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THE JOURNEY HOME

The client wanted their contemporary aesthetic to

The client wanted their contemporary aesthetic to blend with the property's existing architecture. Our team specified cladding that mimics the site's wood cottages and designed green roofs above the garage and owner suite successfully blending the home into both the surrounding landscape and existing architecture.

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Get to know our team! Our talented staff shares t

Get to know our team!

Our talented staff shares their favorite project ( swipe --> ), restaurant, and publication of 2022.

Kevin Anaya
Restaurant: La Cosecha @lacosechadc
Publication: El Croquis @el_croquis and FRAME Magazine @framemagazine

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Haley Smith
Restaurant: Brazos Tacos @brazostacos
Publication: Where the Crawdad's Sing by Delia Owens @authordeliaowens

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Pallavi Puranik
Restaurant: Wildfire Restaurant @wildfirerest
Publication: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

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Matthew George
Restaurant: Judy Restaurant @judyrestaurantdc
Publication: Sapiens: A Brief History of Human Kind by Yuval Noah Harari @yuval_noah_harari

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This design for an island inspired home was envisi

This design for an island inspired home was envisioned to appear "traditional from afar, but far from traditional". Deep overhangs blur the visual threshold between indoor and outdoor space while pronounced horizontal planes ingratiate the home into the surrounding landscape.

While written in architecture's traditional dialect, these adaptations have the home speaking a contemporary language.

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Our team designed a home with an elegant, yet dist

Our team designed a home with an elegant, yet distinct multiplane composition. Wrapping the horizontal planes of the roof and balconies around the corner of the home and into the vertical datum creates a sense of dynamism - gifting passerby with the illusion that the volumes of the home are shifting or changing as the viewer moves across the property.

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Our client wanted to fully immerse themselves in t

Our client wanted to fully immerse themselves in the beauty of Maryland's Eastern Shore. To help actualize their dream, our team designed a stunning 180° outdoor deck. This solution places both the diverse ecosystem that inhabits the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the warmth of their home within arms reach.

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Get to know our team! Our talented staff shares t

Get to know our team!

Our talented staff shares their favorite project (swipe—>), restaurant, and publication of 2022.

Restaurant: Fogo de Chao @fogo
Publication: Memoirs of a Woman Doctor by Nawal El Saadawi

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Our client is passionate about dry stack stone wal

Our client is passionate about dry stack stone walls. These walls are traditionally used as landscape elements, a common scene among the historic towns dotting the Virginia countryside.

Inspired by our client's passion, a standard dry stack wall gradually transforms into a key architectural element of the home. This embellished gesture makes manifest our client's passion by emphasizing the transition of a traditional landscape element into a primary entrance façade.

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When the client requests you maximize the views, y

When the client requests you maximize the views, you maximize the views.

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Solid (traditional) vs. Void (modern) massing Out

Solid (traditional) vs. Void (modern) massing

Outfitted with Creighton Farms' classic material palette and tonal values, our team enriched the experience with modern sensibilities - adorning the spaces within the space with transparency.

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Harmonizing opacity with transparency. #wcralston

Harmonizing opacity with transparency.

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Get to know our team! Our talented staff shares

Get to know our team!

Our talented staff shares their favorite project (swipe -->), restaurant, and publication of 2022.

Sam Robinson
Restaurant: Taco Bamba @tacobamba
Publication: Music Exists with Chuck Klosterman; 60s Songs that Explain the 90s @ringer

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Matt Hill
Restaurant: DLENA @dlenadc
Publication: Spittin Chiclets @spittinchiclets

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Natalie Wolf
Restaurant: Sister's Thai @sistersalexandria
Publication: NPR's Tiny Desk @tinydesk

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Putting the natural landscape in frame. The home'

While approaching the home, a glass bridge at the

While approaching the home, a glass bridge at the entry offers a glimpse of the magnificent views this mountainside has to offer.

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This renovated home features a year-round pool hou

This renovated home features a year-round pool house.

A wood burning fireplace and scenic views will make this pool house addition an easy-to-reach escape regardless if bathing suit weather is in the forecast.

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Our team will curate an interior design solution t

Our team will curate an interior design solution to meet your unique preferences for your new or renovated home.

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Get to know our team! Our talented staff shares

Get to know our team!

Our talented staff shares their favorite project ( swipe ---> ), restaurant, and publication of 2022.

Restaurant: @andyspizzanoma
Publication: A music podcast trifecta of; @thebrokenrecordpod , @switchedonpop , @dissectpodcast

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To achieve the client’s definition of success, t

To achieve the client’s definition of success, the renovation needed to reimagine the form and massing of the home.

A new, modern structure was built to house the garage, gym, guest suite, and outdoor entertainment area. A low, hyphenated volume bridges the new to the existing structure and both forms are clad in corral board to capture a sense of timelessness.

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For those who love to host, entertainment spaces t

For those who love to host, entertainment spaces take priority.

This drawing illustrates the site's dramatic topography. Our team leveraged the grade change to 'elevate' the entertainment areas of this homestead to capture the expansive views.

Tucking in the guest bedrooms, entry/foyer, and garage into the lower level affords the entertainment areas unobstructed views of Lake Waramaug.

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An ornamental cor-ten screen creates a playful pas

An ornamental cor-ten screen creates a playful passage for natural light to brighten this intimate setting.

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We won! The Washington D.C. Chapter of the America

We won! The Washington D.C. Chapter of the American Institute of Architects announced only two winners of this year's Unbuilt Washington Awards and our custom single family home, Artifacts, was one of them!

Our team is honored to receive this prestigious award and thank you for the opportunity to share our work - @aia_washdc

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Our Year-in-Review coffee table book winner is her

Our Year-in-Review coffee table book winner is here!

First of all, a big thank you to everyone who took time to share our Instagram page with others passionate about design. We greatly appreciate you!

Secondly, we didn't anticipate the level of interest our book would garner. If you are interested in purchasing one for yourself, or a friend, please email info@wcralston.com with Year-in-Review Book in the subject line. We'll coordinate shipping and cost from there!

Last but not least, the images above are a very small sample of our book, which is still in draft form. But we are on track to elevate a coffee table near you soon!

Out of respect for our winner's privacy we will not share their Instagram handle, but reaching out to them directly to share the good news!

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