Category: architect
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Fish And Game – Really?
California development regulations are out of control. An example of the many projects I’ve built after battling with jurisdictions; Young family, buys a piece of property in the heart of San Diego to build a modest new home. This raw land had never been built on due to its steep topography, while all of the surrounding…
Mark A Silva
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From The Ashes Comes Innovation
2003 brought terrible fires once again to Southern California. One such fire wiped out a large area in Valley Center, CA. This is where I met my clients, standing on what was left of their burned to the ground home among blackened trees and everything else on a large parcel overlooking the valley. After I…
Mark A Silva
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All and Nothing
My first client from the internet was back in 1999. After agreeing to work together, at our next meeting he informs me that he wants to take a year to design his new home. A wet dream to an architect. Having purchased an ocean view ranch home in Bay Park San Diego, with a failing…
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Not That Big House on the Hill?
Our family had a vacation home in the San Jacinto mountains of California for years. My wife and I, our daughter, and our two pups packed up and headed up for a planned weekend of mountain fun. Before the age of The-Weather-Channel-in-your-pocket, we got caught by a change in the weather when we were about…
Mark A Silva
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Didn’t See That Coming
Custom home design. Every project is extremely different, not only because the site is different and the client is different, but also; different economies, building codes, a myriad of different circumstances. I relish these differences. It makes what I do for a living very interesting, and never boring. I’ve been designing custom homes and remodels…
Mark A Silva
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what’s that you say?
Welcome to my first blog, and my first blog post. I’m an architect in private practice, and have been doing it for a very long time. As such, I have a lot to tell. I have stories… many stories to tell – and it’s time I told them. Bear with me while I figure…
Musings of Markitect 