Usonia House

About the Studio

Design + Build · Custom Residential Architecture

WHO WE ARE

USONIA HOUSE is an architectural design studio focused on custom residential work: houses, cabins, ADUs, small offices, exterior accessory buildings, and furniture. Architectural design services are the heart of the studio. We're a little obsessed with building technology, and the techniques we design around cost less to build and perform better for decades.

Every commission is drawn for you and with you, from the first concept sketch through bidding and permits. And when you want one point of contact for the whole project, we can act as your general contractor and carry the design through construction.

Our built work, from offices to garden buildings to furniture, stands within a short drive of the drawing board it came from. Every drawing in this catalog is original Usonia House work.

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HOW WE WORK

1. Inquire

Call or write about your project: the land, the budget, the rooms you need. The first conversation is free, and a modest design retainer starts the work.

2. Design

We model everything in full 3D and show you real alternatives. Plans, renderings, and costs together, before construction documents begin.

3. Build

A complete, buildable drawing set goes out to bid. If you'd like, we act as your general contractor and stay with the project through the last nail.

WHAT WE DESIGN

Better Building, For Less

We design around modern construction science: disciplined framing layouts that eliminate waste, envelope details that out-insulate a conventional wall, and drawing sets complete enough that builders bid them tight. Better performance at a lower in-place cost. That's the whole idea.

From the drawing board. A Usonia House schematic design study.
From the drawing board. A Usonia House schematic design study.
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