Residential Archives - Archer & Buchanan Architecture

Fallowfield Cottage

February 28, 2024

Located in the heart of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, Fallowfield Cottage sits nestled on the hillside of the former Ludington Estate. Built circa 1910, the quaint Gladwyne home included an existing garage...Read More

Elk Hill

February 14, 2024

Our clients at Elk Hill in Berwyn anticipated their next phase of life as empty nesters to involve less work, more entertaining and preparation for the future generation of family....Read More

Chestnut Fields

November 29, 2023

NESTLED IN THE ROLLING HILLSIDE of a bucolic 10-acre property in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chestnut Fields is the result of a highly successful collaborative design process that delivered the forever...Read More

Addition to Brognard Okie farmhouse in Willistown

Okie Farmhouse Addition

November 21, 2023

As new empty nesters, the owners of a lovely 1931 farmhouse designed by R Brognard Okie sought to make changes to better accommodate their current and future lifestyle. Set on...Read More

Bucksnort Farm

May 11, 2023

THE PRIMARY INTENTION guiding the architectural design of a new 5,500 SF home for a couple is for the house to function as a gathering spot for their expanding family...Read More

Big Bend

April 5, 2023

THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT AT “BIG BEND”, located in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, were two-fold. The design team was charged with completely re-envisioning the interior of the house through a...Read More

Hobbit House at Dragonfly Knoll

December 5, 2022

Clients in Mosier, Oregon, envisioned building a getaway cottage designed in the spirit of a J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit House on their 27-acre rural property. The resulting project, the Hobbit House...Read More

Wine Cellar

September 19, 2022

The new owners of Fernbank Farm—the c. 1846 former summer home of Philadelphia physician James Cheston Morris— sought to transform an old icehouse into a wine cellar with a cozy,...Read More

rear exterior of English cottage style home

Chadds Ford Cottage

July 18, 2022

THE DESIGN OF CHADDS FORD COTTAGE addresses our client’s desire to easily age in place with a plan that completely supports first floor living. The open concept public spaces of...Read More

Contemporary farm house entry court with stone and board and batten siding exterior and metal roof

Havenwood

April 27, 2022

LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania, Havenwood is a unique interpretation of a traditional farmhouse. Responding to the clients’ desire for a generously sized house consisting of “pods and connectors,”...Read More

exterior of vintage car garage and guest suite

Garage & Guest Suite

January 26, 2022

ARCHER & BUCHANAN DESIGNED a standalone garage in Gladwyne to hold a client’s vintage car collection. The new structure is set into the hillside running adjacent to the driveway of...Read More

Asian-Inspired Residence

January 19, 2022

THE ASIAN-INSPIRED RESIDENCE EVOLVED as a replacement for an existing home set amid a Zen oasis of Japanese style plantings. Like its predecessor, the new home is reflective of Asian...Read More

Burrows Run

October 20, 2021

BURROWS RUN was designed in 1939 for Nicholas and Genevieve (Bunny) du Pont by R. Brognard Okie, a favored architect of the du Ponts. This house, previously known as “Ridgely,”...Read More

Towerfield

September 23, 2021

TOWERFIELD SITS ON THE NORTHEASTERN EDGE of the 800-acre Ardrossan estate, among the last grand estates of Philadelphia’s “Main Line” and home to the Montgomery Scott family. Designed in the...Read More

Clocktower Farm

May 26, 2020

THE CLOCKTOWER FARM project scope is simply defined as a restoration of the farmhouse, originally constructed in the 1830s, with a rear Addition of new program spaces. The elegant front...Read More

Berwyn Stable

May 14, 2020

THIS CLASSIC PENNSYLVANIA STONE STABLE has been in use for 100 years. With its central entry and two symmetrical wings, the 300 ft long structure has a center aisle running...Read More

Greenville Contemporary

October 3, 2019

AFTER LIVING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, our clients chose an area outside of Wilmington, Delaware, for their retirement retreat. Their broad architectural interests led to the design of a home...Read More

Wilmington Residence

August 6, 2019

THE WILMINGTON RESIDENCE was purchased from a hotelier who had imposed a kind of corporate hospitality view of architecture upon the stately home. Our work at the residence included an...Read More

Greystone Barn

April 11, 2019

GREYSTONE BARN was a working animal barn prior to its conversion into a home in the 1970s. Before its purchase by the current residents, no work was done to the...Read More

Colby’s Run

February 19, 2019

PART OF A FORMER 800-ACRE COUNTRY ESTATE, Colby’s Run achieves the homeowners’ goals of designing a residence of less than 6,000 SF with an emphasis on simplicity and elegance. While the...Read More

Saucon Valley Homestead

February 19, 2019

SAUCON VALLEY HOMESTEAD is set in an area rich in natural and man-made beauty – part of thousands of acres earmarked by Bethlehem Steel Corporation in the 1950s for executive...Read More

Starry Night Farm

April 17, 2018

OVERLOOKING THE DRAMATIC valleys and rolling pastures of Chester County, this new residence evokes in materials, detail and proportions the spirit of an 18th century farm with its farmhouse, two...Read More

Red Clay Farm Barn

March 12, 2018

WHEN THE RED CLAY FARM was restored, the barn served as an on-site wood shop and job center. Once those needs were met, a restoration returned the barn to its...Read More

Dance Barn at Trimble’s Ford

March 12, 2018

THIS OLD BARN BEGAN LIFE as an 18th c. farm house which underwent heavily Victorian-influenced changes in the 1870’s and was ultimately abandoned in the 1970’s. From these tattered remains came...Read More