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Ranch style

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about ranch style

Project • By Fergus Garber ArchitectsRural

Rural Reimagined

Nestled between two hills on 13-acres of farmland stands a cozy, multifunctional single-story ADU that lives larger than its actual 1,200 square-foot footprint. Its owners, a retired couple from Palo Alto, were yearning for a smaller home and slower pace when they decided to build on a rolling plot of land where their eldest son and his family inhabited a century-old two-story farmhouse. Ethan Herrington Ethan Herrington Ethan Herrington Ethan Herrington Ethan Herrington Outside, the new home’s exterior respects both the rural character of the property and the existing historic farmhouse located on the other side of a screen of broad heritage oak trees. Like its architectural predecessor, it features crisp wh... More

Project • By JMADHousing

Nature's Edge

Designed for clients who wanted a large, sprawling home that didn’t look large and sprawling, our Nature’s Edge home in Hudson, Wisconsin, overlooks The St. Croix River. The entryway is subdued as our clients didn’t want visitors to feel they were coming to a huge estate. JMAD JMAD JMAD The lot itself was challenging, due to height restrictions, a ravine and a bluff. But these are the kinds of creative challenges we love. In the back, it’s not a two-story, it’s two stories further away; that was the only way to get the additional space without seeing the house from the river because there were these certain angles that we had to abide by. It was a big challenge to design views to the river but m... More