Strand Millas
March 6, 2025
Archer & Buchanan was retained to complete renovations to Strand Millas, a circa 1700 home constructed by the Gregg family near Montchanin, Delaware. Modifications were made to the historic home...Read More
Category: Additions & Renovations
Rittenhouse Square Condominium
March 6, 2025
A client we worked with previously enlisted us to complete a Rittenhouse Square condominium renovation following her decision to downsize from a larger unit. The unit to be renovated had...Read More
Greenville Residence
December 30, 2024
This project involved a transformative renovation of a 1950s Colonial Revival home located in a stately long-established neighborhood in Greenville, Delaware. Rather than complete a mere aesthetic update, our client...Read More
Preserving Historic Character While Adapting for Contemporary Living: Renovations and Addition to c.1755 Dower House
November 11, 2024
Archer & Buchanan Architecture congratulates clients Lisa and Tait Norden of West Chester, Pennsylvania, for receiving a Bricks and Mortar Award for Renovations and Additions to the c. 1755 Dower...Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Saucon Valley Homestead
February 19, 2019
SAUCON VALLEY HOMESTEAD is set in an area rich in natural and man-made beauty – part of thousands of acres earmarked by Bethlehem Steel Corporation in the 1950s for executive...Read More
Fox Hill Racing Trophy Room
March 9, 2018
THIS ADDITION WAS DESIGNED to house the trophies and lifetime memorabilia for one of the region’s leading race horse owners. The space is a linked pavilion separate from, rather than open...Read More
Tunnel Farm
March 9, 2018
THE ORIGINAL 17TH CENTURY HOUSE had been altered and added to over the course of many generations. With the arrival of a new family, the decision was made to save what...Read More
Bryn Mawr Residence
March 9, 2018
Archer & Buchanan Bryn Mawr Residence A TRANSITIONAL INTERIOR was created with interior designer Jennifer Fuller on her c. 1930 home. The program included a home office/library just off the entry...Read More
Bryn Mawr Renovation
January 30, 2018
CONSIDERED FOR DEMOLITION, this c. 1950 house sited on a 4-acre sloped and overgrown property was recovered and restored, with major renovations and additions. Extending in every direction, the additions...Read More
Bryn Coed Farm
January 30, 2018
THE RESIDENCE OF U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts (1875-1955) was meticulously renovated and expanded by notable Philadelphia architect R. Brognard Okie in the 1930’s as his refuge from...Read More
Haverford Residence
January 30, 2018
SITED ON TWO ACRES on Philadelphia’s main line, a c.1920’s stone home receives an addition and partial interior renovation to bring it to the level of functionality expected in a...Read More
Bright Barn
January 30, 2018
THE DIMINUTIVE 18TH CENTURY Pyle House and 1888 BANK BARN are the backdrops for the home and sculpture studio of a local artist. The challenge was linking the two buildings with an...Read More
Sunny High Residence
January 30, 2018
SUNNY HIGH, the 1902 arts and crafts inspired tudor home designed by Francis Gugert, was purchased by a young family wanting the character of an old Main Line Philadelphia home along...Read More
Fairfield Residence
January 30, 2018
Portfolio: Fairfield Residence FAIRFIELD WAS DESIGNED IN 1900 by its then owner, John Torrey Windram, the architect of the Philadelphia Waterworks. The high Georgian brick residence expanded on three occasions,...Read More