MATHISON | MATHISON ARCHITECTS

I've now lived in my condo for two months and couldn't be more satisfied. During the building process, the architects were responsive to my questions and concerns while also taking the time to explain the principles behind their design. The condo is both beautiful and practical. Thanks to the architects' creative use of windows, I live in light every day. I'm now 72. I tell people the condo may not help me to live longer, but it has already helped me to live better.

We have been working with Ben and Evan at Mathison/Mathison for about 6 months in the design of our new house at Gun Lake. While we are still early in the project, my husband and I have been very impressed with their attentiveness to our ideas, likes and dislikes. They also are fabulous at igniting our own creative vision. Finally, they are wonderfully patient as we all work to balance life's many distractions and disruptions.

My wife and I purchased a 1955 ranch with the intent to begin a major renovation and add-on to the original house. Mathison worked to develop a concept, floor plan, and structure around our goals and preferences embracing the project all along the way. When we came to terms with the fact that the existing structure should be removed, Mathison modified and improved the design. Always available and extremely responsive Mathison listened to us at every step. In the end, we couldn't be happier. The house fits us perfectly and the design is stunning.

The Mathison team was more than my wife and I could have hoped for. They helped us with design ideas, but they also listened to our ideas and helped made them work, and they had creative storage ideas for our open communal space. They even helped with ideas about sustainability and energy efficiency as we were trying to be the first house to achieve a "Living Build Challenge" home in Grand Rapids, MI. Their team came out and took accurate measurements of our old falling apart house from 1896, and they quickly came back with the drawings. The house turned out beautifully!

MMA helped us custom design a kitchen, laundry, bathroom and mudroom space of about 1000 square feet. They were incredibly thoughtful when creating our design to blend with the rest of our home's architecture and style. They took our ideas and goals for the space and created something even better out of our raw thoughts. MMA was wonderful to work with and made this creating this project fun, creative, and a joy. Their customer service and attention to detail was on point.

MMA designed our home - and it couldn't function better! Evan and the team were creative, listened to our needs, and made great use of a narrow lake lot. They were involved in every detail of the home, making the selection of the final finishes a breeze, and remained involved during the building process to ensure our dream became a reality.