Main House
Guest House
Garage
Pool/Spa
Sport Court
5890 sq ft
(renovation)
This was an existing home in a St. Helena vineyard that went through a major renovation and addition. The main house added an entry wing and second floor and the central great room was entirely rebuilt. All structures on the property were re-skinned with new siding and roofing, giving the project a cleaner, more modern look.
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LCT managed this project while at Wade Design.
Contractor
- Total Concepts
Main House
Garage/Guest Apt
6250 sq ft
(new construction)
Sitting high on a Sonoma hill in a 35 acre vineyard, this project enjoys beautiful views of the valley. It's sited at the location of the original home of the property which was demolished. Only the stone terrace was saved as well as the original wood ceiling boards which now create the finish of the guest bed walls. Several white gables can be seen on the exterior which express the many layers of spaces inside.
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LCT managed this project while at Wade Design.
Contractor
- Earthtone Construction
Main House
Garage
Art Studio
Pool House
Poo/Spa + Gardens
10,900 sq ft
(new construction)
This estate is currently being constructed on a 154 acre parcel in Geyserville. It sits on the edge of a hill with expansive views of the entire Sonoma Valley. A low linear ranch-style roof help ground the many structures of this project. Rooted (and at points sunken) in the landscape, the project siting is intimately related to three large oaks and an old boulder that becomes a feature near the master suite.
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LCT managed this project through the start of construction while at Wade Design.
Contractor
- Total Concepts
Main House
Garage
Pool/Spa
6,500 sq ft
(new construction)
This home is currently under construction on a heavily wooded site in NW Portland. With a wrap-around entry porch, the main barn-like structure houses a great room and kitchen. A long corridor and low-roofed family room connects it to the 2-story 5-bedroom east wing. The project opens up to the wooded areas in back with a pool and back yard that terraces down the hill.
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LCT managed this project through the start of construction while at Wade Design.
Tasting Room
(renovation)
This historic structure in the Alexander Valley was renovated to become a tasting room. There is an airy and open tasting room in front and a dark and moody open bar in back. A special feature of this project is the set of triple hung windows that allow the space to open up completely to the exterior.
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LCT developed details and renderings for this project while at Wade Design.
Tasting Room
Winery/Production Barn
7880 sq ft
(new construction)
This 10,000 case winery in Geyserville has completed its first phase of construction at the top of the site - a production barn with a temporary tasting room. A formal tasting room, wine cave, and event area with a stone ruin will be built in the next phase. The main tasting room will be a large barn with wrap around porch and a triple hung window system that pockets into the wall above, making an almost seamless transition for visitors between inside and outside.
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LCT managed this project thru the start of construction while at Wade Design.
This bed design is a queen size mattress above a re-purposed sofa. It is more of a true murphy bed as it hinges at the head, but when up, the underside exposes a large painting above a sofa with a coffee table. By removing the couch back cushions and hinging the bed down to rest on the coffee table the living room becomes a bedroom.
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Designer and Builder
- LCT
This 78 square foot studio in Midtown Manhattan was my smallest residence in the US. I designed another transformable bed (full size) with a dark stained wood and inset black board panels. It was similar to a murphy bed but the long side was hinged since the apartment wasn't wide enough for the more traditional orientation. When the bed was up, the couch was exposed and made the room more like a living room. I used the area under the couch for storage and covered the corner cabinet with a large door similar in style to the bed for concealing the rest of my belongings from clothing to dishware as well as a printer and microwave. I also build a desk top that was supported by a mini-fridge on one end and some cabinets on the other. With so many small and efficient storage areas I was able to live and work in this space full time without sacrificing a very clean, clutter-free, and airy space.
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Designer and Builder
- LCT
This 96 square foot apartment in Chelsea was my first home in NYC. As my first experiment in compact design and small living, I focused on flexibility and transformation so that I could easily make this closet sized space become any one of the various rooms we need throughout the day whether bedroom, dressing room, kitchen, living room, dining room, or office. The bed (twin) was therefore designed to lift up and disappear as it exposed the sofa below. The sofa could pull out and become an extra bed or the middle section could pop-up and become a dining table. Additionally, a modular shelving system became the home for my small office desk, clothing storage, and also hosted a pantry for the adjacent kitchen which occupied one end of the apartment. The kitchen was made up of a small vanity sink and a mini-fridge with 2 burners on top. A small table provided a prep space that could slip over the fridge and 'pack up' the kitchen. Other than using the shared toilet down the hall, this apartment was quite self-sufficient.
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Designer and Builder
- LCT
This project shows the work I did in collaboration with Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) in Kibera (Nairobi, Kenya). The project started as a thesis project by landscape and planning students at Harvard as an exercise in alternative development, but was taken beyond the classroom and into context. After the group had successfully established a relationship with a community in Kibera and had reclaimed a trashy swamp land they engaged me as an architectural designer to help them start developing the structures to house the various programs for the project. I ended up moving to Kibera in 2009 and for most of the following year and a half lived in the slum with the locals who were engaged on the project. Each phase of the project was planned with the community members and was based on the outcome of the previous phases.
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Organization
- Konkuey Design Initiative
Engineering Consultant
- Buro Happold Engineering
Designer and Lead Builder
- LCT
This project focused on the renovation of a 100,000 square-foot historic structure in downtown Atlanta owned and operated by the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless. The site housed the organization and its advocacy work, homeless services (from daily needs to counseling and transitional services), a state-wide hotline, and the largest overflow shelter space in the south eastern United States hosting up to 600 guests each night. The goal was to redevelop the building to better serve the needs of the organization and its daily and overnight guests and included plans to have various levels of housing from emergency overnight to longer term supportive and program housing, a community kitchen for daily meals, a roof top garden for leisure and food production, a coffee shop for neighborhood engagement, and job training opportunities with each component of the program. Needless to say the project was much more involved than the bricks and mortar and was very socially and politically charged. A lot of progress was made on the design and in transforming our relationship with the city but ultimately the project never was realized. To this day, however, the Task Force is still housed in the building and continues to serve hundreds of guests each night.
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Host Organization
- Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless
Design Organization
- Design Corps
Architectural Consultant
- Perkins + Will
Architectural Designer and Project Lead
- LCT
Store layouts, facades, and fixture development were the focus of my retail experience with the various Williams Sonoma brands while at Wade Design and Backen Gillam Architects. We worked on stores across the country, from flagships to outlets, including Pottery Barn, West Elm, Williams Sonoma, and WS Home.
From basic B&W line drawings to furnished and rendered representations, surveying services are available at different scales as needed. I've surveyed hundreds of properties throughout New York City for various real estate companies that wanted to document their units both for marketing purposes as well as for internal records and cataloging.