Architecture Awards 2020

72 2020 Architecture Awards BUILD Aug20098 Lifetime Achievement Award in Custom Home Design - Pacific States & Best Contemporary Hawaiian Residential Design Project: Coastal Hawaiian Residence eading the studio to extraordinary heights, is Harrison Woodfield Architects founder, Sara Woodfield who has an impressive background in environmental design and a master in architecture from UCLA and years of working at a well know international firm of corporate architects. In addition to Sara’s wealth of experience in building design, she also specialises in urban design, such as the making of both public and private spaces. Featured in every project completed by Harrison Woodfield Architects, is an environmental design component which is incorporated in building on beautiful natural settings sensitively and sustainably. The studio is renowned for building estate properties with homes, infrastructure, barns, recreational facilities and also gardens. In addition to this, the team also offer an array of services which include planning, design, project management, construction administration all the way through to the completion of the project and move in by the owners. At the heart of the company, and the center of their focus are the clients. With every project undertaken, the team at Harrison Woodfield Architects take the time to listen to their clients, interact with them constantly and deliver exactly what it is they want, whilst exceeding their expectations. Of course not every project is straight forward, as some clients do have their reservations about working with a design firm to help bring their vision to life. As such, Harrison Woodfield Architects efforts are directed more towards drawing out the hopes and desires of their clients, so they can deliver a building that they genuinely feel is the completion of their imagination, needs and wishes, and is architecturally delightful. Alongside being educated and skilled in building, Harrison Woodfield Architects extensive skillset also includes focusing on providing clients with beautiful and timeless solutions. The team incorporate, whenever they can, sustainable building solutions – starting with good, passive design choices, then moving to materials and technology that are low impact and long lasting. Over the course of an impressive 30 years, Harrison Woodfield Architects have produced over 125 custom residential homes across both Northern California and Hawaii, all of which are completely individualized. Each building within their impressive L portfolio of work has been personally designed by Sara, right from the initial concepts all the way to the client moving in, with a focus on both the big issues and the smallest detail. For over twenty years, Harrison Woodfield Architects has focused on building smart fireproof structures, which includes solid wall, floor and roof homes which use insulating foam inside and concrete on both sides and, most importantly, no exterior wood. These structures can also include fire resistant windows which may have tempered glass, protective metal shutters or rain screens, and special exterior detailing. During the last few years, almost all Californian homes have been wood construction. However, this is now changing and leading the way is Harrison Woodfield Architects. At the forefront of this remarkable effort, Harrison Woodfield Architects are recognized as leaders in northern California for designing and building of solid wall homes. These homes they have built have been fire resistant, impervious to insects, but also have featured wonderful interiors that are temperature stable and with exceptional sound quality. It is this extraordinary level of care and attention that Harrison Woodfield Architects possesses which has been the root of their years of success, endless positive reviews and the Lifetime Achievement Award in Custom Home Design - Pacific States. Company: Harrison Woodfield Architects, Inc. Contact: Sara Harrison Woodfield Web Address: www.harrisonwoodfieldarch.com Based in California, Harrison Woodfield Architects is an established studio which specializes in residential projects in Northern California and Hawaii. Having built an enviable reputation within the industry for delivering truly innovate designs, we decided to take a closer look at this award-winning firm to find out more about how they not only produce stunning buildings, but ensure that that there is an environmental design component woven into each finished project.