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The Master Plan for Roche Harbor is a conscientious, carefully-considered plan intended to honor the area’s rich history while creating a modern, sustainable community void of sprawl – key components of a Traditional Neighborhood Development, or TND.

The plan’s primary objective: a town with a center and a defined edge requiring no more than five minutes to traverse by foot. This guiding principle allowed the design to grow from within while encouraging pedestrian and community activity.

Key aspects of the planning process included studies of shoreline codes and requirements with regard to the marina and waterfront buildings, and presentation of proposed changes to the community.

The Cottages on the Green front an open area tiered to facilitate community gatherings. The cottages include gracious front porches, short front yard setbacks and private courtyards which connect the homes to their alley-accessible garages.

The Carriage Houses are designed to afford views of Roche Harbor from living spaces located on the upper floor. These tall buildings nestle into the hillside and provide visual structure for the neighborhood.

The scope of work for the Kingston Master Plan involved working with community members, property owners and municipal planning officials and drawing inspiration from sustainable small town living paradigms. Elements of the plan include walkable streets, single and attached housing, mixed-use buildings within the town core, and implementation of rain gardens to control and purify storm runoff to protect the near-shore environment. Care was taken to reduce paved areas within the village area—also to protect water quality.

The Kingston Hotel is a 50-room boutique hotel in the downtown core of Kingston, Washington on the shores of Puget Sound. Part of a broader community effort to improve facilities for residents and visitors alike, the Kingston Hotel features conference areas and a plaza with an outdoor seating area and fireplace for use by the public. The design is intended to recall the inviting architecture prevalent in the area in the 1920s. Public parking is provided beneath the building.

The Kingston Cove Cottage project in Kingston, Washington is a collection of five single family houses centered around a community courtyard and facing the quaint streets of the small town. The cottages follow a strict vernacular language found in villages along Puget Sound in the early 1900’s. The buildings include a main living level, front and back porches, small office space for in-home careers and two bedrooms on the second level.

A mixed use project located on Orcas Island, Washington, Eastsound Village features a pair of tower entry structures and other buildings framing a small boulevard which leads to the Alder Forest Cottages. The mixed use buildings provide retail and office space on the first floor with residential space above. Sustainable storm water catchment is accommodated through the use of rain gardens in the boulevard and active catchment for roof run-off.

The Apple Tree Cove Neighborhood is a collection of attached and detached single family residences located on the beach in Apple Tree Cove in Kingston, Washington. The decidedly modern low hip roof forms create a well scaled, very protective living environment for residents of the neighborhood. The buildings all face water and Mt. Rainier beyond, are within walking distance to the core of Kingston, and the ferry to Edmonds and Seattle. The buildings include two bedroom and three bedroom units with detached garages.

The Alder Forest Cottages are located in Eastsound on Orcas Island, in  Washington State. The project is comprised of nine, two bedroom cottages opening onto a pedestrian walkway which leads to an open green and daytime pavilion featuring a fireplace and tables for community events. The cottages are modest in size and reflect the market demands of a new economic era in 2010.