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Residence at The Ponds

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Small studio cottage contains an artist's studio & powder room on the first floor with a dwelling unit on the second floor.

Studio Cottage

Taylor Street - Front facade

1700 square foot New Dwelling connected via breezeway entry to a renovated 1930's cottage.  Studio & detached garage at located at the rear of property.  A screened porch was added in 2015

First EarthCraft Platinum Certified Home in Virginia
2009 EarthCraft Single Family Project of the Year Award

Constructed as personal residence for the architect, a new energy efficient dwelling was tied to an existing cottage by means of an open breeze way.  The cottage became the guest house and an Architect's studio is located at the rear of the property. 

Oriented for solar and constructed of durable and energy efficient materials.  The dynamic arrangement of elements and the appropriation of the architectural language of the local vernacular - standing seam metal roof, cedar shake details, half walls on the porches, traditional round columns - have produced a sensitive contextual response within a thoroughly post modern vocabulary.

First Floor:  Superior Walls, (insulated precast concrete wall system),  concrete slab on grade
Second Floor:  SIPS (structural insulated panels) for knee walls and roof, pre-engineered floor framing
Exterior Finishes:  H&C concrete stain on Superior Walls, Hardie siding and cedar shingles with Sikkens finish, Miratec trim, Traditional standing seam metal roof on sloped roof, EPDM on flat roof.  Andersen windows and doors.  Velux skylight in shower.
Interior Finishes:  Polished concrete slab on first floor, sustainably harvested local hickory on second floor, reclaimed soapstone tops and surrounds in kitchen and bath, salvage doors, Toto bath fixtures, Ikea cabinetry, WindsorONE trim.


Platinum EarthCraft Certification - Lexington, VA

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Irish Creek Cabin

Site Analysis

Design Process

Modern Addition to Old Farmhouse

This beautiful old farmhouse was in need of an addition to accommodate the activities of a young family with modern sensibilities.  The side door had become the primary entrance for the home yet provided no protection from the weather and the upstairs space, an enclosed porch from a previous era,  could no longer provide enough space for all their projects.  The second floor expansion provided a communal space for family life as well as a cover for the entry to the home.

Timber Ridge Farmhouse Addition

Buchannon House

This house, constructed in 1942, had been abandoned and neglected for 40 years prior to purchase by the nephew of a former owner.  It’s restoration was a true labor of love.

West Virginia - Buchannon House - Renovation

Green Affordable Dwelling

This home is a one level, two bedroom-one bath dwelling of 1005 square feet.  It utilizes insulated precast concrete exterior walls, poured concrete floors, bonus trusses for a walk-up attic for future expansion and a metal roof.  The home uses ground gutters in lieu of roof gutters and a rain garden is incorporated to minimize off site storm water drainage.  EarthCraft Certified.

EarthCraft Certified Small Sustainable Dwelling

Borden Road Addition

There were three clients for this project: a married couple with two college bound children, and the mother of the wife, who was invited to downsize from her current home and create a living space addition to the couple's residence.  The addition provides an independent dwelling for 'Mom': one bedroom, one bath with open kitchen-dining-living.  It is connected to the existing home by a Flex space which bridges between the two and dwellings.  Laundry facilities and a craft space are housed behind the barn doors.  The entire addition was placed at grade level for ease of access.  Interior steps connect the new Family Room to the existing Kitchen.

Sleeping Porch - Completed Project

Addition of deck and screened sleeping porch on second level.

Sleeping Porch Addition

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Wind River Residence

Mountain Retreat - Rockbridge County

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Mountainside residence:  Master suite and study on Main Level, Flex space, Guest suite and Brew room on Lower Level.  

Rockbridge Baths Residence

Kerrs Creek Farmhouse

Glasgow Renovation

Charlottesville Residence - under construction

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