Steven,Lorraine and I want to thank you for the unbelievably beautiful home you designed for us.I have been building for over 40 years and have worked with dozens of architects during my career building thousands of homes. I can honestly say you are one of the best architects I have ever had the pleasure of working with.Your talent, creativity and patience made the experience wonderful and fun. The process you guided us through created a beautiful home. The one quality of yours that impressed us the most was your ability to listen to what we wanted, truly hear us, and then put it to paper. Your suggestions along the way added a special touch to the design that we never would have thought of.I have had so many strangers stop to look at our home and take pictures.Thank you for making our home a masterpiece that we are so proud of. It was an absolute pleasure getting to know you and working with you. I would highly recommend you to anyone wanting to work with a top-notch person.I wish you success as you continue to make your client’s dreams come true.Art and Lorraine Friedman

I have had the opportunity to work with Steven for over eight years through many different phases of my life and professional career. Steven was my architect with my personal home, as a developer of spec homes, and now as an owner of an interior design firm. Through all these different phases of designing multiple homes every year Steven was extremely creative, responsive, patient, and professional. Steven always carefully listened and incorporated my vision while presenting missed opportunities to take each home to a far superior masterpiece that always stands out in the community. I look forward to working with Steven for years to come.

My husband and I had never built a house before, and we were daunted with all the choices and decisions that went with every step of the process. We originally started with another architect to do the first concept, but then brought Steven on board along with our builder. We are very glad we did. Steven was a pleasure to work with at all steps of the process, and would listen carefully to our ideas and implement the changes perfectly while always keeping an eye on the overall project vision. He also collaborated well with the builder, so the two of them would refine the design and present us with final choices thereby reducing the amount of oversight we needed to do. His steady work really helped move the project along on time and on budget, and we are thrilled with the end result— a rustic mountain home with 3700 s.f. 3 bdr, 2.5 ba with additional office & loft space in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.

Steven & I have completed many one of a kind design-build projects together over the past 20 years. During this time I have come to admire his ability to manage all parts of the planning and building process as he is well versed in many different types of construction.Besides his obvious creativity, I truly value his attention to detail, as well as his ability to utilize correct proportions and well placed shadow lines.He has been instrumental in dealing with many different municipalities, giving thoughtful and articulate Design and Review presentations, no matter how extensive. He has excellent communication skills and the ability to explain his thought process clearly. He has always been open to integrating others ideas in his designs, and is willing to be assertive to get the results the client wants.He has proven to be a great trouble-shooter and problem solver. His willingness to be available is much appreciated, and he has always been timely and reliable with his work.Justin StratmanOwner of Artisan Builders LLC, Ridgway ColoradoSteven has always been a delight to work with, is a genuinely great human, and I wholeheartedly recommend him.