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Our Denver studio designed the office area for the Designer Showhouse, and it’s all about female empowerment. Our design language expresses a powerful, well-traveled woman who is also the head of a family and creates subtle, calm strength and harmony. The decor used to achieve the idea is a medley of color, patterns, sleek furniture, and a built-in library that is busy, chaotic, and yet calm and organized.
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Project designed by Denver, Colorado interior designer Margarita Bravo. She serves Denver as well as surrounding areas such as Cherry Hills Village, Englewood, Greenwood Village, and Bow Mar.
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https://www.margaritabravo.com/portfolio/denver-office-design-woman/

Designed by Dale Mulfinger, Jody McGuire
This new lake home takes advantage of the stunning landscape of Lake Superior. The compact floor plans minimize the site impact. The expressive building form blends the structure into the language of the cliff. The home provides a serene perch to view not only the big lake, but also to look back into the North Shore. With triple pane windows and careful details, this house surpasses the airtightness criteria set by the international Passive House Association, to keep life cozy on the North Shore all year round.
Construction by Dale Torgersen
Photography by Corey Gaffer

Oceanfront Windsor Estate Renovation | Vero Beach, FL 32963
A full-scale renovation of an oceanfront estate in Windsor, the celebrated New Urbanist seaside community on Vero Beach's barrier island (32963). Our team reimagined this residence as a bright, breezy coastal retreat where every primary room captures the Atlantic, and the original architecture—coffered and beamed ceilings, arched passages, soaring window walls—was preserved and brought fully current.
At the heart of the home, an open kitchen and dining space pairs crisp white cabinetry and stone countertops with terracotta floors, a Viking range beneath a plaster hood, woven pendant lighting, and French doors that fold open to a covered loggia. The great room rises to a vaulted shiplap ceiling under woven chandeliers, anchored by a limestone fireplace and walls of glass. Throughout, the palette stays light and elemental—white oak floors, natural fibers, soft coastal blues—so the ocean remains the focal point.
The renovation extends to a window-wrapped oceanview office, a serene primary bath with frameless walk-in shower and direct sea views, a fully fitted dressing room, an oversized dual laundry, and a beachfront sitting room where turquoise water fills the frame. Upstairs, light-filled lounges and a media room continue the relaxed, refined coastal language.
This is turnkey oceanfront living in one of the Treasure Coast's most distinctive gated communities—Windsor's beach club, golf, equestrian center, and village amenities just beyond the door, with the shops and dining of Vero Beach's barrier island close at hand.
Renovation by Ryan A. Jones & Associates — construction, renovation, and estate management, Vero Beach, FL.
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Superbly oriented penthouse apartment with two breathtaking terraces facing Manhattan’s eastern & western skylines.
A language of harmony between subtle detail, luxurious architectural components, and seamless transitions throughout all spaces culminates in this modern, intricate and stunning apartment home.

Looking from the living room directly through to the kitchen, this perspective beautifully showcases the dramatic transformation of the home’s layout. By significantly enlarging the opening between these two spaces, we removed the original claustrophobic, closed-off feeling and replaced it with a bright, semi-open concept flow.
Key Design Highlights of This View:
Enlarged Architectural Opening: Widening this passageway allows natural light to flood deep into the interior, immediately connecting the cozy living room seating area with the heart of the kitchen and beyond.
Seamless Sightlines: This expanded view draws the eye all the way through to the other end of the house. The kitchen’s sleek black cabinetry, modern pendant lighting, and central island make the entire home feel twice as spacious.
Consistent Design Language: The light hardwood flooring runs uninterrupted from the living room straight into the kitchen, visually unifying the two areas while maintaining distinct, functional zones.
Perfect for Entertaining: This semi-open layout strikes the perfect balance—offering enough separation to keep kitchen prep work slightly tucked away while keeping the cook fully connected to family and guests in the living room.

The family room was thoughtfully designed as the heart of the home, where custom built-ins, architectural millwork, and layered textures work together to create a warm and inviting gathering space. Integrated cabinetry provides both beauty and function, while the extensive millwork carried throughout the home establishes a cohesive design language that adds character, depth, and timeless elegance to the once builder-grade interior.

