Return on Design for Luxury Rentals in Costa Rica
How do we meet the needs of the client while protecting the turtles in this national park? We talk about return on design –– financial and psychological.
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Return on Your Design Investment
Our experience has proven that with a good designer and architect, you will get a good return on your design investment.
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Casa Magayon: Tropical Modern Luxury Home in Costa Rica
We built this tropical modern luxury home in Costa Rica with only four in-person visits from the clients. It’s truly a testament to the power of 3D modeling.
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Columbia Craft Brewery: Revitalizing Vacant Sites
People love microbreweries in this college town and as an architect I enjoyed designing a craft brewery in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Your Night Out: How to Light a Restaurant
Think of your night out on the town. Perhaps you make a reservation at a certain restaurant for dinner. Why this particular place?
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Invisible Design for Whole Life Living in Your House
Imagine your future. Where will you want to live and how might you function there? Invisible Design can make whole life living in your house possible.
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3 Things to Consider When Asking: Should my aging parent move into my house?
Should my parent move into my house? I get this question a lot. Here are 3 things I encourage people to consider before we begin discussing their design.
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Hidden Benefits of Including Energy Conservation in Home Renovation Design
My first architecture adventures were in designing and building Solar Greenhouses and Passive Solar Homes. Three decades later, my enthusiasm for eco-friendly design continues. Now, I’m also designing renovations for “aging in place”. At this time in my clients’ lives, they’re thinking ahead to a living on a fixed income. There is a wide spectrum of energy saving moves which can add up to substantial savings. They’re interested in how to save money on energy and live comfortably. Both can be achieved!
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Doing Your Best: A Vision for Design is a Vision for Life
A friend, who is not an architect, wanted to see my house in the belief it would be the coolest house ever. I said, we’ve done what we can, but the priority over the past 20 years was making sure our children graduated from college. A lot of things were important, but if we had to choose one, and sometimes we did, funding their education was it. We told our children, “all you have to do is your best, whatever that is for you.” This reminds me that a vision for design is a vision for life.
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A Castle Where Less is More: How I implement the Sarah Susanka ‘Not So Big House’ philosophy
I’m a believer in architect Sarah Susanka’s “Not So Big” philosophy. The conversation with my clients starts: Let’s figure out what your anticipated use of the space may be … and design enough of it, not too much, not too little. Approaching the spaces thoughtfully, we make it simple and beautiful.
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