by Gary | Jun 18, 2024 | Blogs
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...
by Gary | Oct 8, 2023 | Blogs
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...
by Gary | Apr 25, 2023 | Blogs
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...
by Gary | Sep 14, 2022 | Blogs
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,...
by Gary | May 19, 2022 | Blogs
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...
by sham | Jun 14, 2021 | Blogs
Moving to Philadelphia After 18 years in our New Jersey house, my husband and I have moved to Philadelphia. We felt ready for a return to city life, and our love for Philly and close family ties there made it the perfect choice. (As with millions of others, the...
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