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 […]
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The new house project under construction in Benicia is coming along nicely. I visited the site with the client and the builder on Wednesday of last week. It was a beautiful autumn day, and the house looked great. All of the cladding is up and the doors and windows are […]
One of the project’s in my studio is a new house in Benicia, California. It is a small, 800 square foot, 2 bedroom house. Follow me as I visit the site. Because of the shelter-in-place order, I haven’t been able to visit the site until recently. The builder has already […]
Continuing my video series about the architectural project process, here is video 4 in the series: What Is Design Development? Many clients want to rush through Design Development. There is the sense that we have to apply for the permit! But rushing this phase is a mistake. It is important […]
The story of the North Carolina couple who may be forced to tear down their new home because the neighbors don’t like how it looks has recently been in the news. In a nut shell, the couple built a home in a designated “historic district” of home built primarily between […]