What people are saying…
“Chris Hudson may be the world’s best designer – without question. Beyond this, he is one of the nicest guys around and just a pleasure to work with. Chris designed our home for what may have been the most complicated and unanticipated challenge we could never have predicted…
Chris’s designs included a 3-story spiral staircase, cathedral-like range hood, stacked stone turret, curved walls, and an arched entry verandah complete with an astoundingly subtle yet unmistakable upward-curved French roofline….
Chris designed it and Keelan Utzinger made it all physically happen. They did everything and more on our timeline and within our budget. He helped guide us on where concessions could be made to ultimately get the job done. We have lived in our dream home for more than 10 years now and not a day goes by that we aren’t grateful and thankful.”
-Jen & Chris
“Chris knew us as friends but in designing for us as clients, he worked hard to flesh out and then incorporate our passions and our whimsy’s - our love of light and color, and our desire to incorporate socially conscious elements such as passive solar energy and renewable/sustainable resources. He is a true collaborator - together we designed this very unique open wall for our glass pieces that separates our sunroom and our living room. That was over 10 years ago and the compliments on our home have never stopped.”
- Liz & Wilson
“My wife and I were living on the Gulf coast of Texas and wanted to retire to the mountains of western Virginia. We wanted to live on a few acres and custom build our house. We discussed our needs and requirements with a local bank and they suggested Chris’s firm. Since we would remain in Texas during the building and would not be able to make day-to-day visits, we needed to have utmost confidence in our architect.
We found that confidence in Chris. We found him to be creative and innovative. The house we ended up building turned out to be exactly what we wanted and needed. Chris provided us with insights, details and ideas that coalesced our thoughts into a truly wonderful home.
As you might expect, being 1,000 miles from the building site complicated the process. Chris’s communication skills and his ability to explain complex design and building options made the whole process fun, easy and simple.”
- Melinda & Craig
“We worked with Chris on the design and specifications for a large (6,200 ft2 finished space) house we built in Blacksburg. It was on a difficult site (300 slope and essentially solid rock). Chris was wonderful to work with and endured our many design iterations over a longer time than he anticipated, until we finally settled on one that would achieve what we wanted. The design and construction specifications were complicated but necessary because of the site issues. He had great ideas and was easy to work with and we can highly recommend him. If we were to build again, we would not hesitate to work with Chris.”
- Mel & Sharon