Set on Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, Georgia, this rustic modern farmhouse sits close enough to the shoreline that a private dock runs straight off the back yard, with the Blue Ridge visible across the water. A tin-gray metal roof breaks into multiple gables and dormers over crisp white board-and-batten siding, while wood-tone shutters and a flagstone entry path bring in the rustic warmth. A full-width covered porch — deep enough for a run of rocking chairs — opens directly onto the lake and mountain view.
Inside, the great room carries that same rustic-farmhouse language up to a vaulted, shiplap-clad ceiling crossed with exposed wood beams. A reclaimed sliding barn door anchors one end of the room, while a wall of glass doors keeps the water in view from the sofa.

Kitchen cabinetry stands tall in the soaring spaces of the interior. Accents include mill-finish stainless counters and black i-beams borrowed from the language of the exterior.

Impluvium Architecture
Location: El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
This is one of many Houses I designed in Serrano in El Dorado Hills, California. I was the Architect and helped coordinate with various sub-contractors. I also co-designed the project with various consultants including Interior and Landscape Design
This project is an eclectic mix of traditional formal and informal Mediterranean vernacular language

Kitchen — Project Description (Bolton, CT)
(Full Renovation • Reconfiguration • Architectural Corrections)
The original kitchen suffered from spatial imbalance and limited functionality: the right side was visually and physically heavy with cabinetry and appliances, the 135-degree angled walls lacked symmetry due to a missing window on the driveway side, and the small island could only seat two. Circulation was obstructed by a desk positioned in the main traffic flow, and the low French door felt disproportionate in scale compared to the large windows and adjacent two-story Great Room.
Major Structural & Functional Improvements
Repositioned window on the front elevation to the right, creating a long-desired view to the driveway while freeing space for a centered cooktop and statement hood — visually aligning with the Great Room’s redesigned fireplace focal wall.
Installed a new custom sliding door, significantly taller and wider than the original French door. This upgrade enhances natural light, visually opens the kitchen to the deck, and provides unobstructed traffic flow thanks to its sliding operation.
New Kitchen Layout & Enhanced Functionality
Designed an entirely new layout centered around a 10' double-slab island, providing expansive workspace and a natural gathering zone.
Added conversational seating for the whole family, allowing comfortable interaction on all sides of the island.
Introduced purpose-designed storage solutions, including pullouts, rollouts, spice towers, tray organizers, and deep drawers to maximize usability.
Reallocated the desk area to a dedicated window spot overlooking the backyard, removing it from traffic paths and improving both functionality and comfort.
Cabinetry & Architectural Detailing
Custom two-tone cabinetry in soft white and a serene blue-green tone reflects the visual language of the adjacent Great Room, creating whole-home cohesion.
Installed lit upper glass cabinets along the entire perimeter, balancing vertical proportions and creating an elegant display band throughout the kitchen.
A custom range hood was designed and painted to match the base cabinetry, becoming a focal point framed by symmetrical windows.
Surfaces, Lighting & Finishes
The island features a double-thickness quartz slab with a soft ogee radius for a timeless, furniture-like feel.
A full-height, handcrafted aqua subway tile backsplash introduces depth, texture, and a gentle reflective quality.
New layered lighting concept, including recessed lights, pendants, task lighting, and integrated cabinet lighting, ensures a warm and functional workspace at any time of day.

LEICHT presented the surface program BOSSA in 2020 – a type of front that had not existed in that form in the global kitchen market until then and which has succeeded in creating a completely new visual language in the kitchen and the entire living area since it was launched

This recently built Bethesda home features two distinctive staircases that share a cohesive design language. The main staircase pairs natural wood treads with sleek steel horizontal rods, creating clean lines. The black wood newels and handrail create striking contrast with the lighter details.
A custom spiral staircase echoes this aesthetic with jet-black metal triangular frames supporting natural wood treads. The geometric structure winds upward, maintaining the same material palette of warm wood and dark metal found throughout the home's vertical connections.
1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

The client loves the number three. With three colors of paint that complimented the decor I painted the number three in the many different languages of places they have traveled.

