The Altitude Design Summit in Salt Lake this year was incredible! It was our second time in attendance and let’s just say it won’t be our last (and not just because the food was delicious and (GASP) we may be speaking at the conference next year). The presenters and the people we talked with were passionate, REALLY PASSIONATE. In addition, they were creative, hard working and had taken their creativity to market via blogging and social media. It was amazing to see how social media allowed the people we conversed with to market...
read more“I grew up in Punchbowl, Australia, a small suburb outside of Sydney,” Kevin Watts, President of Watts Architects said. “As a young boy, I was very curious about the world around me and one day discovered in a closet a roll of drawings. I pulled them out on the dining room table and discovered the drawings were of a house. As I looked more closely I noticed an address and I was surprised to see that it was my house, number six, Christian Road.” Kevin asked his mother about the house drawings and she explained they were the drawings for...
read moreJou Jou, a brand new toy store at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, is a place where the imagination can be set free. This architectural wonder is filled with several imaginative firsts, like a musical candy organ with seventeen candy-filled pipes, a seven-foot long cardboard fire-breathing dragon, an all-steel framed 8-foot robot, and a dressing room enclosed inside a tree where a raccoon, owl and giraffe live. The inspiration behind Jou Jou came from StruckAxiom, a digital-forward, creative agency led by executive...
read moreA home theater, often called a media room, should be a warm space for family entertainment, as well as a secluded area that enhances a viewer’s experience. Home theater designs should extend beyond quality screens and excellent audio. An entertainment room has transformed into an interior design mainstay. Whether you desire a media room in your custom home or looking to add to a remodeling project; visual congruency between your home theater and the rest of your home is vital to maintaining design harmony throughout your space. We...
read moreBefore beginning any project, we like to sit down with you for extensive talks about your home design. These important conversations usually revolve around meeting family needs that are not being met in a current home. As a homeowner, you are faced with an important question: should you remodel or build new? An architect can help you determine the right decision for your needs. An architect can identify the benefits of remodeling your kitchen versus digging a basement on your new lot. We can take the following steps with you when deciding to...
read moreWe shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us. – Winston Churchill A day in the life of an architect is never the same, yet, it’s always the same. An architect is continuously working with different clients on different projects, but the process is quite similar from job to job. Kevin had long recognized the similar cycle each job takes and decided there was an opportunity to educate people who were building homes or may build in the future. In the mid-nineties, Kevin wrote a book which taught it’s readers to plan...
read moreThe beauty, relaxation, and tranquility of flowing water is a great addition to the landscape of any home. Waterfalls or other water features can be used in a variety of ways. The Limekiln Gulch home, in Salt Lake City, has two great examples of water features that really liven up the whole aesthetic of the home. In the hillside facing the front door, Distinctive Design of Salt Lake City built a beautiful creek which flows down the mountain side and pools next to the entry to the home. Distinctive also built a walking path...
read moreDespite the cool temperatures, threatening clouds, and snow flurries in Salt Lake City, summer is less than six weeks away. With the coming of the warmer months, Utah residents have the opportunity to visit This Is The Place Heritage Park. The park offers a variety of family-friendly activities during the summer. At the top of that list is the Mormon Battalion Monument, where you’ll see more of the work of architect Kevin Watts. In January 2010, Watts Architects was given the opportunity to be involved with housing two...
read moreHere at Watts Architects, we’ve been busy! A few months, ago we decided that our website needed an overhaul. We’d recently completed several projects that we wanted to share, and we felt it was time to showcase our gallery in a more beautiful, engaging way. So, we worked closely with a web designer to create a more visually impressive experience. The result? A complete redesign of WattsArchitects.com. Today we unveil our brand new site! Some of the new features include: A redesigned gallery – with light-boxing...
read moreWhen designing and building a home, it’s hard to nail down when the start and completion date were. Did it start when you purchased the land, when you saw the architect’s design for the first time, or when the concrete was poured? Was it finished when the paint was touched up, when you moved in, or when you finally planted that last tree? For the owners of this new home, the process started about 5 years ago when they purchased a few acres in the northern foothills of the Salt Lake valley. In the years to follow, the amazing owners along...
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