How RUHL | JAHNES modernized a home in Brookline, MA, proving that preservation is a sustainable approach to historic Victorian home renovation.
How RUHL | JAHNES modernized a home in Brookline, MA, proving that preservation is a sustainable approach to historic Victorian home renovation.
See how adaptive reuse breathed new life into a Victorian home, creating a functional creative workspace through architectural renovation and design.
How RUHL | JAHNES Architects transformed a Boston Victorian home while preserving historic character, featuring a modern climate-adapted indoor-outdoor design.
We are excited to be designing yet another new house in Rockport, MA. This will make the 3rd one! The house will be built in place of an existing house that is in a current state of disrepair. We hope…
SANDRA JAHNES: Our clients purchased one side of an 1857 Cambridge two-family home both for its fantastic Brattle Street location and because they saw great potential beyond its obvious flaws. The foundation was severely deficient due to poor construction and…
We are proud to announce that our House of Shifting Sands was published in 150 Best of the Best House Ideas in the fall of 2016. This design book is geared towards homeowners interested in modern house design and is…
We were recently featured in Boston Home magazine’s Best of Boston Home 2017 edition for our renovation of a single family home in Cambridge. The mid-century modern house was originally converted from a municipal garage in the late 1950’s by…
Our House of Shifting Sands has recently won an award from The Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod. (HBRACC). The House of Shifting Sands was recognized for “Excellence in New Construction – Single Family Home” by HBRACC at…
Take a look at these process images showing our design refresh of an oceanfront house south of Boston.
Much has happened since we last wrote about a new house we designed on Gap Cove in Rockport, MA back in June. We’re happy to report that after a historically difficult 2015 winter the general contractor, Skinner and Watkins, recovered…
When William Ruhl and his wife bought their little “fixer-upper” in Rockport, MA, they promised the sellers – who happened to also be the next door neighbors – that they would have the opportunity to review the design of…
Building a custom house on the coast has become more treacherous in the era of rising sea levels. Firm principal, Will Ruhl, has been researching this subject intensely in conjunction with the design of his own house in Rockport, MA.…