Why we still draw by hand

The client conversation we always have first

Why concrete needs twenty-eight days

The house that taught us about wind

Drawing the ceiling before the floor

A residence oriented to nothing

What we learned from a flooded basement

The stair as the only hallway

Cedar, ten years on

The site visit that changed a floor plan

One material, every room

The window that isn't a window

Building for a client we'll never meet

The roofline as a horizon line

Why every plan starts with the kitchen

The cost of a quiet house

Concrete in winter

The last decision we make

The weight of a threshold

Light as a structural material

What a nine-year-old house teaches us

The site walk we do before any drawing

Stone versus steel: choosing a spine

Why every Obsidian house faces a fixed point

Designing for the solstice

Why we build only one house a year

On poured concrete and patience