About Chris

An architect specializing in hot humid ocean front homes throughout the Eastern US and beyond.

Wishing a safe and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

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You can always tell its the holidays in Charleston when Elsie the Coburg cow starts wearing her Pilgrim hat and the milk bottle changes to Egg Nog!

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Great time for photography on Kiawah!

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The home we designed at 14 Ocean Course is being photographed by Brian Dressler Photography.  We are taking advantage of this gorgeous weather to document this home. Groh Moffly Contruction was the general contractor for his home and Tammy Connor was the Interior Designer.

Brian using a ladder to capture an exterior shot.

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Kiawah Client hosts Chamber Music Series

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John and Eileen Sanders hosted several performances of the Charleston Chamber Music at the home we designed for them at 50 Kiawah Island Drive in the Settlement on Kiawah Island, SC.  They were generous enough to invite me to one of the performances.  What a great way to encourage beautiful music.IMG_5019

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Oceanfront Home at 75 Eugenia on Kiawah coming along.

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Oceanview of house

Ocean View of house

View of Guest House

 

View of Guest House

Another shot of plastering the pool.

 

Pool and hot tub being plastered.  Note the shallow shelves on either side of the hot tub so you can put lounge chairs into the pool.

Plastering the pool

 

Starting to fill the pool with water!

Its about a month away from completion.

 

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Happy 158th Birthday to Louis Sullivan

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James Charnley House c.1892

Louis Sullivan is one of the most influential of the Chicago Architects. Here is an example of his James Charnley House in Chicago circa 1892.

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Today would be Eero Saarinen’s 104th Birthday

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Eero Saarinen was born in Finland but practiced in the United States.  He worked on some of the most iconic mid-century structures such as the St. Louis Arch, Dulles Airport Terminal and pictured here the TWA terminal.  All of his designs used sweeping curved forms to create wonderful spaces.  These curves softened the hard edges of modernism while giving a timeless quality to his architecture.

TWA Flight Center at NYC's JFK International Airport

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Happy Birthday to Sharon Ritchey one of our wonderful clients.

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Porch Rear View Master Bedroom Street Elevation

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Contemporary Home Design for Kiawah Island, SC

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Ocean View from South East

Here is the street elevation showing the glass hyphens to break up the mass with bronze windows.

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Happy 69th birthday to Jean Nouvel

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Pritzker Prize winning architect who created the Arab Institute building in Paris that has mechanical openings similar to the lens of a camera to adjust daylight in the building and is a modern interpretation of the Middle Eastern screens.Arab Institute

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Happy Birthday to Christine Motamed one of our favorite clients.

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DSC_3558 DSC_3560 DSC_3539 DSC_3544Here are photos of their new home at 14 Ocean Course Drive. Their first home we designed for them at 61 Salthouse resold for the highest amount in The Settlement.  Hope you have a wonderful day, Chris.

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