Stayble Architecture

I’m an architect first — but I’ve also been the developer and the owner. That combination is rare, and it changes how I design: I know what a building costs to build, what the site and the code will allow, and what it takes to get it financed and permitted. Design leads the work; that experience makes sure it gets built.

I’ve designed at nearly every scale — furniture, a self-built tiny house, multifamily and mixed-use, airports. That range shapes how I approach design and problem-solving: the smallest piece demands precision, the largest demands coordinating hundreds of moving parts, and each one teaches the other. Thirteen years at a national firm built the foundation; on my own, I bring that rigor without the overhead — nimble, direct, and personally on every drawing.

Architecture is ideas translated into experiences, all rooted in place. The client, the program, and the site are the real heroes; I simply celebrate and reveal the elements I’m given.

I’m drawn to wabi-sabi — the natural, simple, austere beauty of weathered materials — and to the dichotomy of desert life: a rough exterior skin that handles the intense environment, a soft interior flesh built to hold the essentials. Honest materials, stripped to their essence: sandblasted block, exposed structure, burnt wood, a second skin against the harsh desert sun. A building should belong to its place — honest to the light, the materials, and the community it joins.

Every project is a chance to make a memorable place that enriches people’s lives. But the best design is the one that survives cost, code, and construction, and I’ve spent a career making those the same thing. I’m not here to build monuments to myself; I’m here to design buildings that get built, and that you’re glad you made.