GO design

01/04/2013

We're currently assisting a family in Redondo Beach remodel their new home.

12/03/2012

The re-design of an existing 1,400 s.f. guest house on an existing rural property held by the same family for three generations. The existing guest house was built by the current owner's great grande father and added onto by her grande father and his son the owner's father.

The current building has many existing issues including age, settling, poor construction, and no foundation to name a few.

Our clients were a retired couple seeking to live on the property in the newly constructed main house through their retirement. This played heavily into our solution.

We were asked to re-design the existing floor plan on the existing building foot print, as well as adding a lower level. The existing "cottage" had many changes in level which consumed usable floor space and would make using it for an aging couple and their friends more challenging by the year due to the changes in level. The owner requests included adding a full bathroom to the master bedroom, opening the main living space towards her favorite view (a wooded creek behind the cottage), increasing the size of a very small kitchen, a powder room for the living area, a lower level craft room with a laundry room and powder room.

Our solution was to address the owner's criteria and to exceed it by adding a second main floor bedroom and creating the opportunity for the lower level to function as a third bedroom with it's own bathroom. Our goal was to reposition the building from a one bedroom one bath cottage into a three bedroom three bathroom "Guest House." In doing so to increase the property value and the options for the owner's.

Our solution was to offer the owner's the ability to rent the house out as a vacation rental or a year round rental by connecting the main floor with the new walk out basement via an internal stair by a lockable door. This would allow the owner's in the short term to rent the upper level as they wish and use the lower level as a craft room. There by giving the owner's the ability to recapture their investment and their children the ability to more easily retain the property in the family and use it themselves when the time comes.

05/28/2012

1997 Graduation Trip to Europe

05/24/2012

GO design

Option A and Option B

05/24/2012

Option B - Exploded View

05/21/2012

More information coming in the next couple days...stay tuned!

Option A and Option B

05/21/2012

Option A and Option B

05/08/2012

GO design

A collaboration between myself and Gary Salmen

05/08/2012

Architecture is a delicate dance between providing client needs, creative expression, and the health, welfare, and safety of the public.

05/08/2012

GO design's cover photo

04/06/2012

04/05/2012

Design competition for a modular and mobile retail display space outfitted for two people and all of the associated merchandise and equipment.

04/04/2012

Keyes Audi During Construction, Architect Dennis Flynn Architects

Interior design under in collaboration with Jordon Freemont Enterprises

04/04/2012

A Women's Boutique Clothing Store

04/02/2012

International Design Competition Sponsored by Architecture for Humanity, 2009

03/06/2012

Why else hire an architect?

03/06/2012

Program: A new three story three bedroom two and a half bathroom single family home with a two story guest house garage.

Concept: A custom designed zero net energy home appealing to a potential Asian client. Sustainable Features: The building was designed to capture cool ocean breezes during the warm months and solar gain for heating in the cold months. Geothermal heat exchange, solar photovoltaics, third story living roof deck, day lighting

03/02/2012

Venice context at Windward and Pacific Avenues

03/02/2012

Why would you hire an architect?

03/02/2012

This coming Friday, March 2nd, we will be hosting an open house at 108 Art & Design (108 Petaluma Ave) to take a closer look and discuss the winning entries. There will be a lot of great people, refreshments, and conversation about what's next. www.the-core-project.org

02/12/2012

The Core Project had the most exciting and popular event in Sebastopol last night. If you missed it you can see some of the photos and video from the entire days activities on our FB page and the website over the next several days. Check out what the buzz is all about. Thank you to everyone who came out to see all the amazing ideas people from around the world and the local community have offered to the City of Sebastopol from their passionate hearts and minds. Thank you to the entrants for having the courage, vision, and inspiration to share with this wonderful funky, and creative, community!

Be there Saturday, February 11, from 6-9pm

02/12/2012

A heavy timber framed redwood solar arbor (18.9 kilowatt PV solar system) over an existing baci ball court.

10/04/2011

If you're looking for an urban design competition to enter check out "The Core Project" www.the-core-project.org

09/09/2010

Imagine going to school in a tree house on a reclaimed urban forest!!