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Custom New Home + Solarium Retreat

A new custom residence designed around expansive views, specialized wellness spaces, flexible entertaining areas, and long-term accessibility.

Custom new homeSolarium + rooftop deckSwim spa levelElevator planningAttached garage
Rendered downhill view of the custom new home with stone exterior, solarium, rooftop deck, and countryside views

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Project type

Custom new home design with wellness and view-focused spaces

Existing problem

The home needed to combine recreation, wellness, entertaining, accessibility, storage, and wide countryside views into one coherent plan.

Design response + deliverables

Organize specialty spaces across multiple levels while maintaining a strong exterior presence and practical long-term function.

Basement, first-floor, and second-floor plans, exterior renderings, and custom residential drawing package coordination.

The challenge

The home needed to be more than a standard new build.

The design had to accommodate a very specific lifestyle: large-scale recreation, wellness, entertaining, accessibility, storage, and wide views of the surrounding countryside.

The home also needed to organize several major features into one coherent plan, including a basement exercise area sized for a 40-foot swim spa, two kitchen areas, two living areas, a sauna, a three-story elevator, a solarium, and an attached two-car garage.

Design priorities

  • Create a large custom residence with a strong exterior presence
  • Plan for long-term accessibility with a three-story elevator
  • Accommodate a basement swim spa and exercise area
  • Include multiple living and kitchen areas for flexible daily use
  • Provide a solarium with a large skylight and rooftop deck above
  • Use the hillside setting to capture expansive views

Design concept

The renderings show the home from both the downhill view and the uphill wooded approach.

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Rendered downhill view of the custom new home with solarium, rooftop deck, driveway, and distant countryside
Downhill perspective showing the front approach, stone exterior, solarium, rooftop deck, and long views beyond the site.
Rendered uphill view of the custom new home with wooded background and rear exterior features
Uphill perspective showing the rear elevation, wooded backdrop, deck relationship, and lower-level connection.

Plans

The plans organize specialty spaces across three levels.

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Basement

Basement plan showing exercise area, swim spa level, elevator, living area, utility area, and support spaces
The basement level includes the exercise/swim spa zone, living area, elevator, utility space, and support rooms.

First Floor

First floor plan showing solarium, family area, kitchen, mud room, garage, sauna, elevator, porch, and deck areas
The first floor connects the solarium, family area, kitchen, sauna, garage, elevator, porch, and outdoor living areas.

Second Floor

Second floor plan showing primary suite, office, laundry, spa room, elevator, porch, storage, and attic spaces
The second floor includes the primary suite, office, laundry, spa room, elevator access, storage, attic areas, and porch connection.

Design response

A highly personalized home organized around views, wellness, and daily function.

This project combines practical residential planning with several uncommon program requirements. The design gives each major feature its own purpose while keeping the home organized, connected, and livable.

The solarium and rooftop deck take advantage of the site views, while the basement level, elevator, sauna, garage, and multiple living/kitchen zones support comfort, accessibility, and specialized day-to-day use.

Project outcome

The result is a clear design concept for a custom residence that supports recreation, wellness, accessibility, entertaining, storage, and a strong connection to the surrounding landscape.

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