The Fold
A study in intimacy, movement, and timeless living.
Unlike most of my projects, The Fold is being shared as it evolves. From the earliest sketches and material studies through design development and construction, this project documents not only what is being designed, but why.
As a personal project, I have the freedom to share the entire journey—the ideas, the questions, the iterations, and the decisions that shape a home long before construction begins.
It's an opportunity to explore new ways of thinking about residential design, question familiar assumptions, and refine a philosophy of home that extends beyond a single project. My hope is that, along the way, it inspires you to think differently about your own home and the life you want it to support.
CHAPTER 1 - THE QUESTION
Some homes begin with a list of rooms. Others begin with photographs collected over years. The Fold began with a question.
What if home wasn't defined by openness, but by connection?
For years, residential design has celebrated larger spaces, higher ceilings, and uninterrupted sightlines. Open-concept living became almost synonymous with modern design. And those spaces can be beautiful, and I've designed many of them.
But after years of designing homes—and living in homes I had designed myself—I began to notice something.
The homes I was most drawn to weren't necessarily the largest or the most open. They were the ones that felt intimate. They invited you to move through them. They revealed themselves gradually. They created quiet moments of connection—to the landscape, to the changing light, and to the people living within them.
That realization became a turning point in my own design philosophy. Not because everything I'd designed before was wrong, but because I had begun asking different questions.
Questions about movement instead of square footage.
About atmosphere instead of trends.
About how a home feels, rather than simply how it looks.
CHAPTER 2 - PERMISSION
The Fold was an idea that I just kept comming back to…
We decided a long time ago that when we designed our next home it wouldn’t be for resale. It would designed 100% around our lifestyle.
Years ago, during a design meeting, I mentioned something about ‘resale’ value—as designers often do.
My client paused, smiled, and said… "I don't mean to be morbid, dear... but they'll be taking me out of here in a box."
I've never forgotten it. At the time it made me laugh. Now I realize he wasn't talking about resale at all. He was talking about permission.
Permission to stop designing for an imaginary future buyer.
Permission to stop worrying about what everyone else might think.
Permission to build a home that reflected thier life instead of someone else's expectations.
That conversation stayed with me for years.
CHAPTER 3 - THE FOLD
The Fold is more than a name. Architecturally, it describes the folding of space - A series of connected forms rather than one continuous volume.
Glass corridors become moments of transition.
Courtyards become rooms without roofs.
The landscape is no longer something viewed through a window—it becomes part of the journey through the home.
The house isn't experienced all at once. - It reveals itself gradually.
Every threshold is intentional.
Every garden has a purpose.
Every path invites movement.
Rather than one expansive room, The Fold is composed of intimate spaces connected by light, landscape, and carefully considered transitions.
The architecture encourages you to slow down.
To notice.
To wander.
To step outside.
To follow the changing light throughout the day.
It is a home designed around movement, connection, and everyday rituals.
Unlike most projects, this story doesn't end with a completed home - It begins here.
Over the coming months I'll be sharing every stage of the process—from discovery and concept development through design refinement, material selections, construction, and ultimately, living in the finished home.
Not simply to document a project - But to explore an idea.
Because the most meaningful homes rarely begin with a floor plan.
They begin with a way of living.
Or perhaps more simply—
A home, that is unapologetically yours.
