RESIDENTIAL

You may not know where to begin, but change is in the wind.  Let's begin a conversation and create your future. if you are still trying to articulate your needs, skip to my blog article for thoughts about the programming process.

MULTIFAMILY

Mixed use / mixed income housing, new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse: our staff have designed thousands of units, including both private-sector market-rate housing and affordable housing with LIHTC funding from DCHFA, VHDA, and Maryland CDA. ​

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COMMUNITY

The new deck at Linganore Wine Cellars expands their wedding & events venue and creates the perfect backdrop for picture-perfect memories, while also serving as a shelter for the lower level tasting room entry.

A new cidery is coming to the Ag Reserve in Montgomery County. We are working with the orchardist as his crops mature to realize his vision of an integrated production and tasting facility. 

The Mountain Woodlands Habitat was one of several projects at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum designed while at The Potomac Group with Aram Mardirosian
(fun fact - Aram's first task in architecture was to figure out how to drain the roof at Dulles.)  Cruz the mountain lion is a visitor favorite; human-animal barriers are naturalized or minimized.
photo by Liz Kemp

We are helping a prominent Mid-Atlantic winery expand with a wine library and VIP Tasting Room, and bringing existing facilities up to code in a way that enhances the visitor experience.

MASTERPLANS

Ashton is a rural village in flux as the surrounding suburban communities expand. As the planning commission updated its Sector Plan, Knu Design facilitated community charettes to productively channel a range of inputs to outline the future character.

The Havana International Charette on Urban Design defines visions for a better Havana The city's layered history is already at risk with erroneous growth; the anticipated future tidal wave of American investment could destroy the city - or with precise vision, make it better for Habañeros. 
The Paseo del Prado runs from the sea to the Capitolio just outside the original city wall. We would continue that concept from the Capitolio to the harbor, with redevelopment of the Arsenal District to integrate local and regional transit with placemaking.