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relaxing into three-season outdoor living benefits from carefully thought-out details. taking cues from an existing slid...
10/16/2026

relaxing into three-season outdoor living benefits from carefully thought-out details. taking cues from an existing sliding door and the wide, deep backyard, we shaped sitting, dining, and grilling areas using wood-frame screen and trellis enclosures paired with permeable and paver groupings. as a team they define three distinct rooms culminating in a fieldstone path leading from the dining trellis to a fire pit seating area beyond. photography by David Seide

our porch design had to be nimble to cozy up to both an existing attached garage and bumped front façade massing. A seco...
07/18/2026

our porch design had to be nimble to cozy up to both an existing attached garage and bumped front façade massing. A secondary lower roof was introduced with a double column grouping supporting the two varied roof heights. Our details composed the columns, railings, and exposed beams with a goal of creating a welcoming sense of arrival. 📸 by:

05/07/2026

complete with an exposed beam designed to carry a porch swing and a beadboard backdrop for exposed rafters and a ceiling fan, adding a functional front porch after a phase one second-story addition of a primary suite transformed our client's 90's tract home, setting it apart from its nearly identical neighbors. We're especially proud of the porch's semi-public, neighborly feel, which contrasts nicely with the car-oriented, attached garage vernacular. Such a fun and interesting design journey!

complete with an exposed beam designed to carry a porch swing and a beadboard backdrop for exposed rafters and a ceiling...
05/07/2026

complete with an exposed beam designed to carry a porch swing and a beadboard backdrop for exposed rafters and a ceiling fan, adding a functional front porch after a phase one second-story addition of a primary suite transformed our client's 90's tract home, setting it apart from its nearly identical neighbors. We're especially proud of the porch's semi-public, neighborly feel, which contrasts nicely with the car-oriented, attached garage vernacular. Such a fun and interesting design journey!

hand drawing and sketching is a fun and great way to see, understand proportion, and observe while traveling ...also com...
01/22/2026

hand drawing and sketching is a fun and great way to see, understand proportion, and observe while traveling ...also comes in fairly handy when trying to "see" and envision aspects of our next design project

positioned at a paved seating area next to the new garage we peer back at the resulting transformed rear facade. Its for...
01/15/2026

positioned at a paved seating area next to the new garage we peer back at the resulting transformed rear facade. Its form took shape by prioritizing arriving at the back door while emphasizing a visual and functional reconnection to the outdoors. The visual openness back to the family room, mud room, and kitchen beyond in turn allows the back yard to feel expansive and connected like a 3-season room .📷 photography by:

Sweeping views on a narrow city lot are not easy to come by, but attempted here nonetheless with a careful choreography ...
01/09/2026

Sweeping views on a narrow city lot are not easy to come by, but attempted here nonetheless with a careful choreography of design moves that include borrowing north light from a tight neighboring side yard and lowering the new family room floor to arrive closer to ground level. This shift in elevation shifts the gaze downward towards the textured facade and sun shade trellis of the new garage, complete with a pavered seating area anchoring the view with visual interest.

facade openings and textures of a new garage space and opposing rear addition shape the rear yard while a carefully plac...
10/18/2025

facade openings and textures of a new garage space and opposing rear addition shape the rear yard while a carefully placed deck and paver area with outdoor seating, create space to reconnect to nature while collectively serving as a 3-season room to lounge and entertain in

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