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
Category: Residential
Fairville Residence
March 9, 2018
THE CLIENTS SOUGHT A VERY PRIVATE HOME reminiscent of a meandering European country house, with layers of indoor and outdoor rooms creating a distinct sequence of use from public to private....Read More
Fox Hollow Residence
March 9, 2018
FOX HOLLOW suffered a catastrophic fire that left only fragments of the former home standing. Our design solution was to recast a formerly contemporary home in a more formal manner to...Read More
Chestnut Hill Residence
March 9, 2018
SET AMID ONE OF THE LAST remaining wooded lots available in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, this new family home design respects its historic context with regard to siting,...Read More
Speakman Hill Farm
March 9, 2018
A CLOSE STUDY of 18th c. masonry house and bank barn precedents of Southern Chester County were the genesis of this 2007 farm. Sited above the Speakman Bridge on the Doe...Read More
Yellow Pony Farm
March 9, 2018
FOR A FAMILY OF PASSIONATE HORSEMEN, we brought together coastal themes of a Shingle Style home on high ground with a six-stall horse barn and indoor arena nestled in the...Read More
Cor-Ten Cattails
February 13, 2018
THE DESIGN OF THE COR-TEN CATTAILS was inspired by the Arts & Crafts style house that it surrounds on a 12-acre estate in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. While performing as a fence to...Read More
Arts and Crafts Garage
February 13, 2018
DESIGNED FOR THE DISPLAY and keeping of finer automobiles, this timber frame and masonry garage beautifully complements the Arts and Crafts style pebble-dash home designed by our firm in 2002....Read More
Kennett Square Pool House
February 13, 2018
NESTLED IN THE ROLLING HILLS of Chester County, this pool house recalls the small, stone spring houses found on 18th century farmsteads in Pennsylvania. To anchor the stone building to the...Read More
Hobbit House
February 13, 2018
AN AVID AND SERIOUS COLLECTOR of J.R.R. Tolkien books, manuscripts and artifacts, this client desired a cottage-like setting based on Tolkien’s writings and imagery of a home for a Hobbit. This...Read More
Pool Pavilion
February 13, 2018
AN OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE created for relaxing and entertaining while relishing prime views of the gardens and pool, this 16’ x 24’ pavilion is constructed atop an existing brick and...Read More
Rosedon Carriage House
February 13, 2018
THE SIX-CAR GARAGE built on the property of a c.1902 Main Line Philadelphia estate was designed to suggest it was built at the time of the original construction of the home....Read More
Weatherfield
February 13, 2018
HOUSED IN A STRUCTURE reminiscent 18th and 19th century Bucks County barns, this new 2,500 SF pool house provides a thoroughly modern living and entertaining space. Stone gable end walls, timber...Read More
Nature Pavilion
February 13, 2018
DESIGNED FOR A NATURE-LOVING COUPLE, the Nature Pavilion is tucked into the tree line on a natural plateau, far enough from the clients’ house to be a retreat destination, yet...Read More
Mercer Hill Garage
February 13, 2018
BUILT TO FULFILL A VARIETY OF NEEDS, this garage houses one daily-driven and two antique cars in a simple space made of timber and white-washed masonry that serves as a...Read More
All Around Farm
January 30, 2018
ORIGINALLY PART OF a large summer estate, this c. 1870 carriage barn additionally played the roles of car storage facility during World War II and, later, an internationally recognized show...Read More
Radnor Residence
January 30, 2018
ARCHITECT CHARLES PLATT (1861-1933) designed the neighboring Griswald Residence in 1912 with a large garden pavilion as the focal point of his characteristically Italianate garden design. With the deprivations of the...Read More
Charles Allen Residence
January 30, 2018
A THOROUGH UPDATE was made to this 1934 home designed by Philadelphia architect R. Brognard Okie, known for his intensive reinterpretation of classic Pennsylvania 18th century millwork. Okie’s houses reflect a...Read More
Mine Road Farm
January 30, 2018
IN THE 1930’s, when renowned local architect Walter K. Durham designed a major renovation and addition to this stone colonial in Chester County, the house was already more than two...Read More
Maple Hill Barn
January 30, 2018
THE COMPLETE RENOVATION of a late 19th century barn was part of a comprehensive property plan encompassing 20 acres formerly owned by Main Line architect Walter Durham (1896-1976). The structure was...Read More
Clarke Residence
January 30, 2018
LEGENDARY ARCHITECT WILLIAM L. PRICE designed this home in 1901 for Louis Clarke, the founder of the Autocar Manufacturing Co. Using historic photographs, a strong understanding of the period and...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