The Small Healthy Home, located in Brookfield, Vermont, is under construction. Designed for a client with chemical sensitivity, this timber frame home utilizes local, natural, durable materials and non-toxic finishes. The home is energy efficient with ample insulation, high performance windows and tightly sealed construction; fresh air is ensured by a heat recovery ventilation system. The design for this fossil fuel free home incorporates a geothermal heat pump, solar photovoltaic panels, solar domestic hot water, and a wood burning masonry stove.

Sited at the edge of a field, with a nearby wood lot, sugar bush, apple orchard, stream and pond this house and its owner are self sufficient and live lightly on the land.

The cabin renovation is located on a peninsula on Lake George in Hague, New York. The goal is to renovate and winterize a wing of the cabin to create a functional kitchen, dining room and guest quarters in this family retreat while retaining the period charm. Extensive new woodwork, cabinetry and built-in furniture compliment the existing rustic Adirondack materials of bark covered cedar logs and stone. This project is under construction.

The bunkhouse addition is perched beside an existing cottage on the edge of Lake Champlain in Westport, New York.  Walkways and decks connect the cottage and the bunkhouse.  The bunkhouse contains three bedrooms and two baths, freeing up space in the existing cottage for a new kitchen and expanded living adnd dining areas. This project is in the design development phase.

The landscape plan is by Raycroft-Meyer Landscape Architects.

The Adirondack barn, located on an historic estate in Elizabethtown, New York, is in the schematic design phase.  The barn is sited to relate to its immediate surroundings, which include an historic cottage and formal sunken garden, a newly planted apple orchard and vegetable garden and also to take advantage of dramatic westerlty views of the Adirondack mountains.  On the lower level the barn houses garden equipment, including a tractor, a collection of canoes and Adirondack guide boats and a rainy day play space with a ping-pong table.  The upper floor contains guest quarters. Building materials of stone, shingles and timber tie the barn to the landscape and nearby cottage.

The challenge in this project is to transform an existing 100 year old hay barn into a modern three bedroom home. Located in Middlebury Vermont, the barn renovation is in the construction document phase. The west facing barn takes advantage of spectacular Adirondack views.  The design incorporates both old and new - the antique timber frame contrasts with contemporary steel stairs and railings while new energy efficient windows sit next to salvaged barn doors. Before the barn can be renovated the structure must be moved to a new foundation.

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