Maria Luisa Castellanos
10 ways to make your new Miami house, addition, or renovation more sustainable
10 ways to make your new Miami house, addition, or renovation more sustainable by Miami residential architects, United Architects
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Jan 21
- 4 min
Build a concrete slab roof on your new house and save yourself the headaches of wood trusses
This article describes the advantages of a concrete slab roof over a wood truss roof in Miami, Florida, due to hurricanes.
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Jan 6
- 0 min
Five tips for building your home addition
This video gives you five tips on building a home addition in Miami, Florida
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
What does it mean to be experts in residential coastal construction?
This is an article about what it means to be an expert in residential coastal construction in Miami, Florida
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
What 20 questions should you ask yourself before building a new house in Miami?
This article contains 20 questions a person should ask himself in preparation for designing and building a house in Miami.
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
Should you be worried that your building will collapse like the one in Surfside?
This article by Miami architect, Maria Luisa Castellanos, discusses the many reasons buildings do not fall down and why some have.
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
Can we build better or do we accept another 114 people dying in the next hurricane?
This story covers the problems we had in the construction of houses prior to Hurricane Andrew by Miami architect, Maria Luisa Castellanos.
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
Why should you buy & remodel a house & consider using your IRA to do it?
This blog post is about why a person should buy and remodel in this environment and consider using his IRA.
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Jun 17, 2022
- 3 min
Are you tired of looking at old houses and thinking of building from scratch?
This is an article about buying land for building a new house. It details what to look for in a residential site, what things to check.
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 min
Now that you can't move, do you want to remodel? Do your planning first!
The is a post about remodeling when you can't move, but to plan ahead emotionally and physically for the remodeling.
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- May 17, 2022
- 3 min
Do you really want to get your plans permitted by the City of Miami quickly?
This article is about how to get your City of Miami plans get through the city quickly for a new building.
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Jun 21, 2021
- 3 min
How involved should you be in your project? Who picks the finishes?
This post is about the design process and whether the architect or the client will shop for the finishes.
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Maria Luisa Castellanos
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Space Matters
Whenever I go anywhere I notice the space. I doubt other people are as aware of the space. Learn factors which may have an influence.
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