About
A quieter kind of builder.
We started in 2002 to build the way we wished other people built — slower, calmer, more honest with the budget, more obsessive about the joint.
Mission
To deliver every project on time, on budget, and with the material care we'd want on our own homes.
Vision
A West Coast institution clients return to for the second house, the office, and the kids' first remodel.
Values
Craft. Candor. Calm. We say what we mean and finish what we start.
By the numbers
Twenty-four years, counted.
Timeline
How we got here.
Founded in San Francisco
Eleanor Cross opens a one-room office and a single jobsite.
First Estate-tier project
A $6M cliffside home in Big Sur establishes the residential standard.
Commercial division launches
Marcus Vale joins to lead ground-up commercial work.
Architecture in-house
Sofia Reyes folds an 8-person architecture studio into the firm.
Pacific Northwest expansion
Permanent office in Seattle, project teams in Portland and Austin.