STARTING THE NEW YEAR WITH A BANG.....AND A JACK HAMMER

Peeling back years of alterations and reconfigures and now nearly down to its essence and ready to begin anew; this house project in Saint Helena is well underway.  It is interesting to see the process in reverse, removing the skin and getting back down to the structure and then rebuilding the program and relationships of spaces.  Views and volumes are opening up.  Stay tuned.....

and best wishes for a healthy, happy, and very creative NEW YEAR!

WHY I DO WHAT I DO

It is the thrill of the hunt.  The realization/materialization  of ideas stirred up in your head and then formed with hands with care.  It is proportion, scale, material and texture and craftsmanship coming together to make something that was not there before and something that in some way sings.  I believe that architecture is a language that speaks to you as you make it and also as you later experience it.    Firmness, commodity and delight?  Seems simple enough.