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Interior stairs connecting renovated lower level and new upper level; stairs are bleached ash and lower level floors are stained concrete
— houses, in construction, waterfront

Loving their new (almost finished) Westport River House

We are thrilled that our Westport clients are enjoying living in their new river front house, after recently having received their Certificate of Occupancy from the town! There is still an extensive punch list to complete, but after such a…

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Module #5 being set onto first floor module #1.
— houses, institutional, in construction, prefab

Prefab at St. Mark’s School

In 2007, Ruhl Walker Architects was hired to design six faculty houses for St. Mark’s School in Southborough, MA, prevailing over three architectural firms with much deeper portfolios of previous institutional work.  We may have been the most surprised of…

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Exterior of the Westport River House designed by Ruhl Jahnes under construction, showing the full rear facade with wood framing, large glass panels, and a group of visitors walking toward the building.
— houses, in construction, waterfront

Making progress on the Westport River House

The house as seen from the riverThe red cedar frame and brushed aluminum window system is complete other than at the screened porch in the upper right cornerThe clear finished walnut fireplace siding and lower level rain-screen will be completed…

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— houses, in design, prefab

In Design: Custom Prefabricated House in Lincoln

This house started as a substantial renovation of an existing 50’s vintage modern house in Lincoln, MA.  Because the original program included a large laundry list of renovations to the existing house systems, once we began working with general contractors on…

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— houses, in construction, waterfront

Mystic Lake House Framing Complete

Ruhl Walker Architects was hired by a young couple — he a high tech consultant for a bio-tech company, she an MIT-trained corporate architect — to design a new house for a steeply sloping site along lower Mystic Lake in Arlington,…

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Exterior of a Westport, MA, home designed by Ruhl Jahnes, showing the wood-framed upper level under construction in winter, with open stud framing and a snow-covered site surrounded by bare trees.
— houses, in design, in construction, waterfront

House in Westport

Currently under construction on the banks of the Westport River, in Westport, MA, is a house we designed for a general contractor and his wife. Reed / Hildebrand is landscape architect and interior design will be by Diane Cramphin of…

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Exterior of a Duxbury, MA home designed by Ruhl Jahnes, showing the rear facade with a grid of square windows, horizontal panels, an exterior staircase, and a green lawn under a bright blue sky.
— houses

The Best of Old and New in Duxbury

Having recently completed construction of this renovation and addition in Duxbury, we are currently working with the owners on the last phases of furnishings and interior design. The owners’ previous home − a commanding ship captain’s house built in 1851…

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