Category: Design Inspiration

Earlier this week we visited the International Contemporary Furniture Fair which is held in NYC every year in May during NYC Design Week. Furniture, textile, lighting, and other designers come to ICFF from around the world to show off and talk about their work. I have always loved designing furniture – not at a level

Shou Sugi Ban As with many of these Modern Design Inspiration posts in which I focus on a project we are designing and share some of our inspiration images, today’s focus is Black Houses… but this time I get to tell you that we are building this house and the video I’m sharing is even more exciting. With this house, we have the opportunity

Celebrating Residential Architecture As you probably know Studio MM is quite active on social media, and much of our time there is spent celebrating residential architecture and sharing design inspiration from all over the world. Each Monday we post a House of the Day as part of an “archi-challenge” we started with a group of residential architect friends… We’ve just completed

To anyone considering a future in architecture, here’s a bit of advice from 4 of us currently in the architecture profession… From just starting out in the world of architecture to over 18 years (yikes!) of experience, we have some great suggestions for future architects… I asked my team to contribute to today’s ArchiTalks post

We are designing a home with 2 fireplaces – both major design features. One is an exterior fireplace that doubles as a wood-fired grill, and the other is the main fireplace in the living area… The house is not very large, and though these two fireplaces are both essentially part of the main living space, we have designed two very different “styles” – one rustic, one refined. I believe both will be spectacular.

Design Inspiration or Daydreaming? Our collection of beautiful modern cabins below will certainly inspire both! Somehow the cold and snow just makes the idea of escaping to a cozy cabin that much better!… and so to continue in the Valentine’s Day spirit I thought we’d share some Cabin Love with you today. From snowy cabins

House of the Day Celebrating Residential Architecture: Every Monday, a group of residential architects post a House of the Day as part of our group “archi-challenge.” Our goal is to show off awesome ‪#‎architecture‬ and encourage engagement with other small firm architects. We are over halfway through our ‪#‎AlphabetofArchitects‬ weekly posts… Please follow us on Facebook as we continue our weekly

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” “Gearing up for 2016!” New Year, New ________ – our theme for this month’s ArchiTalks post – certainly invites creativity and inspiration in our answers. Great topic from Bob Borson of Life of an Architect! Be sure to check out my colleagues’ responses in the links at

How can we design an Outdoor Living Space that can be used for at least 10 months out of the year? I’m not sure if it’s the fact that many of our projects are located in the gorgeous Catskills area of NY’s Hudson Valley or because most of our clients are outdoorsy and active people,

Architects (and creative folks in general) are always looking for inspiration! We’ve been collecting images recently for a Schematic Design meeting with one of our clients… (You may have seen us post some of our 3d model sketches for this project if you follow us elsewhere.) Well, our meeting was a success and we’re all