![]() ![]() Each time we learn more about the ripple effects we create when we build. With each project, we learn and grow and change - each time discovering a simpler, less expensive way to do something that is more creative and will need less resources to maintain over the long haul. Together, we have designed many things: houses, resorts, cabins, hot pools, and a loft. With my design philosophy in opposition to the mainstream, my husband Karel has become my favorite client. They generally are looking for big, impressive, and cheap: I was interested in small, sustainable, and soulful. In the end, I got more than a bit frustrated by what our culture generally wants in a building. ![]() I continued in a traditional architecture career, designing churches with Paul Riley and Associates in New Jersey and doing my graduate studies at Washington University. While studying architecture at Princeton University, I added layers to the understanding that I developed while working with Ray. He was kind and supportive and taught me all the most important things about building well and how buildings affect people. I started practicing architecture with my Uncle Ray Maritz when I was a teenager. Most of all, I want it to make people happy. I want it to work for peoples' lifestyles. Designing a farm is like designing just about anything. I want it to be beautiful, efficient, and long lasting. Many of the buildings were in various states of decay and needed to be removed, remodeled, or re-purposed. ​When we bought this land in 2010, the farm was no longer producing.
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