What could be better than architecture providing the stage for a home for innovative chefs/restaurateurs who go “Against the Grain”? Working on the design of a home for Vivian Howard and Ben Knight was great fun because my clients used their creativity with food, wine and art and brought this…
It was about 95 degrees at 9 in the morning with about 100% humidity. At the site were Ben and Vivian, the proud owners of the house, their 14 month old twins, Flo and Theo, their grandmother (also known as Lady Gaga), Ned the GC, Willy the head framer, his sidekick Dinky, Marty the Mason and Bear the oversized black Labrador farm dog, who left his prints all over my prints that I toted along from Chicago.