This is a new home nestled in a gently rolling site on Martha’s Vineyard. The design draws on the folk Victorian style common on the island, with strong roof lines and elegant details. Stone harvested from the site, along with wooden shingles and trim, allow artisans to demonstrate their craft. The result is a home …
The original house—a center-entry Federal with two rooms on each of three floors—suffered a number of poorly conceived additions over its life. It came to us as a four-unit condominium, which we were asked to convert back to a single-family. We redesigned the floor plans, which feature a new stair hall and a custom conservatory …
This new family room is affectionately called “the lodge” in reference to its nineteenth-century hunting lodge inspiration. We inherited the fireplace and exterior shell—an unfinished ell original to the house—and designed the interior architecture. Warm tones and dark woods were our palette, and governed everything from the structural trusses to the fireside settee. We used …
The owners of this stately Back Bay condo came to us looking for a refresh. The condo, with its enviable Back Bay location, had an appropriately grand parlour. Modern renovations to the building had resulted in an unfortunate spiral stair being inserted directly into the otherwise impressive space. Wanting to maintain the location of the …
FSA moved into our Central Square, Cambridge offices in 2014, but before doing so the space, which was the bottom two floors of a Second Empire rowhouse, needed a facelift! While the previous occupant had indeed used the space as an office, the most recent updates were… not very recent. It was a joy for …
