This modern home on Lake Martin sits nestled in a private cove on a heavily wooded peninsula, and serves as a family vacation retreat, home office, and a client entertainment venue. Drawn to exposed warm woods & large expanses of glass contrasted with monolithic concrete and steel accents, the architect and client worked extensively together […]
Category: Residential
5th Avenue S. Residence
A lovely couple approached me with a recent purchase — a house in such disrepair I initially feared it was beyond reasonably saving. We ultimately decided enough of the bones of the house were salvageable to restore & highlight the original dark-stained crown moldings & trim, brick chimneys, and rich wood flooring. Where major structural […]
Doss Lake House
This modern lake house for the Doss family overhangs Alabama’s Highland Lake from 60 feet above, on the side of a beautiful wooded mountain slope. The client wanted a modern design with materials that would age over time. Corrugated steel was selected which will rust, contrasting with the tongue & groove cypress siding which will […]
Buena Vista on the Beach
I have to admit — when I first heard about the idea for a “Luxury Motor Coach Resort on the beach”, I thought “only in Alabama“, but my experience with RV’s had primarily been limited to game day at Auburn University, and I had an image stuck in my mind of a football “tailgate party” […]