The Olansky Residence The Olansky Residence is a retirement, mountain home. It is specifically designed on a single level for aging in...

Change will happen; let’s plan for it. Plan to anticipate change As architects how can we anticipate long-term change of a private house or an institutional building owner? Can we, as architects, limit turnover of a commercial lease tenants? Typically, people and buildings change together. How can residential buildings plan for change? In residential design, we consider how a client can break the traditional migration pattern. Typically, people start with a small house if th

Living in Harmony with Your Home An organized mudroom organizes your life. The Classic Case of “Muddling Through” There are many patterns that every home owner is a part of. As I toured a potential clients’ home for the first time, I recognized the classic 1990’s residential architecture entry pattern. Either I could chose the “friends entry,” use a direct route from the driveway, or hike to the front door on the other side of the yard. I was directed to the friendly approach

Assessing Our Living Situations Whether it is the economic fall out of former homeowners expanding the rental market, or retired Baby Boomers shedding the burden of maintaining houses, or the increasing rental population of Millennials, rental space is in demand. Given the current situation of the post-real estate bubble burst, now would be a good time to assess our living conditions. We need to ask ourselves, what should the next generation of living environments be like? Le

This residence is a Southern Colonial themed home created with a unique thought process. The house sits on a 2-lot site overlooking the Brookhaven Country Club. Our clients wished foremost to capture a bit of their native Louisiana. Therefore, after a year-long planning process, the result is a home that projects the timeless authenticity of deep south architecture. However, it still incorporates the most up-to-the-minute sustainable building technology in an unobtrusive way.