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Mark Montgomery, AIA; Tommy Cockfield, AIA; Kevin Harris, FAIA; and Chris Remson, AIA gather at the January 2013 Custom Residential Architect Network meeting. Client education was the topic of the day. Each firm shared their best practices in conveying design and construction knowledge. The peer-to-peer environment creates a mastermind where eachRead More....

[image small="http://kevinharrisarchitect.com/old_site_july2015version/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/621334_506505846028466_1400671240_o-250x300.jpg" align="left" width="200" height="240" type="image" skin="on"][dropcap]A[/dropcap]rchitect Kevin Harris, FAIA, garnered the cover and 14-page editorial spread in the October, 2012 edition of inRegister magazine. Designated “Master of the House,” the artiRead More....

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Baton Rouge, LA outdoor kitchen designed by Kevin Harris, Architect, LLC is featured in the Summer 2012 Signature Kitchen and Baths magazine. The outdoor kitchen was part of a larger home renovation and was designed to facilitate the family’s active lifestyle including entertaining poolside, hosting large parties and game-watching get-togethers. The photographs featured in the magazine were taken by Chipper R. Hatter. Chipper is a former resident of Baton RougeRead More....

[image small="http://blog.silive.com/homegarden_impact_improvement/2008/10/large_7027S08.jpg" align="left" width="153" height="196" type="image" skin="on"][dropcap]J[/dropcap]anuary, 2012. Kevin Harris, FAIA, Architect, was recently appointed as a member of the Internal Code Conference (ICC) Consensus Committee on Residential High Wind for the development of the 2013 edition of the upcoming Standard for Residential Construction in High-Wind Regions (ICC 600). Harris’ term is effective immediatRead More....

[singlepic id=159 w=320 h=240 float=left] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he estate at Lynnstone is the result of a 5 year collaboration with Kevin L. Harris, FAIA. Featured in the December issue of Robb Report, the 27,000-square-foot Tuscan-inspired estate is comfortably tucked away on 160 acres, with rolling green hills and treetop views. Reclaimed handmade 17th-century clay tiles top the roof while within repurposed wood and rustic stone compose the countertops, backsplashes, and flooring. TheRead More....

You’re up. You’re down. You’re irked one day. Ecstatic the next! Welcome to the emotional roller coaster of a construction project. Over the years I’ve found that every client, no matter how even-tempered, experiences a tumbling jumble of emotions while their home is being built. Perhaps that’s not surprising given the emotional investment in a home. But what is surprising is that these highs and lows prove so predictable you can track them on a chart. To help my clieRead More....

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver the course of many years as an architect, I’ve figured out that designing a home doesn’t begin with the style you want. In fact, no matter where you plan to build or what kind of home you envision, style is what I add at the end of the design process, not the beginning. Just as a pilot first takes a view from 5,000 feet and then glides lower and lower as he nears the runway, so I approach design projects by first taking in the big picture and gradually zeroinRead More....

[dropcap]E[/dropcap] very so often, new tools come along that make life so much easier. My wife and business partner, Liz, recently discovered a free* online note-taking program that works beautifully for creating an electronic style file. [image small="http://kevinharrisarchitect.com/old_site_july2015version/wp-content/Read More....