New work published — the Hollis Residence, photographed in full.

Verge Pavilion

Completed 2024 · St. Louis, Missouri

Verge Pavilion

A shelter and tool store for a community garden, designed to be taken over by planting. The climbing wall was set out with the growers so each species reaches the height it needs.

The Verge began as a competition entry for a community garden that needed somewhere dry to store tools and shelter from summer storms. We proposed a building that would slowly disappear.

A wall for the growers

The long south wall is a trellis in reclaimed brick, with wires and ledges set out alongside the growers so each climbing species reaches the height it needs. In its second summer the brick is already mostly green.

We asked for a shed. We got a wall that grows tomatoes.

Verge Garden committee
Residential

Hollis Residence

Completed 2026 · Springfield, Illinois

A four-bedroom house built into a sloping corner plot. Board-marked concrete carries the street edge; inside, the plan turns away from the road and opens to a walled garden.

  • Architecture Full service
  • Interior design All rooms
  • Furniture selection With the client
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Workplace

Meridian Workspace

Completed 2025 · Peoria, Illinois

A 1970s distribution shed turned into studio space for forty people. The existing frame stayed; we cut a stair through the middle and brought daylight down to the ground floor.

  • Architecture Conversion
  • Lighting design Daylight and electric
  • Wayfinding Signage and colour
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