The studio
Eight people, one roof, one standard.
An architect and a builder founded the studio in 2015 so that houses could be drawn and built by one team.
Founded 2015, San Martin
We draw houses we would know how to build, and build them the way they were drawn.
How we work.
Measure the site first
Nothing is drawn until we have walked the lot, read the survey and watched where the sun falls in the afternoon.One set of drawings
The set we permit is the set we build. Changes are drawn, dated and shared the same day.Fixed fees for design
You know the cost of the design work before it starts, and it does not grow with the construction budget.Open books for building
Every invoice from every trade is visible to you, with our fee shown as its own line.Local trades
The same framers, concrete crews and cabinet makers we have worked with since 2015, all within forty minutes.Weekly site notes
Every Friday: photographs, what was done, what is next and any decision we need from you.Materials that weather well
Concrete, cedar, oak, plaster and steel, chosen to look better at year ten than at year one.A year of care
We come back at three, six and twelve months after the keys, and fix what needs fixing.
The practice, in four numbers.
- 38Homes completed
- 11Years in practice
- 8People in the studio
- 2Counties we work in
What owners tell us, a year after the keys.
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The drawings and the house are the same thing. We have never had that before, and we have built three times.
Owners of a new house in San Martin -
They found rock where the survey said soil and redrew the foundation the same afternoon. The schedule held.
Owners of an addition in Aromas -
Our barn still looks like a barn from the road. Inside it is the calmest room we know.
Owners of a barn conversion in Morgan Hill
Illustrative notes from fictional clients
Drawn here, built here
Every project is within an hour of the studio, so the people who drew it are on site every week it is being built.
