Unlike many designers and architects my work is fairly obscure to most people. Like a good picture frame it stands out by blending into the background. While a few small articles have been written about us, for the most part we are unknown, even when we are right in front of your eyes.
I once met with a client and was showing her my portfolio when she said "oh I've seen that before." She takes a book off the shelf and to my amazement there was pictures of my work. I didn't know that one of the houses we had worked in had been published.
These two books showcasing some of our work, New Classism, and Timeless Architecture, were written by Elizabeth Meredith Dowling, a professor at Georgia Tech.
This is a home located in the neighborhood of Buckhead, in Atlanta. We did 6 rooms in this home.
This mantel is an interesting story. It was imported from France but only came with one column. We were asked to replicate the column and install the new columns. They are not wood as everyone thinks but plaster. The wooden crown above the mantel is also plaster. We took moulds of other items used in the room to create that crown. There was supposed to be significant work in the arches above the crown yet for some reason the homeowner changed his mind about that work. It just goes to show you can never be sure what you are really looking at.
While the book doesn't really show much of our work it is nice to see some of it through the eyes of others. It was a big project and we pulled it off. Maybe someday we can have our own coffee table book.
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