We had the pleasure of working with Becca on the design for our first home. She is an exceptional architect for a multitude of reasons:

• Responsiveness & Accessibility– Becca is highly responsive via all forms of communication, be it email, text, or phone call. Throughout our design experience, she took care to explain her ideas thoroughly and in lay terms, ensuring that we always had an excellent understanding of design change implications.
• Time Management, Efficiency, & Performance Under Pressure– We had an extremely tight timeframe in which to design custom plans (2 weeks!). Becca worked nights and weekends to deliver a quality product without complaint or a negative attitude.
• Personality & Professionalism– Becca shares in the excitement and enthusiasm of designing a custom home, is eager to please, and is a warm and friendly person while still maintaining an air of professionalism and respect for the client. Additionally, when confronted with challenges or seemingly endless requests for revisions, Becca rose to the occasion every time with patience, determination, and positivity.
• Technical Proficiency– Becca is a master at working quickly and dexterously within the industry-standard software. She frequently made changes in real-time so we could immediately evaluate and compare design ideas as they came to us.
• Problem-Solving Skills– We had a highly unconventional design on a lot with difficult terrain. Becca provided creative and innovative solutions to the unique challenges of our design, all while staying true to our vision. Often, she took the initiative to suggest and model solutions for problems that we had never even considered. Many of her innovations ultimately became major improvements to our design and even added value to our home. For instance, Becca made several adjustments to ensure an ADA-compliant design so that we can maintain full use of our home as we age. My Grandmother is a retired architect who worked with a renowned firm in Georgetown, DC. When she reviewed Becca’s design, she noted the high quality and ingenuity of the plans, especially when working with such a unique lot.
• Vision & Practicality– Despite our extremely tight timeline, Becca immediately grasped our personalities, design vision, and priorities. She masterfully balanced our vision with the practicalities of building a functional house. Becca impressed us by drawing on a wide range of architectural styles and influences (both from her studies as well as from her personal life) to deliver a design that substantially improved upon our initial concept while ensuring maximum livability.
• Design– Becca has an excellent feel for using the space available to the greatest effect possible. In particular, we loved how she arranged the window placement in our home. Becca has an eye for detail and made sure that the design elements and style of our house were always consistent. Additionally, she possesses a good understanding of what makes a house design acceptable to structural engineers, county permitting offices, and builders. This expertise proved invaluable in making our highly customized design possible.

We worked with THREE other architects on this project before hiring Becca. Becca stood out to us and it feels like fate that we found her to design our home. We could not have chosen a better architect to put our vision onto paper. With her input and expertise, our house is better than we imagined. We have several more projects in the future and we plan to hire her again.