// Design and Architecture
// Design and Architecture
The River Forest Mid-century Modern home that we renovated in 2001 will be featured on the Pleasant Home Foundation House Walk on October 4th. Check it out and take the tour! http://www.pleasanthome.org/program-a-events/housetour2013
Having worked predominantly in Chicago over the past 20 years, where the oldest homes are just over 110 years old (and this is uncommon), it was a rare adventure to work on a 200 year old home with a full history of owners. The first owner was Eliza Ward, the…
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…
The Old Town townhouse now has its skin and windows! As you can see, the cladding has been coordinated to work with the mailbox attached to the front yard tree. It’s amazing how an extra 5 foot deep addition can change the quality of a living space. Check out the…
As promised, this Old Town townhouse is well under construction with windows to be installed soon. It’s starting to look like the dream we envisioned with our client. We have even created a sustainable mailbox design incorporating an existing tree in the front yard.
We are thrilled that construction recently began on a townhouse gut-rehab and addition project in the Old Town neighborhood that has been in planning for two years.
Grandma Gaga (GG) has visions to turn an old tire repair warehouse formerly known as Big ‘D’ Tires, along the Neuse River into her ‘lofty’ place of residence.
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.
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