To get the summer energy and excitement going, this week we are sharing some inspiration featuring pool-focused courtyards. We have two projects under construction, Wass House and 8 Oaks that have pool courtyards. They both use U-shaped designs that create ideal semi-private courtyards for a central pool. Design Inspiration: Pool Courtyard Courtyard House by Christian

We had our annual offsite at the beginning of this month! It was a 3-day long fully packed itinerary focused on team building, site visits, and fun. To keep the tradition of Kerhonkson offsites going, we all met Wednesday afternoon at the Starlite Motel! Day 1 Once we all arrived at Starlite, we celebrated Alexa’s

AA House is a home for a hardworking couple and their adventurous cat. This modern barn-style home on a sloped site includes an artist studio, deck with a screened-in-porch, gym, and office spaces for our active clients. The site includes a gorgeous view of a flower-filled meadow and a creek at the end of the

Construction at SkyHaus is well underway and it is finally time for us to share here on The Architect’s Notebook what has been happening onsite. SkyHaus is not only one of our design services projects, but one of our construction management projects as well! What does our construction management process look like? Head over to

We are bringing back our What to Expect from Your Architect Series! Last time that we wrote this series we followed along the project journey for Lake Wylie House. You can find all of those posts under our Working with an Architect category. This time around, we will be focusing on IRIE House, a custom

There are of course so many wonderful things about spring time in the Hudson Valley, but one thing is for certain – it gets muddy. When we work with clients who have dogs, young children, and/or love to walk around and hike we design efficient and clean mudrooms. While “clean mudroom” may sound like an

What are the differences between buying and building a house? What are the pros and cons of building a home vs buying a home? What is the cost of building a home? These are all questions you may think of when deciding whether or not to build or buy a home. We recently were quoted

Artists’ Ranch is a renovation in Germantown, NY for an artist couple and their two young children. Their existing home is split into two separate structures; one a garage and the other a ranch house. With the goal of marrying the two volumes and expanding the living space, we designed a new modern structure that

For this month’s team day we went all the way up to Ghent, NY to check out Art Omi! This team day was hosted by Ben F and it was almost all of our first times there. You may remember Gina’s team day where we went to Storm King Art Center. Storm King and Art

We have yet to give an update on 8 Oaks construction here on The Architect’s Notebook so we are so excited to give a full rundown of all of the progress thus far. As a refresher, 8 Oaks is one of our projects in Tampa, Florida. While it’s of course harder to visit the site