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West Texas House

West Texas This low lying house is designed to fit into its limestone based hillside with a long ledge cut into the hill from which a board formed wall of concrete acts as both retention wall and encourage a cooler interior environment. Low shed roofs with upturned edges direct rainwater into cisterns. Deep set porches […]

Spring Creek Residence

Livingston, Montana It is necessary to know when to respond with modesty over exuberance, no matter how talented a designer you are. There is a certain critical effort that must be made to design thoughtfully while at the same time working from a place of restraint. Not all creative answers should be dominate, some should […]

Birkenstock General Store – Strand

San Antonio, Texas PublicationsSan Antonio Women, 2008 The Birkenstock General Stores, located in San Antonio, Texas are a series of independent retail stores that focus on goods that promote more healthy lifestyles. I support of this goal each store’s interior design provides more than efficient hardware to display merchandise. They become educators of green design […]

Birkenstock General Store – River Center

San Antonio, Texas The Birkenstock General Stores, located in San Antonio, Texas are a series of independent retail stores that focus on goods that promote more healthy lifestyles. I support of this goal each store’s interior design provides more than efficient hardware to display merchandise. They become educators of green design to their clientele by […]

Montana Pre-Fab

Park County, Montana This simple pre-fabricated house was conceived to perform with ultimate minimal impact on its landscape. Two volumes provide separation of public from private spaces with a large covered outdoor space for al-fresco living between. The two volumes are designed to be fully fabricated off-site and brought in and set upon removable helical […]

Dialogue: Design, Construction & the Natural Environment

Park County, Montana These two small design / build structures were undertaken as an initial hands- on exploration to become sensitized to the environment of the Montana, a the same time learning about sustainable building methods and materials in the area. All Projects

Earth Constellation Folly

New York, New York “Earth Constellation” is a folly that responds to the American sense of landscape and loss. It is a reminder of what has been lost at our hands and what can be retained in the future with our attention and care. Experienced from afar as a whirr of colorful birds, butterflies and […]

Hill Country House

Welfare, Texas The expression of this residence draws from the locally available limestone. Heavy walls of stone set in the old Spanish Mission manner provide a super insulated enclosure. A series of simple Gable roofs extend over deep porches blocking sun from penetrating the homes’s interior and extending outside living in a place that has […]

Bear Creek Studio

Bozeman, Montana This small modern guest house is designed to work for many uses, adjacent to the main house, but set off to create its own sense of being in the landscape looking toward Bear Creek. 660 SF with a sleeping loft above the bathroom, the guest house can provide sleeping space for 4 people. […]