Poetic and Practical: What it means to be an architect-builder
As a design-build firm we don’t do cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all design. This is the essence of what it means to be an Architect-Builder.
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The Story of Steve & Dovie’s Modern Home Renovation
Here in Manasquan, we weather many a storm. My friends Steve and Dovie live down the road from me and their kids go to school with my kids. As we got to know each other through the years, they would often say, ‘Someday we want to renovate this house, we’re just not ready yet.’
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Master Bathroom Transformed Into A Rustic Spa Retreat
Project showcases power of 3D renderings and collaboration between architect Mark Eric Benner and interior designer Rebecca Pogonitz.
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Kurt Krueger Architects’ Stunning Renovation Of Iconic ‘Kearsarge Residence’ For Sale
Architect Kurt Krueger is pleased to announce that the Bauhaus-tradition Brentwood home known as “The Kearsarge Residence,” originally designed by Romanian expatriate and architect Haralamb Georgescu, is completely renovated and now available for sale.
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Redwoods Design Studio Completes Optician Renovation In Sunnyside, Queens
Redwoods Design Studio announces completion of its design- build renovation for C Clearly, an optician store located at 4814 Skillman Avenue in Sunnyside, Queens. Previously home to a bank, the gut renovation posed an interesting challenge because of the 5’x5’x5’ depository safe weighed as much as 350 pounds that needed to be removed. C Clearly owner Christa Cavallaro held the grand opening of the store, which includes both retail and exam rooms, in July.
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Hundred Year Old House in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill Reveals Secrets
One of our current projects is a house in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill. It’s a 1917 stone home on a 4-acre site, atop a hill that drops down into Fairmount Park – beautiful! The owner is semi-retired from the commercial insurance business; what he wants the home to be has evolved with changes in his life, so the design evolves as well. But the secrets the house revealed inspired the design’s evolution, too.
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Journey to a Timeless Place
A sense of timelessness can make a building or home remarkable. I recently visited a large project I completed decades ago. As a suburban retirement community, its purpose doesn’t conform to the more standard principles of smart growth, which include mixed demographics and walkability.
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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.
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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.
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ORA studio’s Luxury Apartment Renovation in UN Plaza
Guisi Mastro of ORA studio applied her Italian sensibility to create a show-stopping space that harmonizes form and function. “A Zen space encourages and inspires us to detach our minds and selves from ‘doing’ constantly,” Mastro says. “It allows us to reconnect with our inner self and live in the moment with all our senses.”
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