As a residential architect we are of course familiar with designing bedrooms and bathrooms, living rooms and kitchens… well, we have a couple clients that we’re working with now who are certainly challenging what we think of as a “typical” program for a home. And we are having a lot of fun! We’ve blogged about playroom

We’ve been thinking about color a lot lately. This is a big step for us – as you know, architects typically prefer all shades of black, and I have to admit I fall solidly into that category. But we have a couple projects in our office that are bringing COLOR to the front of our designs, and I

Celebrating 7 Years It is hard to believe it has been 7 years since I founded Studio MM. From the “Looking Back on 2013” blog post to this year’s interview with Claire Conroy in Residential Design Magazine, the last 7 years have been an adventure to say the least! I am proud of what our studio

Some of the features we often hear as descriptors for Modern Architecture are “minimal”, “open floor plan” and “lots of glass.” I would agree, yet all modern homes do not have floor to ceiling windows throughout the house. Clerestory Windows in Modern Homes As much as we all love walls of windows, there are certainly rooms where this is

“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

We are sharing inspiration of a different kind today as we explore modern homes in an urban setting – much different than our recent settings in the middle of the woods. As you’ve probably seen on our Instagram or Facebook pages, we are working on a new project in Chattanooga and it’s very much in

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

We wrote a post earlier this year titled Inspiration – Beyond Architecture and it was such a hit I thought we’d try for Part 2. To be honest I had no idea a post in The Architect’s Notebook with photos of freshly baked bread and Great Danes would invite so many comments and likes, but, then

In case you haven’t noticed, lately we’ve been finding a lot of inspiration in the vernacular of the Hudson Valley. Since so much of our work is located in Upstate New York, this should be of no surprise… So much of the Hudson Valley’s charm – beyond the Catskill Mountains and gorgeous state parks – is the

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