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Every Home Tells A Story
Custom Home Architecture and Design Blog
We believe custom home architecture is about seamlessly uniting your style, lifestyle needs, and budget. Every single-family home we design is entirely unique because our clients are individuals who value homes tailored specifically to how they live.
By listening to our clients and creatively solving design challenges together, we have crafted some remarkable homes each with its own story to tell. Read more about our clients' journeys here. We hope you'll find inspiration and guidance from what we've learned every step of the way.
Harpers Creek in Ellijay, GA Is A Developing Home Design From Site Walk to Concept Plan
A mountain home begins long before the first wall is drawn. On a steep lot, the land sets the rules. Access, slope, views, drainage, septic feasibility, and the natural shape of the ridge all affect what the house can become.
Designing Your Dream Home in Jasper, GA
The North Georgia mountains will always draw dreamers. The difference is in how carefully that dream is placed on the ground. With the right property and a design that respects it, a mountain home becomes more than a retreat. It becomes a place that feels inevitable, as if it was waiting there all along.
Modern Mountain Architecture: A Custom Homestead in Talking Rock, Georgia
Designing a Modern Multi-Generational Homestead in Talking Rock, Georgia When designing a custom home from the ground up, the land itself should shape every major decision. This was exactly the case for a recently designed multi-generational compound in Talking Rock, Georgia—one of the most layered and site-driven projects in the Reynard Architectural Designs portfolio. Conceived as a sweeping property intended to house two adjacent residences for a close-knit family, the pro
Embracing the Slope: A Mid-Century Modern Revival in the Georgian Highlands
A pronounced natural slope defines the site. Rather than fighting the grade with massive retaining walls and deep excavations, James Knight’s design strategy embraces the topography. By utilizing a wider building footprint, the design minimizes foundation depths and takes full advantage of a walk-out basement. The resulting massing strategy steps down the hillside gracefully, allowing the home to read as a grounded, natural form that integrates seamlessly with the landscape.
Blue Ridge Forever Home Expansion for a Solar Ready Mountain Home
We partnered with our client to bring an architectural design perspective to the process. With 23 years of experience as a commercial interior designer, she is both creative and a deeply informed collaborator. Lead Architect James Knight of Reynard Architectural Designs leads the project, with design decisions guided by one clear idea: the home must be built to last, built to serve, and built to feel entirely her own.
Morning Dove: Designing a Purposeful Mountain-Valley Single-Family Custom Home in Young Harris, GA
In the spring of 2024, a young couple in Young Harris, GA, approached us to design a custom mountain-valley residence built from the ground up on their private 4.5-acre property in North Georgia. Rather than churning out a set of standard floor plans, they were seeking to partner with an architect for a carefully curated design that reflects their lifestyle, aesthetic preferences, construction budget, and family needs.
The Anatomy of a Home Build: A Detailed Cost Breakdown
To provide a transparent view of where your investment is allocated, it is helpful to look at the construction process through the lens of industry data. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) conducts regular surveys to determine the average cost breakdown for constructing a single-family home. This framework provides an authoritative guide to how a typical construction budget is divided among its various stages.
A Dream Home Built on the Family Farm in Hiawassee, GA
More Than a Home — A Legacy
As Jentry reflected, “It’s surreal seeing this in real life. After all the moves, deployments, and waiting, we’re finally here. This is where our kids will grow up. This is where generations will gather.”
Custom Home Design Spotlight in Blairsville, GA
We’ve got some cool news to share about one of our latest design projects. We’ve taken on a single family custom home project that mixes creativity with cost-effectiveness, all while staying connected to the beautiful north Georgia landscape.
In Blairsville, GA, we’re teaming up with a visionary new client who’s eager to bring an innovative design to life in the mountains. Early on, she shared this vision statement with me as we were discussing her inspiration and progra
Choosing the Right Lot to Build Your Dream Home
Buying land to build a house comes with unique challenges that can quickly turn a dream into a nightmare without the proper guidance. Whethe
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