The photo below is an example of a naturally-occurring disease resistant American Elm. This particular Elm is growing in the rather unusual location of in a concrete bulkhead adjacent to the Potomac River in Old Town Alexandria. I can’t tell you the excitement I felt when I spotted it. More on the comeback of American [...]

Last weekend we had a productive meeting with our Great Falls client– I was relieved to see the early design concepts were met with great & positive enthusiasm. The client expressed some concerns with a couple of the elevation choices and stair combinations, so they have been slightly altered from the original– specifically, a lower [...]

I recently had some free time so I thought I would do a series of perspective renderings for a recent residential master plan in Springfield. While the plan was already completed in plan view I do think perspectives help everyone understand more clearly the proposed massing and spaces. click images for humongous version

I’m enjoying using this style for conceptual style presentations, I think the rendering allows the client a better feel for the possibilities of their design over a plan view in many cases. click photo for humongous version Previous entries on this design here & here