In a world of single-family zoning, we we’re pleasantly surprised to stumble across this recent article in the New York Times highlighting the history of a small New Jersey town and its success with “light-touch density” (LTD): small lot single-family homes, townhouses, triplexes, and fourplexes permitted on land zoned for single-family development. California has taken...Read More

Our previous blog, The Great LA Delay: Why Residential Development is Taking Soooo Long, detailed how the convoluted permitting process is wreaking havoc with design and development in Los Angeles. In Part 2, we tell you about a possible “Secret Weapon” that could help smooth the permitting process, we’ve got some news on how this...Read More

The building sector is a major polluter. In fact, in 2018, if we include energy consumption and emissions from the manufacture of building construction materials, our industry accounted for the largest share of energy use and emissions, globally. Following on the heels of the American Institute of Architects’ recent symposium on climate change, Tracy A....Read More

In our endeavor to be lifelong learners, we’ve started a new tradition at Tracy A. Stone Architect called… wait for it… “read the magazines that get mailed to the office.” Originally, we had decided to purge all the unwanted subscriptions (and if you know the design and construction industry, there are TONS that mysteriously show...Read More

A house cannot be a home without space for all the “stuff”. For these clients, it meant shelves upon shelves to house various book collections, children’s toys, and the occasional zen sculpture. We transformed the required fall protection (guardrail) into a dual-sided, two-story storage solution. The custom shelving system suspends a series of wooden boxes...Read More