Cover sheet Issued for conversation
Not to scale
Architecture & interiors for hot, dry places.
Schedule of work Seven buildings, seven sites, one rule: respond
Plans 1/16″ = 1′-0″
Section 1 · Daylight Drag the sun. Watch the house breathe.
Lat. 32.2° N · Tucson
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Finish schedule Materials that get better with age
Samples at 1:1
- LP-1
Lime plaster
Breathes through desert summers. Hand-troweled, never painted.
New Mexico - TZ-1
Terrazzo
Cast on site with offcuts from our own stone yards.
On site - WD-1
Reclaimed oak
Doors and frames from dismantled Midwest barns.
Ohio - SB-1
Screen brick
A perforated wall that shades, ventilates and draws patterns.
Arizona kilns - ST-1
Flagstone
Cool underfoot in July. Honed, not polished.
Arizona - MT-1
Brass
Handles and light fittings that darken to the hand.
Pennsylvania
Phasing From first visit to housewarming
Typical new home · 18 months
- 01
Listen
Two hours at your current home. How you cook, where you read, what you never use.
- 02
Site study
Survey, soil, trees, sun and wind. The site always has the first idea.
- 03
Concept
Three options as hand drawings and a physical model, never a single "take it or leave it".
- 04
Drawings
Over 140 construction sheets like this one, permits and a fixed-scope bid package.
- 05
Build
Weekly site visits, a shared photo log and one person who answers your calls.
Fee calculation What would it take to build yours?
Based on our last 40 projects
Studio & client markups Fourteen people, one long table
Rev. 04
Plinth is led by architects Claire Halden and Adrian Ross, with a team of architects, interior designers and two full-time site engineers. Every sheet we issue is drawn by one of us and checked by the other.
Revisions
| Rev | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2025 | Shortlisted, Architectural Review Emerging |
| 3 | 2024 | AIA Arizona Design Award, Residential |
| 2 | 2023 | Featured, "Homes of the Desert Southwest" |
| 1 | 2022 | LEED Platinum, Brick Library |