We recently added a modern steel and wood trellis on one of our projects and it turned out fantastic. I thought it would be interesting to see the original concept sketches, construction details, all the way through the actual construction of this modern beauty.

Architectural concept sketches, construction details, construction photos … these are the sorts of posts that are both my most favorite, and least favorite, to put together. What makes them enjoyable is that they force me to reflect back upon a process from the original concept through final execution, and then evaluate what did and didn’t work. This is an important process for me because I am a big believer in trying to understand why things worked so that I can duplicate my successes without replicating my solutions.These types of posts are a pain to write because they take forever to put together and there will always be those people who want to redline my details after the fact. I’ve grown a thick skin so it doesn’t bother me as much as it used to – particularly when the suggestions are offered in the spirit of furthering our collective knowledge.Onward!The drawing above was my original concept sketch from June 2015 – pretty simple and direct … and a little unrealistic. It would have been something to create this trellis structure with a 10′ cantilever (in the end, the largest cantilever was 5′-4″).I decided that I would include some of the constructi...