Virginia Theological Seminary
I have the pleasure of counting the Virginia Theological Seminary among my clients. It is an honor to work for such a prestigious institution that sits at the intersection of epistemology and eschatology. (Also the intersection of Quaker Lane and Seminary Road in Alexandria.)
Just completed: Columbia Heights Renovation
It’s all about the lighting. This beautiful century-old row house was showing its age. We removed a few walls and relocated the back basement stairs to replace tight circulation with livable space. Flipping the locations of the kitchen and dining room puts the kitchen at the center of the action and allows for a powder […]
New kitchen & bath in Country Club Hills
Usually my projects are much larger – additions, renovations or new construction – but I can rarely resist a good kitchen and master bath project. Removing the wall to the dining room and hiding a messy butler’s pantry behind the “clean” part of the kitchen completely changed the character of the space. Removing partitions in […]
Design process: façade
Sketchbook > Tracing Paper> SketchUp model Recent façade study which shows my typical process to get from an idea to a concept, as it were. This is for a craftsman house with a tricky basement-level garage. There is a direct connection from brain>hand>paper that cannot be replicated with a mouse or keyboard or stylus, but […]
Recently completed kitchen in Cherrydale
Kitchen and sunroom in North Arlington within existing footprint. The goal was to create a warm space that captures mid-day light. The cabinets are from IKEA, which resulted in tremendous savings compared to a typical similar project. Raising the ceiling to the underside of the roof structure and cladding it in painted beadboard make this […]
Unbuilt project, Capitol Hill
Sometimes the best projects are the ones that never get built: the ones that never compromise with reality, clash with regulatory agencies, negotiate with neighborhood groups or approval boards, never get scaled back for budgetary reasons. This one never made it past the thumbnail sketch phase, but it would have been a doozy!