My architectural emphasis and primary mission is for the needs of the small church, although some projects have grown to as large as 50,000 square feet.  This sanctuary was among several that I have positioned in very conventional rectangular pre-engineered building envelopes, but with center axis angled 45 degrees.  The materials in most of the […]

This was a neat little link addition to provide additional office space that filled in a 20′ wide alley between the existing office  and manufacturing buildings.  Since the roof pitches were perpendicular and the side walls were of differing heights no greater than 10′, a simple shed extension would not work.  The infill structure assumed […]

This is a scanned page of photos from pre-digital days of the unique residence of my late uncle Jesse Edsel Brown and his wife Alberta.  Where little pigs were once born, a comfortable retirement home was crafted of recycled and salvaged materials purchased at liquidation sales and auctions.  My uncle and aunt were avid gardeners, […]

This sanctuary addition was phase two for this church client, adding this stand-alone unit in front of the phase one activities building.  The buildings are separated by a service drive that is covered by a canopy to permit sheltered pedestrian transition between buildings.  Since the structure of the building would not support at steeple on […]

Another interesting deviation from my architectural emphasis with churches was this project for our local animal shelter that uses down-scaled elements of a horse barn for housing dogs awaiting adoption.  This new facility is used for healthy animals, while those that are sick or not people-friendly remain in the adjacent older facility.  The new kennel […]