Towards the beginning of October, a number of us from the studio had an opportunity to attend the annual CRAN symposium. For those of you that may not know, CRAN stands for the Custom Residential Architecture Network. It is also an AIA (American Institute of Architects) knowledge community. Members include both licensed and unlicensed residential

We are so lucky to have so many amazing projects under construction! It feels like I’ve been writing a lot of these construction update posts recently – and I have! Check out our recent updates on Fermata, Tranquil Guest House and Art Fort. We’re also in construction on many others, including Barnstormer, SkyHaus and Saugerties

Last month, we had a chance to do another one of our Team Days. With a very busy summer, we hadn’t had an opportunity to do a Team Day since March, though we did have a great offsite last May. On other Team Days, we’ve built gingerbread houses, visited some of our favorite local art

We are very lucky to have lots of projects currently under construction! One that we are particularly excited about is Tranquil Guest House, a new guest house for our clients at Tranquil Abiding. It is so fun to be able to work with the same clients for a second project and to be adding to

As we were planning what project to showcase for this month’s construction update, we realized that we have never posted a construction update on Fermata! If you follow us on Instagram, you probably know that we’ve made some incredible progress on this project, so it’s pretty surprising that we haven’t yet written about it here.

One of the most popular requests we get for our custom home designs is to include a modern screen porch. Sometimes, theses porches function as additions or renovations to existing homes, but we also design screen porches for our new construction projects. Currently, we have a number of projects under construction that feature a screen

We recently started construction on IRIE House, a home that stretches along a rocky ridgeline in Saugerties, NY. IRIE House is named after the Jamaican term, “irie”. Used by Rastafarians, the word “irie” means to be at peace with your current state of being. Emulating “irie,” this home is filled with curated views of the

We’re so excited to present our first full-fledged outdoor design! We worked closely with our clients to transform their existing exterior space from an informal gravel patio space into a series of gathering areas that are a better match to their incredible site and views. The existing home looks out across the Ashokan Reservoir, and

Welcome to the next post in our revamped series “What to Expect from Your Architect”! We’re using IRIE House as an example of our design process and walking through each of the phases. ICYMI we kicked off the series with “What to Expect from Your Architect: Land and Pre-Design“ followed by “What to Expect from Your Architect:

Art Fort is a home with an artist’s studio for an accomplished artist in the Hudson Valley. We started construction for Art Fort in September and have posted updates over on our Instagram, Facebook, and Linked In. You may have also seen some updates of Art Fort in our blog post recapping our offsite. To