This recently built Bethesda home features two distinctive staircases that share a cohesive design language. The main staircase pairs natural wood treads with sleek steel horizontal rods, creating clean lines. The black wood newels and handrail create striking contrast with the lighter details.
A custom spiral staircase echoes this aesthetic with jet-black metal triangular frames supporting natural wood treads. The geometric structure winds upward, maintaining the same material palette of warm wood and dark metal found throughout the home's vertical connections.
1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This interior remodel reimagined a dated kitchen and bathroom as one cohesive, light-filled living environment. The homeowners wanted a home that felt calm, organized, and effortless to live in — spaces that support everyday routines rather than complicate them.
D&G managed the entire project under a single Design-Build process: design, material selections, engineering, permitting, construction, and final quality control handled by one team with one point of accountability.
The Kitchen
The galley kitchen was opened into an adjacent dining area to improve flow and natural light. Soft white cabinetry pairs with quartz countertops and a full-height marble-look quartz backsplash behind the induction cooktop, creating a clean, uninterrupted surface that's as practical as it is refined.
A vertical shiplap accent wall introduces subtle texture and depth, balanced by a floating natural maple shelf that echoes the wood tones throughout the home. Integrated appliance placement — a wall oven, concealed microwave shelf, and under-cabinet ventilation — keeps countertops clear and sightlines uncluttered.
Adjacent to the kitchen, a custom built-in storage wall blends natural maple upper cabinetry with white base cabinetry, delivering pantry-level capacity without the visual weight of a closed pantry. Timeless, functional, and designed to age well.
The Bathroom
The bathroom carries the same design language as the kitchen: a natural maple vanity with raised-panel doors, brushed nickel hardware, quartz countertop with integrated backsplash, and an undermount sink.
A recessed medicine cabinet extends storage without intruding on the room, while a glass-enclosed shower with a low-threshold base and window-driven natural light keeps the space open, bright, and easy to maintain.
Wood-look tile flooring ties the bathroom to the wide-plank flooring used throughout the home — a detail that makes the renovation read as one intentional project rather than a series of separate updates.

Along the dining room wall, custom cabinetry transforms an underutilized area into a purposeful space for storage and display. The design continues the kitchen’s language of clean lines and painted millwork, integrating deep drawers, tall pantry storage, and glass-front uppers. This built-in extends function and visual harmony beyond the main cooking space, creating continuity across the open plan.

In keeping with the clients’ vision, this century-old home and modern Terra Summer pergola project was carefully imagined to honor history while embracing contemporary living. With their clean architectural form, the two connected pergolas echo the home’s black-and-white palette and contemporary lines. Their matte finish, harmonious proportions, and subtle detailing lend them a quiet confidence—enhancing the residence rather than competing with it. Extending the home’s design language into the landscape, the pergolas’ modern aluminum materials and geometry create a seamless connection with the pool, garden, and surrounding architecture.
An outdoor space built for living
Generous in scale, the two pergolas extend directly from the living room, dissolving the boundary between indoors and out. This XL structure, completed with an integrated extension, are equipped with Terra Summer motorized louvers, privacy shutters, retractable mosquito screens, as well as Infratech heaters—bringing comfort, flexibility, and elegance to everyday life. Designed to host, the layout features a full dining table and dedicated BBQ zone, making it ideal for sunlit breakfasts, relaxed summer meals, and evening gatherings under the open sky.
A place to gather, grow, and belong
More than just a shelter, the complete pergola structure creates a setting for connection. It's where weekend brunch stretch into afternoons, where kids play by the pool and friends linger around the table. Whether it’s for quiet family time or a lively gathering with friends, the space adapts—open, comfortable, and built to share life’s best moments, season after season.
Technical details
2 Large Motorized Louvered Pergolas
Installation Type: Freestanding, attached pergolas installed side by side
Frame Width: 15' and 10'
Height : 9'
Projection / Length: 19'
Total surface: 475 square feet
Frame color: Textured Black RAL9005ST
Blade Color: White RAL9003
Add-ons Features
Two Motorized Screens , color black
Privacy wall with adjustable blades, color textured black RAL9005ST
Heaters: Four Infratech Slimline heaters, color black

