Category: Design Inspiration

What makes a Favorite Place? Is it somewhere in your memory? Or someplace that you go every day? Or is it some space that you dream of having one day? I have a Favorite Place that I knew growing up: a large, comfortable window seat. When I was little, I would wake up early every

In honor of National Architecture Week 2015 this week, April 12 – 18, we’re celebrating residential architecture by highlighting houses from all around the nation – #HouseoftheDay from the 50 USA: #HouseoftheDay: I am excited to be part of a group of small firm architects who are taking the time to seek out inspiring designs and

As many of you know, our Residential Design Inspiration posts are often created around design decisions we’re delving into at that moment in our office…today’s post is exactly that. We are currently working with our clients on details around the entryway (Design Inspiration for Exterior Entryways) and the large pivot door that will be the

Tomorrow is officially the first day of Spring and it’s also International Earth Day! So… for today’s post, we’re dreaming in green and celebrating the fact that Spring is finally here! When the weather started getting warmer last year too we put together a collection of beautiful Modern Gardens – think Modern Porch or Patio. This

In honor of International Women’s Day #IWD2015 on Sunday, March 8, I’d like to take a moment to highlight a few Women in Architecture who I admire and respect, but more importantly women who inspire and influence me on a daily basis… Women who #MakeItHappen in Architecture: Last year for IWD I wrote about “Women

Home is where the Heart is. As is probably evident from most of the images I share in my blog posts, my style is minimal and modern. I keep my home this way as well, but that doesn’t mean I don’t display photos and knick-knacks too. I realize as I look around that many of

We are currently in the Design Development Phase on our 018 House project, and we are beginning to make design decisions for the interior of the house. In the next few weeks we’ll write another What To Expect from Your Architect post documenting the Design Development process in more detail… As you probably know by

“Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful…” Well it’s that time of year again and all I want to do is cozy up to a nice warm fire! Last year about this time I wrote a blog post titled The Modern Hearth which also presented very cool modern fireplaces…this year

Want: A Beautiful, Elegant, Modern Walk Through Shower One day in my dream home I’d like to have an elegantly simple walk through shower. (That dream home will also need to be quite large to contain all of the “wants” I find as we look through images for inspiration in our designs!) Until then, I’ll

This week we are putting together a presentation for one of our clients on modern exterior cladding materials for their home. As our readers already know, we often share ideas here in The Architect’s Notebook of things we are working on in the office… So this week we’re into images of brick, block and stone.