House is starting to take shape

The building is starting to come out of the ground, and it looks pretty good. I'll post the drawings on here soon so that those of you that are following along the build can compare the pictures to what it will ultimately look like.

Shot from the back of the lot. The partial wall on the far right is the rear wall of the lot. The pool will eventually go in that corner. The wall on the side shows where the end of the structure will be.

This is a view from the lot beside, where there will eventually be another house. The 'notch' in the building is on both sides. It allows for natural light and air, as well as light duty services to be run up and down the building.

So this is all standard castillo (castle) style construction. The fields of brick are laid first. After the walls are complete, the castillos where the rebar is sticking up (structural vertical concrete pillars) are poured, in preparation for steel beams on the perimeter and for the boveda ceiling. What that might look like at the end is like this:

example of a traditional boveda ceiling

View from the front sidewalk. The area in front will be golf cart/bicycle parking on this side. The black strip is part of the weatherproofing regimen. Sewer services to the street will run in here. The middle is the main entrance, which is inset another 2m or so.

Another view from the front. the far right corner is where the stairwell to the second floor will be. at the house, you can see that they're to the bottom of the window for bedroom #1

Another view of the front. The castillo construction is in evidence here.