The proposed design converts an existing commercial building and adjacent parking lot in a historic residential district into a single-family modern oasis. Concealed behind a traditional brick facade, the home is divided into three bars parallel to the street. The outer bars contain the living spaces, while the central bar is a light-filled courtyard defined by steel framing and large glazed panels.

Awards                                           AIA Baltimore 2002

This 36,000 s.f. museum exhibits the work of untrained visionary artists. Situated on Baltimore's Inner Harbor, the museum echoes the geometries inherent in the site, including the curved facade of the pre-existing brick building and the waterline of the harbor.                                       Awards                                   Urban Land Institute 1998               AIA Maryland 1998                         AIA Baltimore 1996                   Photography: Bill Lyons, Alan Gilbert

This Alumni Hall for an urban Quaker school is designed as a series of rooms which can be opened up to serve as one large space.                                      In the main gathering space, which overlooks the athletic fields and the alumni's old classrooms, the use of stone unites the new building with the central campus.

Awards                                 Building Congress & Exchange 2003       Photography: Eric Bruce Salsbery

Three disparate buildings in a historic district were converted to create this three-bedroom home.                        In order to  take advantage of the view and optimize light, the main living space was moved to the second floor, where balconies with large sliding glass panels open to views of the inner harbor.

Awards                                                AIA Maryland 2004                   Custom Home 2004                      Photography: Rob Karosis, Eric Bruce Salsbery

For the renovation of this home, located in the middle of a block of row houses, the combination of an open plan, a new light well and a new glass facade at the north end of the building brings abundant light into a formerly dark interior.

The maple wood and glass used in the cabinets and millwork keep the palette light and airy, while the walls add planes of bright saturated color.

Photography: Eric Bruce Salsbery

Retaining three perimeter brick walls of an existing one-story garage, the architects inserted this glass house into the urban fabric of a historic neighborhood. The old brick becomes a tapestry in the background of the interior spaces, while creating a clear delineation between old and new.

Awards                                       AIA Baltimore 2001                        Residential Architect 2000             Sub-Zero Freezer Company 2000 Building Congress & Exchange 1999      Photography: David Livingston, Bill Lyons

This renovation lead to the addition of a pavilion to house the master bathroom. The pavilion expresses its identity through simple massing and the use of glass and wood as finish materials. The transition back to the main house is transparent, featuring glass walls and floors.                  Special moments include glowing onyx counters and a lizard habitat.

Awards                                       Kitchen & Bath Business 2004           Photography: Alan Gilbert, Becky Swanston

In order to bring natural light into the center of this house, the architects proposed removing an interior masonry wall and an attic, reconfiguring the stair, and creating an open seating area on the second floor.

The two-story window facade is now a significant source of natural light and creates a dramatic open space between the first and second floors.

Photography: Erik Kvalsvik