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Nicasio Adirondack Lodge

Location Nicasio, CA Date 1995 Description This 3500sf lodge style home was the second created for the same client. The property was a large parcel that included extensive hillside redwood groves and a series of meadows that fronted on a river. The building was sited as far out into the meadow as was possible given …

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Nicasio Craftsman Style

Location Nicasio, CA Date 1989-90 Description This “Wedding Cake” lodge combines two of the client’s favorite buildings, the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite and the Gamble House by the Green Brothers in Pasadena. These historic buildings seem to capture the essence of the Arts and Crafts movement in the western united states. Both were created by …

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Mill Valley East Coast Shingle

Location Mill Valley, CA Date 1996 Description Designed during a time when I was fascinated by the work of Robert A. M. Stern, I shared my interest with this client and engaged them in my appreciation for Stern’s attention to detail. Together, we interpreted their design program to include several additions to their shingle-style home …

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Kentfield New Primitive

Location Kentfield Date 1960 Description The term “new primitive” is used to describe a unique blend of simple forms, modernist lines and Zen aesthetics. This client wanted to create a rammed-earth structure using local materials, but the engineering for this type of building did not allow for two-story designs, so the client compromised and retained …

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Mill Valley Lodge

Location Mill Valley Date 2013 Description Wanting a sunny play-yard for their children adjacent to a large redwood grove, these clients purchased and combined two adjacent lots and we sited the new structure across the back behind the trees, leaving a grand lawn area with space to gather sunlight for play. A new lodge, recalling …

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Nicasio Hacienda

Location Nicasio, CA Date 2011 Description Originally built in the 1980s in beautiful central Marin overlooking Nicasio lake, this hacienda-style home had fallen into disrepair. Originally conceived as a family compound, my client wanted to retain the flexibility, correct several awkward design elements, repair water damage from bad detailing, and rehab the amazing site. The …

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Sausalito Powerhouse

Location Sausalito, CA Date 2012 Description High on a hillside above Sausalito, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company chose a remote ridge on the boundary between a quaint town an adjacent military land to build a small gas-powered generation plant to serve rural Marin County in 1913. A massive 3-story steel-framed concrete and brick structure …

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Bobcat Lodge

Location Loon Lake, Oregon Date 2002 Description This client decided to return for a summer camp to a familiar lake where he spent his childhood. Surprisingly, he found the church camp he remembered to be for sale. Responding to an inspiration he decided to purchase the property with the hopes of recreating a lodge-style home …

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Airstream Barn

Description In 2006 I purchased a 28’ Airstream trailer and I created this project as an exploration of a design idea. Could I use the Airstream as a core service element, providing living space, kitchen and bathroom for a larger utility building. The concept would keep the trailer mobile (large roll-up door) and provide a …

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