Phase 01 · Week 0
Private consultation
We walk the property with you, listen to how you want to live, and talk honestly about budget and timeline.
- Site walk and conversation
- Written brief
- Fee proposal
How we work
Our process,
start to hand-off.
From the first site walk to a complete design package in your builder’s hands. Here is what happens, when, and what you hold at the end of each phase.
The promise
We design and visualize. Your builder builds, from a package so complete there is very little left to guess. At every step you know what we are drawing, what it costs, and what you need to decide next.
- 6
- Phases, each ending in something you can hold
- 3D
- Every design seen in photoreal before it is final
- One
- Complete package handed to your builder
The journey
Six phases, one clear design.
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Phase 02 · Weeks 1–6
Site study and concept
Survey, zoning and coastal constraints, sun and wind studies, then two or three concept directions in sketch and model.
- Site and zoning analysis
- Concept sketches
- Study models
Phase 03 · Weeks 4–10
Visualization
The chosen direction is built in 3D. You walk the house and garden in photoreal renders and refine it with us.
- Photoreal stills
- Walkthrough film
- Material board
Phase 04 · Months 3–6
Design development
Every material, plant, fixture and lighting scene is resolved with you, and checked against the renders until nothing is left to guess.
- Plans and elevations
- Planting and lighting design
- Material selections
Phase 05 · Months 5–7
Final design package
Dimensioned drawings, elevations, materials, planting, irrigation and lighting plans, issued as one complete set your builder can price and build from.
- Dimensioned plans and elevations
- Planting, irrigation and lighting plans
- Material and finish schedule
Phase 06 · When you are ready
Hand-off to your builder
We walk your builder through the package and the renders, then stay on call for design questions while they build. The drawings, renders and film are yours to keep.
- Builder walkthrough
- Design questions answered
- Renders and film to keep
The hand-off
Drawings, renders, planting and lighting plans, handed to your builder as one set, so the finished home can match the design.
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Architecture
drawn from the land.
Limited commissions each year
Let’s design
what comes next.
Begin with a private consultation, on your site or in the studio. We’ll walk the land, listen, and show you what’s possible.