The Ranch Pass Project consisted of architectural design services for a new home of around 3,400 square feet. The design of the new house includes four bedrooms, one office, a living room, dining room, kitchen, scullery, laundry/mud room, upstairs children’s playroom and a three-car garage, including the design of built-in cabinets throughout. The design style is traditional with Northeast turn-of-the-century architectural elements and a white brick exterior. Design challenges encountered with this project included working with a flood plain encroachment in the property as well as situating the house appropriately in relation to the street and everyday use of the site. The design solution was to site the home to the east of the property, to allow easy vehicle access, views of the site and minimal tree disturbance while accommodating the flood plain accordingly.

This project consisted of a staging consultation followed by a 1/2 day of hands on staging. We gave the homeowners a complete staging report prior to our hands on staging day. We used the furniture they had in their home, and did not bring any new furniture on site for this job.

Lochmór is an expansive residential property that consists of two conjoined lots that overlook lake Michigan with sweeping lake views. The client’s vision is to build both a private residence and a guest cottage on the site. BLD developed a master plan and conceptual design for the site that includes revetment construction, ramps/stairs for lake access, amenity areas at the top of the bluff, and multiple gardens throughout.

Photography by John Gibbons This project is designed as a family retreat for a client that has been visiting the southern Colorado area for decades. The cabin consists of two bedrooms and two bathrooms – with guest quarters accessed from exterior deck. Project by Studio H:T principal in charge Brad Tomecek (now with Tomecek Studio Architecture). The project is assembled with the structural and weather tight use of shipping containers. The cabin uses one 40’ container and six 20′ containers. The ends will be structurally reinforced and enclosed with additional site built walls and custom fitted high-performance glazing assemblies.

Traditional blue two-story exterior home idea in Denver

The palette consists of natural and sustainable materials such as cedar, stone, unpainted stucco and zinc panels. The house is an example of humane modern design employed in an urban infill setting, where the architecture works with the site to enhance its amenities while maintaining privacy. Philip Spears Photography

Lochmór is an expansive residential property that consists of two conjoined lots that overlook lake Michigan with sweeping lake views. The client’s vision is to build both a private residence and a guest cottage on the site. BLD developed a master plan and conceptual design for the site that includes revetment construction, ramps/stairs for lake access, amenity areas at the top of the bluff, and multiple gardens throughout.

At EcoCraft homes we specialize in modern architecture and cutting edge building technologies. Inspired by west coast modern architecture, the EcoMod Home harmonizes energy efficiency and modern urban design. Thoughtfully developed to maximize performance and beauty, the EcoMod home redefines what is possible with prefab modular building technology. The compact plan is easily adaptable to urban lot densities and specific site conditions found within the City of Pittsburgh. The EcoMod house consists of five modular units stacked upon a first floor prefabricated wall system. The EcoMod home was developed to create an efficient, livable space with a light and airy interior while including modern home design options for homeowners.

Lochmór is an expansive residential property that consists of two conjoined lots that overlook lake Michigan with sweeping lake views. The client’s vision is to build both a private residence and a guest cottage on the site. BLD developed a master plan and conceptual design for the site that includes revetment construction, ramps/stairs for lake access, amenity areas at the top of the bluff, and multiple gardens throughout.

The site is located in the Peristeras area of Ierapetra, Crete. The residence consists of two two-storey private houses with parking spaces on the street level. Due to the sloping ground of both plots, the entrance is located on the upper level of the site. The route leads in the house through the glass corridors, entering into the living room and the dining area, all the time with an undisturbed view towards the sea. The bedrooms are laid on the lower floor and have access to the garden and swimming pool as well as to the semi-enclosed barbeque and outdoor sitting area.

Lochmór is an expansive residential property that consists of two conjoined lots that overlook lake Michigan with sweeping lake views. The client’s vision is to build both a private residence and a guest cottage on the site. BLD developed a master plan and conceptual design for the site that includes revetment construction, ramps/stairs for lake access, amenity areas at the top of the bluff, and multiple gardens throughout.

Lochmór is an expansive residential property that consists of two conjoined lots that overlook lake Michigan with sweeping lake views. The client’s vision is to build both a private residence and a guest cottage on the site. BLD developed a master plan and conceptual design for the site that includes revetment construction, ramps/stairs for lake access, amenity areas at the top of the bluff, and multiple gardens throughout.

The Ranch Pass Project consisted of architectural design services for a new home of around 3,400 square feet. The design of the new house includes four bedrooms, one office, a living room, dining room, kitchen, scullery, laundry/mud room, upstairs children’s playroom and a three-car garage, including the design of built-in cabinets throughout. The design style is traditional with Northeast turn-of-the-century architectural elements and a white brick exterior. Design challenges encountered with this project included working with a flood plain encroachment in the property as well as situating the house appropriately in relation to the street and everyday use of the site. The design solution was to site the home to the east of the property, to allow easy vehicle access, views of the site and minimal tree disturbance while accommodating the flood plain accordingly.

