Architects, Architecture Firms, & Building Designers Near Atlanta

A Modern Urban Canopy: The West Atlanta ​Just inside the perimeter in the vibrant, tree-lined neighborhoods of West Atlanta, a striking architectural silhouette emerges against the twilight sky. Designed in 2021 by the team at Reynard Custom Homes, this residence is a masterclass in modern, bespoke living. Built to replace the demolished original home on a slab foundation, the home presents a striking contemporary façade that perfectly balances industrial edge with organic warmth.

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Ground-up construction of a new, luxury residence including site planning and design of the house, interiors, patio, pool and landscaping. Just moments from downtown Buckhead, the project was sited and landscaped to maximize privacy and create an oasis away from the hustle and bustle of city life. The exterior of the house was intended to be a modern interpretation of traditional architectural materials – at once minimalist and richly detailed. The interior features generous entertaining spaces – including a dramatic, 2-story living room and open kitchen dining room – that all directly connect to the adjacent patio and pool areas.

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Photography by Blayne Macauley

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Photography by Blayne Macauley

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As the core of Atlanta becomes more and more dense, options for new single-family homes are often limited to building unsustainably through demolition of existing homes. However, scattered around the city core are undeveloped sites considered “unbuildable", often because of jurisdictionally imposed restraints i.e. zoning setbacks, riparian stream buffers, peculiar lot configurations and difficult site features. Comparably, for this 12,401 sq. ft. site, zoning setbacks and riparian buffer restraints imposed on the lot's status as an undeveloped, legal, residential lot-of-record, rendered the property “unbuildable”. Not a single square foot of the site met jurisdictional requirements for “buildable”. Furthermore, the stream along the front of the site precluded construction access and the steep terrain was foreboding. The McLendon Av. house demonstrates how jurisdictionally imposed restraints can create hardships which (no matter how intimidating) cannot, however, deny a property owner their legally established right-to-build and, subsequently, the corten. house demonstrates how those hardships, through proper planning and perseverance, can be overcome. For the McLendon Av. house, the true challenge became how to build responsibly, economically and sustainably on an extremely difficult site.

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