Our gut renovation of a pre-war co-op on East 73rd street is now complete.

Are you feeling the need for more space? One of the best ways to gain space for your family is to expand your apartment either horizontally or vertically by combining with other units in your building. Here are a few things to think about when considering an apartment combination project.

Our Park Slope Townhouse Combination project featured in Brownstoner's Insider Column

Metal cladding rainscreen in progress on our Park Slope Rooftop Addition. Read more about the benefits of rainscreen installations inside.

Wondering how to fix a leaky NYC townhouse basement from the inside? Here are a few tips from our recent Upper Manhattan Townhouse Renovation to keep all that water out!

Our Tribeca Townhouse Renovation currently featured in Tribeca Citizen's "Loft Peeping" series

Our Federal Style townhouse renovation in Tribeca is complete! Read more about the history of this iconic block housing the best preserved collection of Federal Style architecture in NYC inside.

Upper Manhattan Townhouse project featured in Dwell Magazine

Before/After: Behind the scenes of our recently completed Upper Manhattan Townhouse project....

Have you ever wondered why your townhouse floors are sagging, creaking, or uneven? Matt and Therese were on site at our Long Island City renovation to show you why. Read more inside.

Our Tribeca townhouse project is now complete, with photography in progress...

We had fun on site painting out a "full scale" floor plan for a client walkthrough at our Historic Landmarked Long Island City Townhouse renovation!

Material mockup on site for a custom fireplace surround

Behind the scenes of a historic Park Slope townhouse stair install...

047: Broadway Loft, Tribeca apartment renovation, final photography complete

047: Broadway Loft, Tribeca apartment renovation, final photography complete

047: Broadway Loft, Tribeca apartment renovation, final photography complete

047: Broadway Loft, Tribeca apartment renovation, final photography complete

047: Broadway Loft, Tribeca apartment renovation, final photography complete

047: Broadway Loft, Tribeca apartment renovation, final photography complete

058: The Acre restaurant, Ridgewood, NYC storefront renovation, oblique view

048: Marble Hill Townhouse; scribble sketch

040: Shopping for stone samples for our exterior cladding at the Lake Keowee House.

064: Work starting soon in Park Slope, in a building designed by C.P.H. Gilbert and completed in 1890. Most of the entire block was designed by Gilbert, and features an eclectic range of buildings with Romanesque, Dutch, and Queen Anne features.

040: Lake Keowee, interior concept rendering

064: Park slope renovation, bathroom study view

036: Really love how this little detail came together - it started as a minor miscalculation when the footers for the steel post were placed by the subcontractor a bit too far from the stair, but we ended up working out an interesting way for the handrail to return back to the post anyway. Beautiful steelwork all the way around by Todd Rosenbaum Metalworks.

066: In-progress renovation shots of our rooftop addition to an old farmhouse in Upstate NY. Here you can see the old post-and-beam structure, with the newer platform framing of the raised roof above it. We only gained a few feet, but it really makes a world of difference.

074: Early concept sketch for our upcoming Bronx townhouse renovation

036: Custom compressor exhaust grille? No problem - a skilled carpenter with a drill can make it happen

040: Thrilled for site work to be starting this week for our new custom home on Lake Keowee, inspired by local vernacular farmhouse design and Shaker details. Coming soon!

064: Park Slope Townhouse renovation; kids' room study nook

045: Ridgewood NYC apartment interior renovation

045: Ridgewood NYC apartment interior renovation, kitchen view showing zellige tile backsplash

045: Ridgewood NYC apartment interior renovation; kitchen view showing the zellige tile backsplash and the Bertazzoni range

045: Ridgewood NYC apartment interior renovation - kitchen detail

045: View from master bedroom to ensuite bathroom, showing two-tone gray molding scheme

045: Bathroom interior view for our Ridgewood NYC apartment renovation

045: Ridgewood NYC apartment interior living room, showing arched opening and pocket doors separating the office area

045: Ridgewood NYC apartment renovation, kitchen view

045: Ridgewood NYC Apartment Renovation

045: Forest Ave Apartment Renovation Ridgewood

045: Ridgewood Forest Ave Apartment Interior Renovation; Kitchen View

045: Ridgewood Forest Ave Apartment: Bathroom view

036: Exterior storefront work at Rolo's restaurant starting to take shape and looking great! As a Landmarked building, we wanted to replicate as many of the details as we possibly could, so based the new brackets off of the existing ones we found during demo.

058: New custom steel door and storefront for The Acre restaurant in Ridgewood. This door was custom built by Todd Rosenbaum Metalworks.

048: Shopping for steel at the steel yard

042: Ridgewood Coworking Space, view of bar area. Designed in collaboration with Kermit Westergaard as Designer, Elliptical Construction as Builder, Rauch Architecture as Design Architect.

