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Architecture, Design, and Building Working with TDArchitect
When do I Engage TDArchitect? The best time to engage an architect is as early as one recognizes a need to develop, change, or improve an environment. An environment consists of objects and conditions influencing the activities within one’s surroundings. Environmental...
Information for Smart Design Decisions
Architecture, Design, and Building Information for Smart Design Decisions The environment in which we live has a profound influence on our psyche and our behavior. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American spends 87% of their life...
Architecture, Design, and Building Custom Homes for Your Lifestyle
Each custom home is unique because people are unique. Your custom home is an expression of the decisions you make, your priorities and your preferences. Providing lifestyle information best informs architects how to design. Here are a few prompts to consider when...
Home Renovations and Remodels for your Lifestyle
Home renovations and remodels are about improving an environment that, in part, you want to keep. Before beginning the design process ask yourself what it is that you want in a home. Given no constraints, do you prefer wide-open spaces or cozy little nooks? Do you...
Outdoor Living Space Addition
... an addition that could accommodate an outdoor fireplace, hot tub, and comfortable seating that included the kitchen space. Bob and Nancy Leigh engaged TDArchitect to help blend the love of their home with the lifestyle they wanted to lead. The in-town home was...
Personal Multiplex Housing Investment
… a tight and rising housing market. He employed TDArchitect to design a desirable, multiple-family home that would fit beautifully into a neighborhood in which the local planning board had special interest. The town was experiencing growth in the historic,...
Charming Craftsman Bungalow
… a beautiful retreat with outdoor living space, an art gallery hallway, and a new luxury, master bedroom suite. The house had few characteristics that would help create a desirable vacation home. However, the small structure sat on a sizeable, neighborhood, corner...
Luxury Craftsman Townhomes
… after the craftsman architectural styling for which Asheville homes are known and loved. The objective for TDArchitect was to provide master-planning consultation, multiple model home design / construction document plans, and the design and plans for a...
Residence, Artist Studio, Sherpas’ Retreat
… dedicated to her teachers and mentors and hoped to help them by connecting their work to buyers in the United States. Her home in Weaverville, NC, was an extension of her work, passion, and life. The objective for TDArchitect was to transform a small, simple, rustic...