Category: Working with an Architect

“We’d like a modern home in the Hudson Valley, but we don’t even know where to start…” One of the greatest parts of my job is designing custom homes for so many uniquely individual people. What makes it rewarding is that every home is different, so there is always something new to design and to

As you may have seen from our studio updates on social media or from reading last week’s blog post: Model Making + Prep…, we will be exhibiting this weekend at Field + Supply: a Modern Makers Craft Fair. We are super excited to be a sponsor of the event this year and have a space at the show to present who we

Construction Update + What To Expect from Your Architect As you know from previous posts, we are in the middle of construction on the Hyde Park House in Tampa. Today’s post is going to be both a construction update (because there are so many exciting things going on at the site!) and part of our

Each year around Valentine’s Day we write a #LoveHome post to celebrate why and what we love about home. In years past we have written about what makes a house a home, what our friends and clients love about their homes, and asked what makes your home special. This year as we discussed this upcoming post,

Today’s post is an excerpt from a new FAQ page on our website: Frequently Asked Questions for Working with an Architect to Design a New Home. Please follow the link to read more in-depth answers and more frequently asked questions. We hope this helps you understand more about what the process of working with an architect to design a

“..the key to a successful project is always the collaborative quality of the team.”  Our previous What to Expect post focused on budget and how we know what the house is really going to cost before we start construction. The answer was that we put together a budget based on an extensive set of construction documents including finishes

“We would like to build a home in the Hudson Valley but we don’t know where to start…” Probably 8 out of 10 calls to our office begin with something like this. Most continue saying they started looking to buy a modern home in the Hudson Valley but found nothing that they like or that

In our previous What To Expect from Your Architect post we talked about the importance of – and pride we take in – a “good, well documented set of Construction Documents.” These CDs don’t merely lay out your design; they are critical for obtaining an accurate cost estimate for your project. Budget One question that almost always

In the past few months, I’ve discovered one of my favorite parts of designing a home for our clients, and it’s something of a jigsaw puzzle. A number of our projects have moved from the Design Development phase to Construction Documents. This phase is often described as the part of the process during which we

As I talk through our design phases with our clients I find that the Schematic Design and Design Development Phases are easy to explain and always easy for our clients to understand. Then I get to the Construction Document Phase and usually explain that one with a quick summary: “This is the part where we