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RICHARD
KAYDOS-DANIELS (1970-)
A typical stick-built house doesn't generally require a structural
engineer. That's because there are standardized tables for
calculating loads on doors and walls hardwired into the
building code. Any contractor who wants to build a normal house from
wood can follow these tables with no problem.
However, when you start adding steel beams or concrete into the mix,
it is a whole new ball game. That's when architects need a
structural engineer. Modernist houses which frequently have
concrete and/or steel need to pass muster before construction can
begin. In documenting new Modernist houses, NCModernist found an
astonishingly high number were all done by the same structural
engineering firm.
Kaydos-Daniels Engineering
was the structural engineer of
record for all the following houses and architects.
Kaydos-Daniels grew up in Davis NC near Beaufort and graduated from East
Carteret HS. He graduated from NCSU in Civil Engineering in
1993 then worked for McDavid Associates in Farmville NC for four
years. In 1999, he got a Masters in Civil Engineering from
NCSU. He worked for Morrison Engineers until 2002 when he
started his own company.
As of 2014, he sold the firm to employees and moved to Guatemala,
where he lives in a Modernist house.
Kaydos-Daniels Engineering
continues to be the engineers for some of North Carolina's most
exciting homes.
Tonic/Vinny Petrarca: The Chiles House, The Crabill House, The
Smart/Stell House, The Rosenberg/Reeves House,
The Lanning House, The Rank House, The Chappell House, The Oxner
House, The GREENville House,
The
Mezzatesta/Kitterman Addition,
The
Collins House, The Cedeno House, The Cone House,
The Gregory House
Tonic/Katherine Hogan: The Bahama Modern
Susan Cannon:
The Witman House
Kenneth Hobgood: The Jones Houses I and II, The Ingraham House, The
Wellons House,
Vernacular/Chad Parker: The McDaniel House
Frank Harmon: The Strickland/Ferris House
Louis Cherry: The Phil
Morrison House
Raleigh
Architecture: The Johnston House,
The Dasgupta/Saucier
House, The Floyd House, The Powers House, The Meineke House |
Sources include: Richard Kaydos-Daniels. |