Work in progress, and work that lasts.

A metal-clad building that puts a training floor and a working office under one roof. The gym side runs the length of the plan with overhead doors at the far end; the front of house holds a lobby, reception, collaboration room, four offices, a lounge and a kitchenette.

Three cladding colors were studied at full elevation so the owner could compare them side by side, on the building, before the color was committed to.

A shingle-style lake house that turns to follow its site, with a curved screened porch and patio wrapping the lake side and a stone foundation providing the base.

The drawings behind the photographs: partial elevations on all four sides, a window schedule with a typical window detail, and the basement and first floor plans.

An interior and front elevation remodel of a mid-century ranch on the lake. The existing front presented a low, closed face to the street; the proposal opens it with a gabled entry porch, a wide folding glass wall at the living end, and shingle and stone detail that gives the elevation a center.

The design moved from a hand sketch of the proposed south elevation, to construction documents covering all four elevations and the porch framing, to a rendered elevation the owner could react to before the color was set.

An accessibility rework of the entire interior of the building. A new limited-use limited-application elevator connects the basement to the first floor, and new accessible toilet rooms, corridors, hall widths and door openings follow ADA criteria throughout.

Fitting an elevator into a building that was not planned for one is the hard part. The elevator shaft was thoughtfully added while providing for full accessibility.