Person’s hands sketching on paper with a ruler and a rolled-up blueprint on a wooden table.
Hand-drawn sketch on torn paper with various rectangular shapes, red dashed lines, and black annotations, possibly a layout or plan, placed on a cutting mat with grid lines.
Sketches and floor plans of building layouts on paper, with pens and markers placed on top, including color-coded sections and handwritten notes.

MY DESIGN PROCESS

Behind The Scenes

Deciding on the best way to approach the design problem is a part of the design process that helps filter out the good and bad ideas. By the time the one or two preliminary drafts are presented, a lot of options have been weighed, always trying to find the perfect balance between the challenges presented by the site, the project programming (rooms and spaces), and the budget. A good designer solves problems before you (the client) know they exist, and a lot of that happens in this early schematic stage.

Front view of a single-story gray house with a blue front door, stairs leading up to the porch, large front window, lawn, leafless tree, and parked cars.

Before

After

Seeing Is Believing

Realistic, colored photo-renderings of what the finished product could look like are a valuable tool to guide design decisions. Creating the rendering is an important step in my design process, similar to how building a physical model aids in understanding the overall proportions and massing of a project and how it all relates to the site.

3D architectural model of a house showing multiple roof sections, a garage with multiple doors, and surrounding yard with a fence.

Project Delivery

Architectural blueprint of a garage floor plan with measurements, structural details, and annotations for construction.
A diagram of a construction blueprint showing symbols, abbreviations, and labels for different building elements, with a north arrow pointing upward.

It all comes down to this. The detailed construction blueprints contain all the necessary information for the builder to construct the home that you and I have spent the last weeks or months making hundreds of decisions on. From critical details you see, such as exterior cladding and roofing materials, window sizes and door types, to elements you don’t see like foundation types or energy efficiency details and insulation values. All this, and more, are specified in the final set of construction drawings. Every detail that we considered is specified here, hopefully saving the builder from having to make decisions on site that you may not be expecting. Frontloading as many decisions as possible into the design phase saves headaches on site and makes the scope of the project predictable and measurable, helping contractors give accurate prices and timelines.

It All Begins With An Idea.

Modern wooden house on a hill overlooking a body of water with mountains in the background, at sunset.
A bright orange house with white trim sits on rocky ground beside a body of water. Behind it are towering dark mountains under a cloudy sky, with two cars parked in front.
A scenic landscape with a large lake surrounded by rolling green hills and tall mountains in the background under an overcast sky.
Open notebook with lined pages and two pencils on a white background surrounded by crumpled pieces of paper.
A lightbox sign with the message 'Turn Ideas Into Reality' on a wooden surface near a window with glass blocks.
A small house with a metal roof sits on a hillside surrounded by trees, with the sun setting behind the forest.
Wooden architectural model of a building interior with rooms, windows, and small tree branches.