Category: Residential

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Dower House

November 11, 2024

Archer & Buchanan Architecture was engaged to envision a design that would make Dower House, located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, more practical for a contemporary family lifestyle while maintaining historic...Read More
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Dreshertown Road Residence

May 9, 2024

Dreshertown Road Residence is a new home designed for an active family that focuses on a connection to the outdoors via the intentional use of views and multiple access points...Read More
New stone home with dark shutters and cedar shake roof at Evergreen Farm

Evergreen Farm

April 29, 2024

EVERGREEN FARM is the site of a new forever home built for a young, growing family on just over six acres in Southeastern Pennsylvania. When the existing c. 1845 abandoned...Read More
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Fallowfield Cottage

February 28, 2024

Located in the heart of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, Fallowfield Cottage sits nestled on the hillside of the former Ludington Estate.  Built circa 1910, the quaint Gladwyne home included an existing garage...Read More
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Elk Hill

February 14, 2024

Our clients at Elk Hill in Berwyn anticipated their next phase of life as empty nesters to involve less work, more entertaining and preparation for the future generation of family....Read More
Cottage-style entry to Chestnut Fields, a Chester County farmhouse with stone and siding exterior walls and cedar shake roof.

Chestnut Fields

November 29, 2023

NESTLED IN THE ROLLING HILLSIDE of a bucolic 10-acre property in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chestnut Fields is the result of a highly successful collaborative design process that delivered the forever...Read More
Addition to Brognard Okie farmhouse in Willistown

Okie Farmhouse Addition

November 21, 2023

As new empty nesters, the owners of a lovely 1931 farmhouse designed by R Brognard Okie sought to make changes to better accommodate their current and future lifestyle. Set on...Read More
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Bucksnort Farm

May 11, 2023

THE PRIMARY INTENTION guiding the architectural design of a new 5,500 SF home for a couple is for the house to function as a gathering spot for their expanding family...Read More
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Big Bend

April 5, 2023

THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT AT “BIG BEND”, located in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, were two-fold. The design team was charged with completely re-envisioning the interior of the house through a...Read More
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Hobbit House at Dragonfly Knoll

December 5, 2022

Clients in Mosier, Oregon, envisioned building a getaway cottage designed in the spirit of a J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit House on their 27-acre rural property. The resulting project, the Hobbit House...Read More
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Wine Cellar

September 19, 2022

The new owners of Fernbank Farm—the c. 1846 former summer home of Philadelphia physician James Cheston Morris— sought to transform an old icehouse into a wine cellar with a cozy,...Read More
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Chadds Ford Cottage

July 18, 2022

THE DESIGN OF CHADDS FORD COTTAGE addresses our client’s desire to easily age in place with a plan that completely supports first floor living. The open concept public spaces of...Read More
Contemporary farm house entry court with stone and board and batten siding exterior and metal roof

Havenwood

April 27, 2022

LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania, Havenwood is a unique interpretation of a traditional farmhouse. Responding to the clients’ desire for a generously sized house consisting of “pods and connectors,”...Read More
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Garage & Guest Suite

January 26, 2022

ARCHER & BUCHANAN DESIGNED a standalone garage in Gladwyne to hold a client’s vintage car collection. The new structure is set into the hillside running adjacent to the driveway of...Read More
Asian Inspired Residence

Asian-Inspired Residence

January 19, 2022

THE ASIAN-INSPIRED RESIDENCE EVOLVED as a replacement for an existing home set amid a Zen oasis of Japanese style plantings. Like its predecessor, the new home is reflective of Asian...Read More
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Burrows Run

October 20, 2021

BURROWS RUN was designed in 1939 for Nicholas and Genevieve (Bunny) du Pont by R. Brognard Okie, a favored architect of the du Ponts. This house, previously known as “Ridgely,”...Read More
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Towerfield

September 23, 2021

TOWERFIELD SITS ON THE NORTHEASTERN EDGE of the 800-acre Ardrossan estate, among the last grand estates of Philadelphia’s “Main Line” and home to the Montgomery Scott family. Designed in the...Read More
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Clocktower Farm

May 26, 2020

THE CLOCKTOWER FARM project scope is simply defined as a restoration of the farmhouse, originally constructed in the 1830s, with a rear Addition of new program spaces. The elegant front...Read More
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Berwyn Stable

May 14, 2020

THIS CLASSIC PENNSYLVANIA STONE STABLE has been in use for 100 years. With its central entry and two symmetrical wings, the 300 ft long structure has a center aisle running...Read More
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Greenville Contemporary

October 3, 2019

AFTER LIVING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, our clients chose an area outside of Wilmington, Delaware, for their retirement retreat. Their broad architectural interests led to the design of a home...Read More
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Wilmington Residence

August 6, 2019

THE WILMINGTON RESIDENCE was purchased from a hotelier who had imposed a kind of corporate hospitality view of architecture upon the stately home. Our work at the residence included an...Read More
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