If you’re here in Dallas for DHI’s CoNEXTions 2014 and you see any beautiful or interesting doors, send me a clear photo and I’ll add it to this post! OH – and come to my class tomorrow (Friday) so I’m not all alone – CE1401 Codes and Standards Update at 1:30 in Senators Hall.
Here are some that I’ve seen so far…the entrance to the Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe:
The side doors are cool too:
One of the hotel ballrooms has some interesting doors:
And an egress issue:
I’m not sure how I feel about this door. If it didn’t have an exit sign, would you consider it an obvious door leading to a means of egress?
This door is absolutely gigantic. Compare it to the standard sized doors with transom panels down the way:
It has the biggest pivots I’ve ever seen (by far!):
And the entrance to the beautiful Scottish Rite Cathedral:
I’ll see some of you tomorrow!
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The cathedral side doors would look much better with Dark Bronze sweeps instead of the Bright Brass.
The Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe doors are gorgeous! On the gigantic pairs of doors near the end of the post, I like how they worked around the pull mounting vs. molding conflict. That turned out nice.
Enjoy your time in Texas. I wish I were there!
Mike (call him Brad from now on) says that you can come next time. See you in Baltimore! 🙂
Woo hoo! Baltimore here I come! I’ll have to thank Brad when I see him. (:
As a lifelong student of architecture, how was the beautiful hardware made back when these old cathedrals were built – individual artisans or did they have companies who did this?
Hi Dan –
It was probably a combination of the two depending on when, and what type of hardware. We still have some companies that make amazing custom hardware.
– Lori
The big white banquet room doors are nice, but not ADA compliant. Bolt ons more than 1/16″ high and a handle that is too low on the push side.
My dad built the Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe doors for the church, they were the church’s Millennium doors to celebrate the year 2000 if I remember correctly. His name is Andy Reddick, he’s a local woodworker in Dallas/Ft Worth. He built a sample of the door, just a few feet of the lower portion of one door, and it stayed in his shop forever until he retired that shop and downsized. Occasionally I think they call him up to refinish the doors, because stained wood doors on the exterior are beautiful, but the finish wears away quickly in weather and sun. Wonderful picture!
Thanks for the information Jenny! Your dad is very talented!