes, you know, how much you can put on a property. So then the ADUs are bonus on, on top of that.”
Umbanhowar: Certain Venice coastal zones permit 3-to-1 FAR development
“If you're over in Venice, which is in a coastal zone the previous zoning when coastal laws were put into effect was three to one in certain areas. So Venice, you have to go through the regulatory grinder of coastal commission, but you're able to develop the pr…”
Umbanhowar: Renovation budgets should prioritize living areas and elevation changes
“I would spend it in the living areas. That's where we do our living. So kitchen upgrades, living room upgrades. Expand to the outside. If you're a one story, make it a second story and put a primary bedroom on a second floor. I think those sort of changes in, …”
Umbanhowar: Gehry's Disney Hall is spatially moving but does not resonate
“I love what Frank Gehry did for the profession and the software that he harnessed to do what he does and that he can convince clients to do what he does. Moving through the Disney center plazas are like walking through Richard Sarah's sculptures. I find that v…”