Michael Connell Architect specializes in residential design. We view your resources and the earth's resources as limited, but our creativity as unlimited. The undertaking of a major renovation or new home is a significant leap, and we devote our energy to designing beautiful, value-oriented, sustainable homes. We design space: bring it to life, open it up, reinvent it. We follow a discovery-based process of design; the more we know about you the better we can create your new home. We can design your dream home from the ground up or recraft your existing house with integrity yet make it a home for the 21st century.
Michael Connell Architect designs with long-term sustainability in mind, understanding that as households grow, a flexible design continues to accommodate ever-changing needs. We consider clients collaborators and strive for open, trusting relationships with them. We strive to respond creatively to existing conditions with a practical knowledge of construction. Michael Connell, a Bay Area-based Architect for 30 years, began his practice soon after receiving his Masters of Architecture degree from UCLA's School of Architecture and Urban Design.
We believe that restoration of a beautiful exterior will increase the enjoyment, as well as the value of your home. Our interior (re)design is often less traditional, bringing space and light for a contemporary lifestyle into previously dark and cramped rooms. Formerly, these homes were covered with stucco and asbestos siding. We stripped them down to their bones, and painstakingly developed suitable detailing. Our design process is not academic, but one of discovery: we may find a trace of the original trim under layers of remodeling, or reinterpret neighboring facades.
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