Author: Marisa

Ever since Studio MM started growing and adding people to our team, we’ve had a firm belief in taking time twice a year to go on a team offsite. Offsites are a great way to get to know each other as colleagues and as individuals. They also help us discover and discuss how we approach

In our most recent blog post series, we’re walking through each of our design phases by focusing on the visuals that we use with our clients. We started off talking about Schematic Design and last month we continued the series by discussing Exterior Design Development (DD). This week, we are taking a closer look at

We are thrilled to be able to share that both Rebus and Cluster One have both started construction – and are now well underway! Since both have been making steady progress through the first phases of construction, we thought we would share both of these projects simultaneously. We are particularly excited as these two projects

One thing is for certain – being upstate is all about being outdoors. While we love the peace and quiet of the Hudson Valley buried in snow, summer really highlights some of our favorite things about the area. Farmers markets are bustling, outdoor dinner parties are on the horizon, and hikes around the area beckon.

In our most recent series, we’re exploring each of our design phases to give you an in-depth look at our process. Our first post in the series highlighted Schematic Design and all of the different points of inspiration we can have, plan iterations that we draw, and decisions that we ask our clients to make.

It’s hard to believe that it has already been three months since our last construction update on Kaat Cliffs. The last time we shared an update on this project, the foundation walls had been poured and formwork had been removed. Now, we’ve progressed much further. The foundation walls were backfilled in February and framing started

While we love sharing Construction Updates and Behind the Design posts for projects that we are currently working on, we also occasionally enjoy looking back at our past work. Recently, we’ve been working on putting together some videos and materials for Tranquil Abiding. We completed this home back in July of 2020 and it was

The first signs of spring have brought a breath of fresh energy into the office – as well as a wave of new projects that we are all very excited about. From smaller renovation projects to new homes upstate, each of these projects is something special. Even as we are all looking towards a light

A number of our current projects are focusing their attention on one of the best parts of building a house in upstate New York: the outdoors. Often, our clients want indoor space that flows seamlessly into an outdoor living space. In other cases, we are designing a number of outdoor spaces, each with their own

It’s hard to believe that we haven’t yet done a construction update on South Mountain House! As we wrote about in our Behind the Design post back in November, this multi-leveled home located in Gardiner follows the sloping site and creates two terraced tiers that look out across the landscape. A lot has happened since