Catalog of Designs

The Graff Residence

Plan No. WCH-D1

A stone and batten cottage on a steep wooded lot, worked through three concept plans in a single Dream phase.

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The Phillips Residence

Plan No. UH-107

Designed after a fire took their home. A study of the family's daily routine shaped a house built around big gatherings and aging in place. Under construction now.

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The Resch Bunkhouse

Plan No. UH-109

A Mid Lake cabin planned around one vaulted living wall of glass, with a hidden loft lounge tucked into the ridge.

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The Vanderbilt

Plan No. UH-106

An 1,800 sq ft net-zero modular home: prefabricated units, reconfigurable for any lot. The modern heir to Wright's American System-Built homes.

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The Usonia Prairie House

Model No. UM-601

A prefabricated cabin. Panels and floor and roof units built indoors, trucked to your land, and stood up by a small crew in days.

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The Usonia Acre

Plan No. UH-110 · New

A compact spec home for towns and villages, sized to fit most lots under half an acre. A modernized take on historic colonial. Slab or basement, full upstairs, half upstairs, or one double height floor.

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Stonewall Preserve

Plan No. UH-102 · Under construction

A prairie home on an old settled pasture, rotated ten degrees southwest off hourly sun studies run for all four seasons. Custom copper lighting, built by local crews. Formerly the Oriole.

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The Howen

Plan No. UH-101

A single-story, 2,000 square foot family home under one generous gable, with room to grow. Construction set issued.

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The Avery Residence

Plan No. UH-108

A two story home wrapped around an oversized workshop garage in Iola. Drawn fast, built complete.

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The Schulke

Plan No. UH-103

A two-bedroom lakeside home on Crooked Lake, developed in two complete schemes and carried to a full construction set.

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The Shell Loft

Plan No. UA-204 · New

An off grid spec home under a 24 foot steel arch. 768 square feet on the floor, a loft bedroom in the curve, radiant heat off a wood boiler, and a covered porch and pergola drawn to keep growing.

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The Apex Office

Plan No. UA-202

A 1,200 square foot office addition onto the old Elderon fire station, carried from concept through completed construction.

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The Tepp Garage

Plan No. UA-203

A Pelican Lake garage sized for two large boats, with a bunkhouse upstairs for the kids and grandkids.

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The White Studio

Plan No. UA-201

A daylight photography studio planned as an accessory building, with a calm, gallery-like interior.

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The Greenhouse Coop

Plan No. UB-301

A greenhouse and chicken coop joined into one small, hardworking garden building. Designed and built.

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The Stacey Building

Plan No. UB-302

A disciplined storage and utility building. Drawn as pure structure, then built exactly to the frame.

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Deck & Planter Addition

Plan No. UB-303

A front deck and planter addition with rain barrel and chain. Small exterior work, designed and built.

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Silver Creek Masterplan

Study No. UC-501

A 25-year masterplan that rebuilds a small Wisconsin town around craft: live here, learn a trade here, sell it on the square.

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Ellipse Elementary

Study No. UC-502

A concept school under a family of sweeping concrete shells: classrooms that curve around a shared heart instead of marching down a corridor.

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Twin Schoolhouse

Study No. UC-503

A two-classroom schoolhouse module with movable partitions. Add, divide, partition, connect: a school that grows one schoolhouse at a time.

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The Cantebrary Library

Study No. UC-504

A concept public library: one great sheltering roof plane on a concrete frame, with a warm wood reading room floating inside.

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Deciduous Lofts

Study No. UC-505

A mid-rise timber loft building on Zillman Park: layered balconies, screened light, homes that live like treehouses.

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The Flight Pavilion

Study No. UC-506

A shade pavilion of steel trusses and stretched mesh that banks and soars like wings over a public plaza.

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Precast Observation Tower

Study No. UC-507

A leaning, twisting tower of stacked precast segments, slotted with light, crowned by a steel canopy over the viewing deck.

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The Usonian Chair

Design No. UF-401

An original chair of plywood planes. Rendered, then fabricated. Furniture from the same hand as the houses.

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The Usonian Desk

Design No. UF-402

Cherry, cast-in-place concrete, and stainless steel, drawn in the language of Frank Lloyd Wright. Modular drawers make it yours.

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