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An Updated Bathroom Design For The Win

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Practice in a post-covid world

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Random Photo #14: Puppy Love

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Random Photo #13: Hoodie Magnate

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Random Photo #12: Cheers on Christmas Eve

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Now that things are assuming their “new normal” state, I am happy to announce that I have resumed in-person meetings and consultations. I am fully vaxed and boosted. I still wear a mask out in public venues. If requested, I will wear a mask for any meetings. For those that […]

Practice in a post-covid world

Sometimes it is the little things that can make life just a bit better. Take, for instance, having a bathroom with a spa-like feel. You wouldn’t think that it would make much difference. I mean, honestly, you do the exact same thing in a spa-like bath as you do in […]

An Updated Bathroom Design For The Win

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #14: Puppy Love

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #13: Hoodie Magnate

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #12: Cheers on Christmas Eve

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #11: Ice Plant Pink!

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #10: San Francisco Skyline

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #9: have you been on a diet?

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #8: the Spirit of Ecstasy

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #7: because I forget

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #6: natural colors

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #5: solving construction questions

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Random Photo #4: looking up at the sky

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Year End Random Photo #3: embracing decay

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Year End Random Photo #2: advice from road signs

2021 Random Photo Series As a way of rounding out the year, I have decided to share 3 random photos from my phone each week, along with a discussion about why I took the picture. This might give you a sense of how I think and who I am. Random […]

Year End Random Photo #1 – materials in architecture

The big custom house project is still alive and well. After some time off because of the pandemic, we are back at it. Updating the progress on this new house in the San Francisco Bay Area The delay caused by the pandemic gave the clients time to consider what they […]

Big Custom House Still Moving Forward

The New Avenue Homes project in Benicia is complete! Note the feature image above is a stamp in the concrete walk leading up to the house. Apparently, there used to be a City owned barn on the site. As you may know, I am a partner architect with New Avenue […]

New Home Project in Benicia Complete

This project in San Francisco has been underway for quite a while. But we received our Certificate of Occupancy not long ago. In San Francisco, if you voluntarily upgrade a masonry foundation, you are allowed to add a new unit to the building within the existing envelope. Check out the […]

San Francisco Flat Project Complete

I’ve been working on this accessory dwelling unit (called a Secondary Dwelling Unit in Oakland) for a while now. We ran into problems with the pandemic supply chain, and labor shortages and PGE hookups and any number of other things, but it is now habitable. The only thing that remains […]

Oakland ADU Project Complete

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