Live Your Values, While Living Well!
• Crisp, modern design • Profoundly comfortable, healthy & quiet • Seamlessly connected to the outdoors • Wildfire resistant • Low or no utility bills, including car charging
You drive an EV, why have a home that’s an Edsel?
As astonishing as it may sound, most homes are still designed and constructed with methods largely unchanged from the 1950s. If your home is built to these standards, you’re likely to be disappointed.
Compared to what’s now readily achievable, it will be prone to stale air, drafty, noisy, and only marginally comfortable despite high energy use.
Moreover, if you follow the typical architectural approach, you risk cost and time overruns, and ending up with a design that causes regret.
Don’t settle for a home that’s obsolete before you move in - you deserve more than mediocrity!
WHAT WE DO
architecture for the future of california
Graham Irwin, AIA, NCARB
We design modern, sustainable homes for people who want exceptional performance without sacrificing style.
Whether you’re starting from the ground up or remodeling, we can help turn your dreams of a fantastic, modern home into a remarkable reality. You’ll have a legacy home that contributes to a bright, healthy future for the people you love, and the places we all cherish. A home you’ll feel great living in and feel great about owning!
Since 2008, we’ve been working at the forefront of high-performance architecture in California, combining a passion for design with technical expertise in a quest to create the world’s finest homes. Graham Irwin, principal, is an internationally recognized expert on high-performance building design.
Our flagship projects meet or exceed Passive House/Building performance, the world’s highest standards for health, comfort, and efficiency. We emphasize healthy building materials and strive to reduce the impacts of construction on the site and the environment. We incorporate water efficiency and wildfire resistance as standard practice.
“The design really encapsulates everything we were hoping to enjoy, and the Passive House benefits have really been as great as you said they would be.”
“The biggest problem with our home is that we’re never really 100% comfortable anywhere else.”
“We find ourselves asking, ‘How on earth did we get by with anything else?”
HOW WE DO IT
meticulous planning, design & delivery
Our approach is as innovative as our architecture - methodical, collaborative, and devised to maximize the joy and value of your home at an optimal budget.
From the first meeting until your home is move-in ready, our responsive process fosters creativity, saves time, and minimizes uncertainty, stress, and cost overruns. We aim beyond custom design, to personalized design, for a home that’s uniquely yours. We take pride in creating homes that not only thrill but also amaze our clients. Read about their experiences with us here.
