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Team up to succeed

  • Photos: Miro Dvorscak, DM Photography

    Interior designer, builder, architect and homeowners worked closely to accomplish a highly detailed 6,500-sq.-ft. home in a gated community.

  • The homeowners were specific about what they wanted in the house. Contrast was one of the features they requested.

  • The interior designer on the project, Jane-Page Crump, president, Jane Page Design Group, says the theater is one of her favorite parts of the house.

  • The back of the house includes an outdoor kitchen and views of a lake.

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By pure definition, a custom home meets the needs and wants specific to a client. The only way these needs and wants can be met successfully is with open communication — especially when the end result is a highly detailed 6,500-sq.-ft. home in a high-end gated community. The details are unclear on how each party became involved in the design and build of this project, the Gracious Estate in Kingwood, Texas. Danny Foster, vice president and partner, Sugar Creek Homes in Kingwood, Texas...
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  • Team up to succeed
    Team up to succeed

    By pure definition, a custom home meets the needs and wants specific to a client. The only way these needs and wants can be met successfully is with open communication — especially when the end result is a highly detailed 6,500-sq.-ft. home in a...

    Article • October 13th, 2011

  • Perfect the art of best practices
    Perfect the art of best practices

    The term “green” elicits both positive and negative responses from those in the housing industry. Josh Wynne, owner of Sarasota, Fla.-based Josh Wynne Construction, avoids this term completely. Wynne also is the designer and builder of U.S. Green...

    Article • August 15th, 2011

  • Vacation home
    Vacation home

    Site influenced a design vision that focuses on exterior circulation patterns and moments of outdoor living. Expansive views, wind patterns and an existing tree canopy serve as crucial influences in the project’s design development. These elements...

    Article • June 20th, 2011

  • Spec/Model home
    Spec/Model home

    The Avalon project was designed as a speculation home for the developer of a new high-end development in the foothills of eastern Colorado. The speculation was that this house would most likely serve as a second/vacation home. The designer did a lot...

    Article • June 20th, 2011

  • Green home, runner up
    Green home, runner up

      The firm handled this project from concept to completion including storm water diversion, site layout and prep, schematic design and construction documents. The intent was to design a home that addressed the site directly without any negative...

    Article • June 16th, 2011

  • Green home, First Place
    Green home, First Place

    The objective of this project was to create a modern solution to the expeditionary growing global demand for affordable, sustainable housing. Challenges included manufacturing custom modern homes using only prefabricated elements. Existing known...

    Article • June 16th, 2011

  • Detached structure
    Detached structure

    The clients wanted a pool casita that performed well and looked appropriate in the Colorado foothills. They entertain a lot, sometimes casually by the pool and sometimes as formal dinner parties. The overall design of this pool casita needed to...

    Article • June 16th, 2011

  • Detached structure
    Detached structure

    The objectives for this structure were to provide a guest suite, accommodations for the owner’s animals and space for equipment and storage that could be opened up on occasion as a gathering space. The desire was also to have an heirloom structure...

    Article • June 15th, 2011

  • Timber Frame
    Timber Frame

    The Maggie Valley project was designed to live comfortably while showcasing the beauty and symmetry of heavy timber design. The clients wanted open living for entertaining and relaxing and to maximize the views from their mountaintop lot. The lot...

    Article • June 15th, 2011

  • Challenging Lot
    Challenging Lot

    This custom home sits on a slope overlooking Folsom Lake in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Northern California, and offers views of the lake and the Sacramento Valley beyond. The owners wanted a home that draws influence from a...

    Article • June 15th, 2011

  • Custom home more than 7,000 s.f.
    Custom home more than 7,000 s.f.

    The client wanted a European-styled stone mansion, made of all sustainable authentic building materials. They also requested ceiling heights to exhibit custom art chandeliers, hardwood/marble floors and marble staircases. The objective was to make it...

    Article • June 15th, 2011

  • Custom home 6,000 to 6,999 s.f.
    Custom home 6,000 to 6,999 s.f.

    The classical design of this project is a marriage of fashion-forward style and architecture elements that will last for decades. Ionic columns, leaded glass windows and traditional trim work with Greek adornments come face-to-face with bold...

    Article • June 15th, 2011

  • Custom home 4,000 to 4,999 s.f.
    Custom home 4,000 to 4,999 s.f.

      The main house is a rectangle, providing ample wall space for the clients’ innovative contemporary art collection. A second bar contains the service spaces of the house, while a third, which flies out over the terrace, contains the guest suite...

    Article • June 15th, 2011

  • Custom home 3,000 to 3,999 s.f.
    Custom home 3,000 to 3,999 s.f.

    Site influenced a design vision that focuses on exterior circulation patterns and moments of outdoor living. Expansive views, wind patterns and an existing tree canopy serve as crucial influences in the project’s design development. These elements...

    Article • June 14th, 2011

  • Custom home less than 3,000 s.f.
    Custom home less than 3,000 s.f.

    This home is designed upon the foundations of a previous residence and around an existing pool. The prior house ignored the most basic principles of bioclimatic design and had a poor relationship with its site. Furthermore, it was in a state of...

    Article • June 14th, 2011

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