Connecting Contemporary Design With Schaumburg Historic Farmhouse Guidelines

Studio21 Architects connect homeowner’s contemporary design with historic farmhouse guidelines through their design-build process.

Architect Marketing Institute Awards Frederick + Frederick Residential Architects

The Architect Marketing Institute (AMI) presented its annual Best Architecture Business Transformation Award and $2,000 travel voucher to architect Jane Frederick of Frederick + Frederick Residential Architects at the June 2017 Architect Business Development Summit held in New York City.

When Clients Become My Friends: The Story Of An Immigrant Family Rediscovering Home

My firm rarely takes on home renovation but when I work with residential clients, I’m looking for chemistry. Just the other day, I helped a young family find their home.

Fixer-Upper House Transformed Into Forever Home

Project uncovers the creative power behind architect Kurt Krueger’s design-build niche. Utilizing its team’s creativity, Kurt Krueger Architects, Inc., developed innovative solutions for a challenging site in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

Designing An Oasis For The Clients’ Antique Cars And Baby Grand Piano

Architects Jane and Michael Frederick create an energy-efficient property using Tesla Powerwall, a 13.2 kWh battery pack.

What to Expect When Planning Your 55+ Housing

Lisa Bixler, a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist and Principal of LKB Architecture, believes it’s important for our 55+ clients to consider not only the logistics but also the feelings involved in creating a new home.

Giusi Mastro: Italian Architect ‘Born Into Art’

“I have always been aware of my creativity, since I was very young,” says architect Giusi Mastro, “but the day that one of my favorite teachers told me‚ ‘Giusi, tu sei …figlio d’arte’ meaning you are ‘born into art,’ I at last felt validated.”

Giusi Mastro was born in Grottaglie, in the region of Puglia, Southern Italy. Her father and grandfather were ceramists; on her mother’s side were builders, and her grandmother was a famous seamstress.

As An Italian Architect, Design Is Like A Wonderful Romance

In my practice, I have always tried to give each individual client the right amount of attention, and the peace of mind that each seeks. One occurrence especially enlightened me to a new perspective, through a special client. When it comes to collaborating with a couple on designing, often there is one person who is speaking just a little more, who is maybe getting the most attention to wants and needs.

In Real Time: Architect John Hrivnak

For architect John Hrivnak’s special needs housing clients, he sketches out freehand pencil perspectives in 3D instead of the usual 2D. Whether for the aging-in-place individual or couple or for families with health or medical challenges, John involves them in the design process through this ability to sketch plans and perspective vignettes in real time, right at their kitchen table.

Interior Designer Tanya Shively Blends Green Living, Luxurious Lifestyle

Tanya Shively, ASID, LEED AP, is Arizona’s foremost authority on green design. She is the principal interior designer and founder of Sesshu Design in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Her mission – to create innovative, sustainable and timeless designs that improve people’s health and well-being.

“I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives by helping them to create a beautiful home that is healthy for them and healthy for the planet,” she says.