Where Does Design Inspiration Come From?
When I was a young architect, my boss resisted input from a certain contractor. We learned our lesson. Now I’m committed to architecture as a team sport.
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Haddonfield Hub: New Modern Dream Home
For clients in Haddonfield, New Jersey expecting their second child, we’re designing a dream home as a gathering place for family and friends.
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3 Ways to Create a Spa Experience in the Master Suite of Your WELL Designed™ Home
A WELL Designed™ home will support you in so many ways. Rather than taking care of your home, the home will take care of you. Imagine a space where you can really relax, after a long day of running a business, working for charity, and taking care of your kids. Your bedroom, bathroom, and meditation space can feel like a sanctuary, a retreat.
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Design Rock & Roll: Why I Play Guitar in My Office
What did a guitar teacher who looks and plays guitar like a rock star teach me about architecture?
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FAQ: Solar Panels for New Construction
The California Energy Commission has ruled that by 2020 solar panels will be required on all new homes with limited exemptions. For many people this may seem sudden. You may be one of them… feeling surprised, wanting to know more.
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Desert Mountain Home Delights
Lovers of color, Mike and Colleen felt delighted when Sesshu Design enhanced their Desert Mountain home’s connection to its North Scottsdale, Arizona, environment.
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Two Projects Map to One Beautiful Truth … and an Award
We’ve all heard that a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Two of our recent projects proved the truth of that and showed how a lot of knowledge can go a long way toward saving the day. It can even lead to awards, as in the case of our Sullivan’s Island project on an unusually-shaped lot.
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Foundations of Home and Team
Jonathan and Valerie’s home is the only one I’ve ever designed that went through the rigorous test of both hurricane and earthquake during construction. While their Cockeysville, MD home was being renovated, it was in the path of a hurricane and near to the epicenter of an Earthquake where movement was felt on site.
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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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It All Fits Together: Southampton Home and Gardens, 10 Years in the Making
The famous English garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll, created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the U.S. She just loved gardens; they were her life. When she decided to build a house, she first spent five years working on the gardens, then hired the architect Edwin Lutyens to put the house where she wanted it. When it was done, the entire property was complete because the gardens were already established.
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