Thursday, August 27, 2009

Westside Stories: SIGH...now for the hardest decision.



I went from being unexpectedly Architectless, to having 3 awesome choices and all are small business and/or start ups which I love supporting. Still haven't decided....here are the contenders...

Stephen and Ersela: Agency
• Bro and Sis-in-laws of my new neighbors, Sarah and Thomas Mueller
• Fancy NYC Architects, who are currently part of amazing fellowship
• Only gonna be here for the design phase, which I didn't originally realize was an issue.
• A staircase designed by Stephen http://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/dynamic-descent.aspx

Dominique and Ryan: Davison Architects
• Working on a LEED Platinum and Energy Star house right now
• Super nice
• Do extremely detailed drawings, which will make all our lives easier
• Have worked with my builder Jamie before
http://www.davisonarch.com/

Jamie Darnell: (Recently left El Dorado to do his own thing)
• Built this amazing house that is in my new hood http://www.dwell.com/articles/plains-gold.html
• Had some awesome ideas of how to make my box, less boxy
• Have the exact same style
http://www.eldoradoarchitects.com

3 comments:

Sarah M. said...

Well, you know who I'm rooting for ; )

Jenn said...

My vote goes to the last one :)

daysleeping said...

i'm going to have to go with the guy that is setting out to do his own thing....though they all look good. if the first group won't be here the whole time, i think that should rule them out....but what do i know.

regardless, it's a nice problem to have. i'm impressed with what you are doing and can't wait to see how it plays out!