Loire Valley: An Architect's Photoblog
Châteaux were everywhere to be found, in all sizes (S,M,L,XL), and all made of brick and limestone with all the most beautiful flourishes. Small, winding roads connected their associated French villages together, all while hugging the banks of the Loire River.
Read MoreAlmost After: The Picheloup Place Renovation
Two couples, a brother and sister and their spouses, bought the home in an effort to downsize, and retire closer to their children and grandchildren. The home is a 1920s bungalow style two-family residence, but had been modified with dated finishes and an inefficient floor plan.
Read MoreBlock Party
A trip around the rest of the Caribbean perimeter, from islands like Puerto Rico, to coastal Mexico and Central America, will show you a vastly different role for the humble concrete block than we have in the U.S.
Read MoreOur Process: Pinning Together!
Identifying you style can be tough, especially when you are flooded with beautiful imagery on social media. It can be challenging to use one word to describe a style, so we don’t ask our clients to use words, instead we ask them to pin. Yes, we use Pinterest.com as a tool in our design process. We particularly like the aspect of client and architect sharing this board together as means of real-time collaboration. We do set those specific project boards to “private” so we can create virtually in the same confidence as we would in a face-to-face design meeting.
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