What’s important to you? What are your values, your goals, and aspirations? What do you want for your family? What do you want for your future? What’s your WHY? Is YOUR HOME supporting you on that journey?

Meet the team of architects and builders who worked together to create this exceptional AIA OC "The People's Choice Award-Winning project, “Beachitos”, on the West Coast, Laguna Beach, California.

Southern California architect Anders Lasater has found the perfect balance between designing buildings and banging drums.

Today we welcome Laguna Beach based Architect, Anders Lasater. His award winning architectural studio specializes in custom homes, restaurants, boutique retail and commercial projects. In this episode we discuss his approach to solution based design, team trust, and how our current state of “working from home” has magnified the value of creative and innovative design.

Meaningful outdoor spaces are becoming a primary starting point for all of our new home and remodel designs.

One of our pillars to creating great architecture is space. To understand this concept one must understand boundaries - you cannot have space without edges.

Have you ever heard a piece of music and thought, Wow! This is amazing!” There is plenty of great compositions out there, so I’m sure this has happened to you at least once in your life, and  when it does, it is usually impossible to understand why it sounds amazing, it just does.

Once you begin to narrow your focus on the target budget for your project it will be important to understand how your budget will be allocated to the various project pieces.

There are no promises that this will be as fun as shopping for new appliances or as alluring as choosing sexy flooring for your master bathroom, but defining a reasonable budget for your new home or remodel is the first step toward delivering a successful project.

It’s easy for homeowners to be tempted into “off-the-shelf” green solutions as a magic bullet to creating sustainability. Things like internet connected thermostats and light dimmers, home battery systems and solar roofing tiles are sexy – and fun to talk about at a dinner party.  We call these “active strategies”.

Think about finding the right architect for your project like finding your next pair of shoes. When you shop for shoes, you think about which pair is appropriate for your intended use.