Universal Designers in La Cienega

“Sue helped me transform my ideas into practical and beautiful realities. Her knowledge of how form and function interact to create a unique but livable space was invaluable in realizing my "dream house". Would not hesitate to recommend her unequivocally.”

“Jeannette is a true professional. Her work is very detailed and thorough. She has a great sense of style and can create a design that will fit into anyone's budget. Jeannette has a wonderful personality and works very well with everyone involved in a project. She really cares about her clients, colleagues, and sub contractors. She aims to please while creating designs that will "Wow" most anyone.”

“Jon Dick of Archaeo has provided excellent design work, careful communication and compete integrity in working through sometimes difficult team dynamics. The approximately $2M project consisted of a top to bottom addition and renovation to an existing house located in a difficult to access area of Santa Fe.”

“Had a meeting at my home to discuss interior layout, living room couch and kitchen cabinet color. Lisa Samuel was energetic, professional and aware of my preferences.”

“I am a luxury custom home builder in Albuquerque (Mayhew Homes) and discovered Adwelling Design one year ago. Without question, they are the best in town for design services. Their expertise in design and knowledge of the building code are second to none! Matthew and Damian are both extremely honest, courteous and amazing designers! It is my pleasure to highly recommend Adwelling Design!”

“As realtors and developers in the Santa Fe area we are always happy to work with Architectural Alliance. They are knowledgeable, professional, and local so they are easy to reach and communicate with in order to collaborate and come up with a design that works for us. We have had a strong professional relationship for years and it is apparent that they take their work and clients very seriously. They are always willing to work with us on difficult and challenging projects and we are always happy with the finished design. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to hire an architect for new construction, commercial, or residential in the greater Santa Fe, NM area! They can do it all!”

“I collaborated with Bill Kleinschmidt developing a playhouse with an art focus for ages 6-15. Bill was very professional and great to work with as we created designated areas of art making and incorporated the building design to work with the activities. Bill is an attentive listener and creative designer, who is able to merge fabulous design with function. I would gladly work with him again on another project.”

“We used Shaw Architecture when we built our home in Santa Fe in 2005. We also used them when we added a casita in 2012. Steve Shaw was a professional in every way. His plan for our home met our needs completely. We love living there. He made wonderful suggestions and when problems arose he was creative in solving them. We have complete confidence in Steve's abilities and trustworthiness. He wants to satisfy his clients and is a pleasure to work with.”

“We had our 1972 bathrooms brought up to date by Diane and her crew. Although both are tiny by today's standards, she managed to suggest design tweaks that visually enlarged each little space, and kept to our very modest budget with no problem, and on time. This, despite a motorcycle accident to one worker, and the wrong sink sent, resulting in a little wait. We went from poky, conventional, faux French to sleek, modern, and individual; it still looks fresh and up to date, after 8 years. Diane was very easy and pleasant to work with, always incorporating my ideas and wishes whenever practical. She nixed the idea of bronze fixtures, because our water is notoriously hard, and they would turn white with use. Her expertise and experience was invaluable. In the master bath, the sink is situated in a short corridor leading to the toilet and shower; she matched the cabinet to the dark oak of our antique furniture, for continuity, and kept the tiles, flooring and fixtures all one light hue - again, for continuity from the beige carpeting in the bedroom, visually enlarging the space. In the other bath, she suggested a sink cabinet that floats 6 or 7 inches off the floor, so that the eye isn't stopped, but continues to the back wall. I fell in love with the iridescence of Antique Labrador granite, but neither the budget nor the space would support a lot of this dark stone. Diane used it in a band, framing the mirror and sink, with a matching band around the tub/shower, topping off the almond-hued tiles. A collection of decorative, antique family photos, from the early 1900's, was hung in matching frames, and that added a very personal touch. We had fun with the pulls, and used the same style cabinetry in both baths. That kept the budget happy, and lent a subtle, visual continuity throughout the whole town house. The only reason for 4 instead of 5 stars, is our budget, which didn't allow for everything I would have liked. Besides, perfection is humanly impossible. We couldn't be more pleased with the work of Diane and Kitchen Studio. When I win the lottery, I will ask her to redo the kitchen!”

“This company did a great to accomplish everything we needed done. They were able to bring in all the craftsmen necessary to complete the entire job”