Design of Handicap Bathrooms

I’m currently working on a restaurant for a client and one of the items we have to cover in a project like this (or any project) is the bathroom. The building code has a chart that determines the number of men and women’s bathrooms there are, and how many toilets and sinks are required in each bathroom. Smaller restaurants will have a single bathroom for each sex with a sink in it. As the size of the restaurant gets bigger the bigger each bathroom then becomes.

Learning, ArchitectureRichard SanfordAugust 6, 2019DAUNTLESS DESIGN COLLABBlogComment

Breakaway Walls Explained

Here’s a throw back to a video explaining the concept of breakaway walls that I did a few years ago. Simply put a breakaway wall is purposely designed to break when a certain amount pressure is applied to it. This is used in high flood areas to save the structure. If there walls were not a breakaway wall, the walls and the structure would then be lost in a flood.

Architecture, TechnicalRichard SanfordFebruary 14, 2019Dauntless Design CollaborativearchitectureComment

Ethos GSFM walkthrough video

ArchitectureRichard SanfordFebruary 6, 2019Dauntless Design Collaborativecommercial, barber, architectureComment

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