As the world is full of so much tragedy these days, seemingly one event after another of innocent lives being taken, debilitating and divisive racism, ugly, narcissistic and opportunistic politicians, I sometimes begin to wonder if I am better off climbing into a hole and ignoring the collapsing world around … Read More
We are finally ready to share our plans with you! Thanks to Terry and Gerry at Millennium Enterprises for working with us to establish a preliminary budget and brainstorm additional ways to simplify and save costs. We have made the decision to go ahead and finalize our construction drawings and get actual … Read More
As we announced when we started this blog seven years ago, we plan to build our own house in Pacifica. Some of our studious readers may have been wondering what happened with that project. Our intention at the time was that we would have moved in about 2009 … but … Read More
2014 and 2015 have been the busiest ever in our architectural business, so I have to apologize to our blog followers. We hope to have more time to blog soon as we really, truly are starting design work on our own Net Zero Energy/Passive House in Pacifica California and want … Read More
New Beausoleil Designed Home in Los Altos now on the market! It’s been a busy year for us and our blogging has suffered. In the next few weeks we’ll be showcasing some of our current work, several projects finishing construction, several projects under construction, and several new houses on the … Read More
This lovely Beausoleil designed home is in the final stages of construction in Los Altos Hills and could soon be yours! At almost 7000 square feet including three levels and a detached garage, it boasts 6 bedrooms plus a home office, gracious living and family areas, and a walk out … Read More
After the energy crisis in the seventies, during Jerry Brown’s first term as governor, California started regulating the energy use of buildings. The structures that we live and work in consume more than 40% of all of the energy we use in our country, so making buildings more efficient was … Read More
In the old days, architects, such as the master builders of the great Gothic cathedrals, had complete control of the work, not just of the design of the buildings but their construction. Fast forward ten centuries and architects, having sloughed construction responsibilities off on to contractors, rely more and more … Read More
Residential construction projects, not website, that is… Ten Beausoleil designed projects are currently under construction in seven Bay Area municipalities from Capitola and Los Gatos in the south, up the Peninsula through San Carlos, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Hillsborough and Atherton, to San Francisco. We thought we would feature … Read More
Our design for a “Hampton’s” style home in Atherton at 19 Prado Secoya, which started construction just thirteen months ago, is now on the market. As usual, the developer and his general contractor, George Adair of Finish With Style, pushed the envelope with their efficient decision making and organization of … Read More