Atherton has many large substantial homes - our clients purchased an existing home on a one acre flag-shaped lot and asked us to design a new dream home for them. The result is a new 7,000 square foot four-building complex consisting of the main house, six-car garage with two car lifts, pool house with a full one bedroom residence inside, and a separate home office /work out gym studio building. A fifty-foot swimming pool was also created with fully landscaped yards. Given the rectangular shape of the lot, it was decided to angle the house to incoming visitors slightly so as to more dramatically present itself. The house became a classic u-shaped home but Feng Shui design principals were employed directing the placement of the pool house to better contain the energy flow on the site. The main house entry door is then aligned with a special Japanese red maple at the end of a long visual axis at the rear of the site. These angles and alignments set up everything else about the house design and layout, and views from various rooms allow you to see into virtually every space tracking movements of others in the home. The residence is simply divided into two wings of public use, kitchen and family room, and the other wing of bedrooms, connected by the living and dining great room. Function drove the exterior form of windows and solid walls with a line of clerestory windows which bring light into the middle of the large home. Extensive sun shadow studies with 3D tree modeling led to the unorthodox placement of the pool to the north of the home, but tree shadow tracking showed this to be the sunniest area during the entire year. Sustainable measures included a full 7.1kW solar photovoltaic array technically making the house off the grid, and arranged so that no panels are visible from the property. A large 16,000 gallon rainwater catchment system consisting of tanks buried below grade was installed. The home is California GreenPoint rated and also features sealed roof soffits and a sealed crawlspace without the usual venting. A whole house computer automation system with server room was installed as well. Heating and cooling utilize hot water radiant heated concrete and wood floors supplemented by heat pump generated heating and cooling. A compound of buildings created to form balanced relationships between each other, this home is about circulation, light and a balance of form and function. Photo by Philip Liang Photography.

Row 1412 is located on Capitol Hill on approximately 10,000 square feet of L3 zoned property. Originally developed as three single family houses, the project, currently under construction, consists of seven new homes and the preservation of one of the three existing single family homes. The siting of the proposal provides the opportunity to preserve an existing Ginkgo tree at the east edge of the site. The proposal will be designed around a central courtyard and walkway that connects the site from east to west and engages the Ginkgo. The project adds density while preserving a magnificent Seattle home by relocating it on its property to make room for the additional structures. A duplex is added behind the home with a rowhouse structure engaging the corner E Mercer Street through a series of recessed entries and stoops. Consistent with the neighboring structures, materials include brick, stained wood and painted panel.

The program consists of a detached Guest House with full Kitchen, Living and Dining amenities, Carport and Office Building with attached Main house and Master Bedroom wing. The arrangement of buildings was dictated by the numerous majestic oaks and organized as a procession of spaces leading from the Entry arbor up to the front door. Large covered terraces and arbors were used to extend the interior living spaces out onto the site. All the buildings are clad in Texas limestone with accent bands of Leuders limestone to mimic the local limestone cliffs in the area. Steel was used on the arbors and fences and left to rust. Vertical grain Douglas fir was used on the interior while flagstone and stained concrete floors were used throughout. The flagstone floors extend from the exterior entry arbors into the interior of the Main Living space and out onto the Main house terraces.

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Inspiration for a small rustic beige one-story wood exterior home remodel in Portland Maine

This shingle-style home was created to satisfy the needs of a growing family and to take advantage of a spectacular site, consisting of a rolling landscape complete with a private pond.

The Tice Residences replace a run-down and aging duplex with two separate, modern, Santa Barbara homes. Although the unique creek-side site (which the client’s original home looked toward across a small ravine) proposed significant challenges, the clients were certain they wanted to live on the lush “Riviera” hillside. The challenges presented were ultimately overcome through a thorough and careful study of site conditions. With an extremely efficient use of space and strategic placement of windows and decks, privacy is maintained while affording expansive views from each home to the creek, downtown Santa Barbara and Pacific Ocean beyond. Both homes appear to have far more openness than their compact lots afford. The solution strikes a balance between enclosure and openness. Walls and landscape elements divide and protect two private domains, and are in turn, carefully penetrated to reveal views. Both homes are variations on one consistent theme: elegant composition of contemporary, “warm” materials; strong roof planes punctuated by vertical masses; and floating decks. The project forms an intimate connection with its setting by using site-excavated stone, terracing landscape planters with native plantings, and utilizing the shade provided by its ancient Riviera Oak trees. 2012 AIA Santa Barbara Chapter Merit Award Jim Bartsch Photography