This UNIQUE architecture home is designed by Craig Chevalier and built by award winning MARBLE CONSTRUCTION in prestigious British Properties. The exceptional quality and modern architecture of this home offer a luxury lifestyle at its finest. Modern architecture blends with world-class features like; heated driveway, dry sauna, private pool and Jacuzzi, elevator. Enjoy beautiful ocean, downtown, and lions gate bridge views from both the main and second floors. South facing property with private pool, light-filled interior spaces, and oversized windows. GREAT LOCATION! Only a few blocks to Hollyburn country club, Chartwell Elementary School, and Sentinel Secondary School. An ARCHITECTURAL MASTERPIECE with the HIGHEST QUALITY of construction in British Properties.
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As the principal designer of At the Rouge, Alexander Temporale’s goal was to maximize the potential of the site. All the major living spaces were provided with panoramic views of nature with large panels of glass. The interior/exterior connection is further enhanced by the tall ceilings creating an airy spaciousness that allows the outdoor views to fill the rooms.
Each house at the Rouge is shaped and molded with its own location and natural setting in mind. Although each design is unique, ATA created an overall design language ensuring this special enclave has a sense of place.
It was a pleasure to be a part of the multidisciplinary team with professionals like Andrea and Paul. The house designs had the advantage of their input and benefitted from their expertise.
For more on the project please visit
www.AtTheRouge.com

The architect and designer Guy Derwent was approached by his client with a clear and compelling brief: to completely transform a grand Victorian terrace house they were planning to renovate. The client envisioned something far beyond a standard renovation – this was to be a bold and dramatic reimagining of a family home that could grow with them over time.
With the property having remained largely untouched for more than fifty years, the architects saw an opportunity to unlock its potential and deliver a contemporary design that would contrast beautifully with its Victorian heritage.
The existing layout consisted of a series of small, disconnected rooms to the rear of the house. To respond to the client’s need for openness and flexibility, the architect proposed a radical restructuring of the ground floor:
The rear rooms were completely removed
Suspended timber floors were lowered by up to two metres to align with the garden
Two bold extensions were added
The first extension filled in the side return with a London stock brick facade and a glazed roof, while the second – a striking black steel and glass pavilion was glazed on three sides and placed along the garden elevation.
This new pavilion redefined the building’s relationship with the garden. Its steel-framed glazing created a seamless dialogue between interior and exterior, offering a sense of immersion in the surrounding landscape.
At the heart of the plan sits a dramatic, five-metre-tall dining space that acts as a transition from the original entrance hall into the new addition. A large, circular cast-glass window, framed in steel, provides a visual and spatial link between old and new, allowing light and movement to travel through the depth of the home.
Throughout the project, a series of black metal elements were introduced as sculptural interventions – each marking moments of transformation within the house. These included the bespoke steel framed circular window, a custom metal staircase, a cylindrical support column, and the striking steel and glass garden pavilion. Together, they formed a coherent architectural language that underscored the project’s bold intent.
Our steel windows and doors played a vital role in delivering the project’s vision. The architects chose steel for its refined sight lines and distinctive material character, which helped bridge the gap between the historical context of the building and the bold new additions.
The black steel frames provided a crisp contrast to the pale London stock brick and added definition to the glazed pavilion, reinforcing the sense of architectural precision. In particular, the fine steel profiles of the garden room allowed the extension to feel both lightweight and immersive, blurring the boundary between the house and its garden.
The architect drew inspiration from the Bauhaus Movement, particularly the work of Walter Gropius, whose approach to functional beauty and industrial materials informed the design of the garden pavilion.
Here, our glazing system was used not just for transparency, but as an expressive architectural element. The carefully proportioned panels help to conceal the roof thickness and reinforce the pavilion’s industrial yet abstract character – a deliberate nod to product design and modernist detailing.
Sustainability was an important factor in the selection of materials. Our steel systems, made from 99% recycled content and 100% recyclable, aligned with the project’s broader environmental goals.
The architects noted that this commitment to material longevity and circularity was central to their decision to use steel. The durability and recyclability of the windows and doors ensured the project met both aesthetic and ethical criteria.
This London terrace house now stands as a celebration of contrast – between heritage and innovation, solidity and transparency, tradition and transformation. Our steel windows and doors were not simply components; they were essential tools in crafting a home that is as bold and expressive as it is functional.
The result is a home designed for modern family life, where light, space, and materiality come together in perfect harmony.
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