Mid-sized traditional detached two-car carport in Louisville.

Design ideas for a mid-sized country detached barn in Columbus.

A minimal insertion into a densely wooded landscape, the Collector’s Pavilion provides the owners with an 8,000 sf private fitness space and vintage automobile gallery. On a gently sloping site in amongst a grove of trees, the pavilion slides into the topography - mimicking and contrasting the surrounding landscape with a folded roof plane that hovers over a board formed concrete base. The clients’ requirement for a nearby room to display a growing car collection as well as provide a remote area for personal fitness carries with it a series of challenges related to privacy and security. The pavilion nestles into the wooded site - finding a home in a small clearing - and merges with the sloping landscape. The building has dual personalities, serving as a private and secure bunker from the exterior, while transforming into a warm and inviting space on the interior. The use of indirect light and the need to obscure direct views from the public right away provides the client with adequate day light for day-to-day use while ensuring that strict privacy is maintained. This shifting personality is also dramatically affected by the seasons - contrasting and merging with the surrounding environment depending on the time of year. The Collector’s Pavilion employs meticulous detailing of its concrete to steel to wood connections, exploring the grounded nature of poured concrete in conjunction with a delicate wood roof system that floats above a grid of steel. Above all, the Pavilion harmonizes with it’s natural surroundings through it’s materiality, formal language, and siting. Overview Chenequa, WI Size 8,000 sf Completion Date May 2013 Services Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design

Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional detached studio in Auckland.

Design ideas for a transitional detached shed and granny flat in Philadelphia.

Pool house / guest house makeover. Complete remodel of bathroom. New lighting, paint, furniture, window coverings, and accessories.
Photo of a mid-sized eclectic detached workshop in Sacramento.

converted garage to multi-purpose room
Photo of an expansive industrial detached three-car workshop in Other.

We turned this detached 2-car garage into a beautiful modern ADU packed with amazing features. This ADU has a kitchenette, full bathroom, and bedroom with closet space. The ADU has a brown vinyl wood floor, recessed lighting, ductless A/C, top-grade insulation, GFCI outlets, and more. The bathroom has a fixed vanity with one faucet and the shower is covered with large white marble tiles with pebble accents. The bedroom is an additional 150 sq. that was added to the detached garage.

Inspiration for a large detached four-car carport in Toronto.

Design ideas for a small transitional detached granny flat in Sydney.

a recently finished fully bespoke designed and built Garden room for our client Rose and her family in Pinner Middlesex. The room was based on ur Sunset room and the clients brief was to create a home lounge with a bar and office and complete with an undercover area for a hot tub. The room was clad in Shou Sugi Ban Yakkari Japanese hand burnt cladding which was hand burnt to order. The doors were sliding bifold doors with 3 leaves on the front of the room and 2 leaves on the side return. The doors also included built-in privacy glass and internal slides. Outside was further complemented by fret cut screens to clients design. The decking was Millboard composite decking and we created a step into the lounge. Internally the client had a fully bespoke bar designed and built, the room was further complemented by coffered ceilings. #design #gardenroom #gardendesign #gardenbuildings #gardendesigner #bespoke

This is an example of a mid-sized midcentury detached studio in San Francisco.

Photo of a traditional detached barn in Raleigh.

This is an example of a large detached two-car workshop in DC Metro.

Converted Garage / Carriage House with Entry, Concierge Kitchen, work space and Bath
Small transitional detached workshop in Tampa.

A minimal insertion into a densely wooded landscape, the Collector’s Pavilion provides the owners with an 8,000 sf private fitness space and vintage automobile gallery. On a gently sloping site in amongst a grove of trees, the pavilion slides into the topography - mimicking and contrasting the surrounding landscape with a folded roof plane that hovers over a board formed concrete base. The clients’ requirement for a nearby room to display a growing car collection as well as provide a remote area for personal fitness carries with it a series of challenges related to privacy and security. The pavilion nestles into the wooded site - finding a home in a small clearing - and merges with the sloping landscape. The building has dual personalities, serving as a private and secure bunker from the exterior, while transforming into a warm and inviting space on the interior. The use of indirect light and the need to obscure direct views from the public right away provides the client with adequate day light for day-to-day use while ensuring that strict privacy is maintained. This shifting personality is also dramatically affected by the seasons - contrasting and merging with the surrounding environment depending on the time of year. The Collector’s Pavilion employs meticulous detailing of its concrete to steel to wood connections, exploring the grounded nature of poured concrete in conjunction with a delicate wood roof system that floats above a grid of steel. Above all, the Pavilion harmonizes with it’s natural surroundings through it’s materiality, formal language, and siting. Overview Chenequa, WI Size 8,000 sf Completion Date May 2013 Services Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design

From the very first site visit the vision has been to capture the magnificent view and find ways to frame, surprise and combine it with movement through the building. This has been achieved in a Picturesque way by tantalising and choreographing the viewer’s experience. The public-facing facade is muted with simple rendered panels, large overhanging roofs and a single point of entry, taking inspiration from Katsura Palace in Kyoto, Japan. Upon entering the cavernous and womb-like space the eye is drawn to a framed view of the Indian Ocean while the stair draws one down into the main house. Below, the panoramic vista opens up, book-ended by granitic cliffs, capped with lush tropical forests. At the lower living level, the boundary between interior and veranda blur and the infinity pool seemingly flows into the ocean. Behind the stair, half a level up, the private sleeping quarters are concealed from view. Upstairs at entrance level, is a guest bedroom with en-suite bathroom, laundry, storage room and double garage. In addition, the family play-room on this level enjoys superb views in all directions towards the ocean and back into the house via an internal window. In contrast, the annex is on one level, though it retains all the charm and rigour of its bigger sibling. Internally, the colour and material scheme is minimalist with painted concrete and render forming the backdrop to the occasional, understated touches of steel, timber panelling and terrazzo. Externally, the facade starts as a rusticated rougher render base, becoming refined as it ascends the building. The composition of aluminium windows gives an overall impression of elegance, proportion and beauty. Both internally and externally, the structure is exposed and celebrated.

Photo of a mid-sized traditional detached two-car garage in Los Angeles.

Large , floor-to-ceiling storage cabinets along wall of garage. Ceiling is covered with renewable bamboo planks. Photography by Greg Hoppe
This is an example of a large modern detached three-car garage in Los Angeles.