We are Maine based architects specializing in custom, single family, residential design. Our work is located throughout Maine as well as Massachusetts, California and Canada. Many sites are remote requiring an aptitude for navigating challenges. We fluidly manage design conversations both side by side and from a distance, utilizing the full range of digital resources.
Our staff of ten is deliberately small to ensure a high degree of personal service while maintaining the capacity to deliver. Our designs are distinguished by a highly collaborative, craft driven and open-minded approach. Connections to nature and the use of daylight are paramount. Renewable energy sources and the use of sustainable materials and methods are integrated whenever possible.
Patience, respect, attentiveness and humility are the personal attributes we seek to bring to the unique demands of residential work. We find great joy in creating unique places for living, working and playing - as well as crafting many of the 'things' that make those places special.
Our staff of ten is deliberately small to ensure a high degree of personal service while maintaining the capacity to deliver. Our designs are distinguished by a highly collaborative, craft driven and open-minded approach. Connections to nature and the use of daylight are paramount. Renewable energy sources and the use of sustainable materials and methods are integrated whenever possible.
Patience, respect, attentiveness and humility are the personal attributes we seek to bring to the unique demands of residential work. We find great joy in creating unique places for living, working and playing - as well as crafting many of the 'things' that make those places special.
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Thoughtful, fresh and creative DESIGN is the foundation of any successful practice.
Our design approach is like that of a tailor, uniquely fitting each design to its site and client.
We begin the process from the 'outside' looking in, evaluating zoning, environmental and contextual factors.
We then overlay the client's program, building from the 'inside' looking out, forming spaces and their relationships to each other with circulation, function, furnishings, views, daylight and such.
A few design fundamentals are constants.
Our design approach is like that of a tailor, uniquely fitting each design to its site and client.
We begin the process from the 'outside' looking in, evaluating zoning, environmental and contextual factors.
We then overlay the client's program, building from the 'inside' looking out, forming spaces and their relationships to each other with circulation, function, furnishings, views, daylight and such.
A few design fundamentals are constants.
Will has been a registered architect in Maine since 1989.
A member of the AIA, he has been practicing architecture for more than 35 years, most of that time focused on his core passion, residential work.
Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Will graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelors degree in Architecture in 1982.
From there he moved to San Francisco before discovering Peaks Island, off the coast of Portland, in the mid 1980's.
It has been his home ever since.
Will spent two decades working in Portland offices during which time he found that working with residential clients offered the connection essential for him to feel deeply engaged.
A member of the AIA, he has been practicing architecture for more than 35 years, most of that time focused on his core passion, residential work.
Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Will graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelors degree in Architecture in 1982.
From there he moved to San Francisco before discovering Peaks Island, off the coast of Portland, in the mid 1980's.
It has been his home ever since.
Will spent two decades working in Portland offices during which time he found that working with residential clients offered the connection essential for him to feel deeply engaged.
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