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Before We Could Design Terrace House, We Had to Prove It Was Possible.
A three-acre lot in Woodside had passed through 10 or 11 heirs without anyone building on it. In
March 2020, two buyers asked us to figure out if the hillside site, with slopes between 30% and
50% in places, could hold a house at all.
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Grands Prix du Design Awards Meadow House “Award of the Year” in Architecture.
In November 2025, I flew to Montreal for a design award ceremony where Meadow House was up against projects from across Canada and beyond. A thousand people in formal dress, nine categories, and a room full of architects I’d never met.
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Pool House: A Study in Detail & Structural Development
We use digital modeling programs, hand sketches and CAD drawings to investigate and finalize all of the key connections, in support of the design idea.
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Napa ADU- SWAP! A New ADU transforms into the Main House
The Napa ADU SWAP creates an initial 1200 sf ADU on a property with a Primary Home. The ADU has built-in infrastructure to allow for a seamless transformation.
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David Easton – 45 Years of Rammed Earth
Building materials and resilience are intrinsically linked. Rammed earth is perhaps the longest-enduring building material.
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Earthen Construction as Earthquake Relief: A Case Study in Rebuilding a Rural Nepali Community
“We could never have understood local needs without growing closer to the villagers themselves. Over time, they gave us insight into the most pressing issues of their community.”
– Oliver Atwood
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Pictures of the Week- Ollantaytambo, Peru
Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 60 kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco. It is located at an altitude of 2,792 meters (9,160 feet) above sea level in the district of Ollantaytambo, province of Urubamba, Cusco region. During the Inca Empire, Ollantaytambo was the royal estate of Emperor Pachacuti who conquered the region, built the town and a ceremonial center. […]
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Pictures of the Week- Pisac, Sacred Valley, Peru
Emperor Pachacuti erected a number of royal estates to memorialize victories over other ethnic groups. Among these royal estates are Písac (victory over the Cuyos), Ollantaytambo (victory over the Tambos), and Machu Picchu (conquest of the Vilcabamba Valley).
