The last few Project Notebooks have been about the design of remodeling projects. This one follows the progress of a new home - not a complicated house, just a simple custom design on a family farm in northeast Ohio. What I'd like to show you with this project is how...
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One of the keys to getting the right design in any Architectural project is embracing evolution - not the duck-billed platypus kind of evolution, this is about evolving design. That means understanding that the first design you work on probably won't be the final design. This contemporary home remodel project...
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A lot of homeowners dream of building on a large rural property with plenty of space to spread out, with no restrictions on what to build or where to build it. That’s what first attracted the owner of this contemporary house to the property.
From an Architect’s perspective, though, that’s both a blessing and a curse. A blessing for the same reasons as the homeowner’s, and a curse because unlimited freedom – the proverbial “blank page” – can make it harder to get the design process underway. Where to start?
Remodeling a home in an older neighborhood often comes with challenges above and beyond what my clients want and need for their project. In this Project Notebook, we’ll look at a small house remodeling in Upper Arlington, Ohio to see how it was updated and added to within the zoning constraints of a tight corner lot.
This family of four was quickly outgrowing the bedrooms, bath, and garage in their 1,200 square foot Cape Cod home.