Surgery For Your Home

Surgery For Your Home

Home remodeling can be similar to surgery in that you’re hiring a specialist to cut into and rearrange your home. A diagnosis is made in consultation between the architect and homeowner, then a plan is developed about how to achieve the best results within the...
Mid-Century Optimism in Palm Springs

Mid-Century Optimism in Palm Springs

The sight of golf courses and pools in and around Palm Springs, CA is a stark contrast to the desert of the Coachella Valley. As recently as the 1600s, this valley was a lake, and today there is a large aquifer that continues to supply the bulk of water needs in the...
An Intentional Approach to Modern Home Additions

An Intentional Approach to Modern Home Additions

As a custom residential architect, I have had the opportunity to design new houses as well as additions and large scale remodels. While designing a new house offers the appeal of a clean slate, I actually find the most rewarding design challenge to be integrating...
The 1980’s Contemporary House- Time for a New Perspective

The 1980’s Contemporary House- Time for a New Perspective

Whether you love them or hate them, 80’s “Contemporaries” are a unique style that reflect the exuberance of their time. Homes built during this period are now considered less desirable, as their design can seem overwrought and unrestrained to the generation that grew...
Construction- The New Reality

Construction- The New Reality

Illustration by Anton Klusener If you’ve kept up with news about the housing and construction market, you will know that we had a recent boom time with house price escalation exceeding the last “bubble”of 2008. Houses sold quickly at previously unimaginable prices,...
The Original “Starchitect”

The Original “Starchitect”

The word “pilgrimage” is apt when talking about my recent visit to two Frank Lloyd Wright houses in western Pennsylvania — Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob. Two quite different homes, a few miles apart, reflecting very different points in the career of America’s...