064: Early concept rendering for an upcoming renovation in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

000: During lockdown, we've been thinking a lot about past travels - including this magical trip to Suzhou, almost a year ago today. Looking forward to being able to do this again soon.

036: A few quick molding mockups for Rolo's Restaurant as we begin to trim out the space. Number three was the winner!

036: Concept rendering for Rolo's Restaurant storefront, signage, and awning. Branding and signage design by Drew Heffron / Practical People.

036: Dining table mock-up at the job site for Rolo's restaurant. Seeing the details at full scale really helps ensure the final product fits just right.

063: We ended up "sistering" the old cracked floor joists for our apartment renovation in Harlem with 2X10's nailed to the old joists in a 12" pattern.

063: Upon fully demolishing the ceiling at our apartment renovation in Harlem, we found a series of large cracks in the existing heavy timber joists. The cracks tended to be in locations where there was a prior opening for a mechanical chaise, or a chimney, to the floor above.

048: Early concept rendering for a new steel front door for a townhouse renovation in Marble Hill, Manhattan

065: Early sketch for a renovation to a home on Summit Drive in Greenville, SC

Demolition complete for our new interior renovation in a Harlem Co-op building - more details to come!

036: Another study view of Rolo's restaurant in Ridgewood

062: River Vale, New Jersey Farmhouse renovation set to begin

036: Bar interior rendering for Rolo's Restaurant, coming soon to Ridgewood, NY

048: Marble Hill Townhouse kitchen renovation, garden view

042: Custom table design for a coworking space in Ridgewood, NYC (part II)

048: Marble Hill NYC Townhouse, concept rendering

061: Fair Lawn Renovation, detail drawings

058: Sketch for a storefront in Ridgewood, NYC

048: Marble Hill NYC Townhouse renovation, early kitchen concept view

044: East Village Apartment Renovation, kitchen view or white oak millwork. Collaboration with Justin Nguyen.

044: East Village Walkup Apartment interior renovation - living room view to kitchen. Collaboration with Justin Nguyen.

044: East Village Walkup apartment renovation complete! Wonderful collaboration with Justin Nguyen.

044: East Village Walkup apartment renovation nearing completion, bathroom design. Collaboration with Justin Nguyen

044: East Village Walkup, kitchen detail. Collaboration with Justin Nguyen

044: East Village Walkup apartment renovation, kitchen millwork view, collaboration with Justin Nguyen

059: Porcelain Cafe, Ridgewood NYC, bar view detail.

036: Rolo's Restaurant staircase design, coming soon to Ridgewood NYC.

046: Ridgewood NYC Apartment Renovation, entryway details

044: East Village walkup apartment renovation nearly complete!

046: Ridegwood NYC Apartment Renovation, Bathroom Details

046: Ridgewood apartment renovation: kitchen view

046: Ridgewood Apartment Renovation: complete and ready for move-in!

046: Black --> Red --> Yellow --> Black / Ridgewood apartment renovation / Interior elevations

048: Existing bathroom at our Marble Hill townhouse renovation. I think we'll leave this one as is...

040: Lake Keowee lakehouse concept sketch

048: Sketch for a townhouse (I think?)

000: At the studio / research + drawing

048: Notes from a site visit for our new townhouse renovation in Marble Hill, NYC.

050: The Tardis. Much like the exterior / interior dialectic of the famous Dr. Who spacecraft, the humble exterior of this little Cape Cod belies an interior that contains 7 (!) bedrooms and 8 (!) bathrooms. Our goal for the project is to try to realign the exterior and interior in a way that makes at least a little bit more sense.

042: Ridgewood coworking space custom collapsible table concept

040: Lake house concept sketch, #wip

032: Farmhouse kitchen and dining room in our home design in Greenwood County, South Carolina

032: South Carolina Farmhouse, Entry view

032: South Carolina farmhouse, inspired by the shakers

In the zone...

040: #organized #file #layers #wip

040: Lake Keowee lake house concept sketch

032: View from the dining room to the kitchen

042: Custom collapsible table for a coworking space

049: New project in River Vale, NJ. Excited to start work transforming this funky little ranch house!

040: Keowee Lake House, study model, view from the lake

032: Farmhouse floor plan in progress...

036: Fully demo'ed, restaurant coming soon.

017: Pigeonaire camping huts, section perspective

043: Jersey City Reno, signed and sealed

036: Ridgewood restaurant basement excavation / art installation

042: Coworking space great room

042: Coworking space in progress

Research document prepared by Matthew Rauch's students at the University of Tennessee on the history of workplace architecture. Fantastic work from a great group.

032: Sketches for a farmhouse

032: Under the porch canopy at our guest house project in South Carolina

036: Ridgewood landmark drawings

032: Guest house, plan

032: Guest house, interior view, #wip

036: Ridgewood restaurant materials studies and details

040: Necker Pointe Lane lakehouse, concept sketch

045: Cobble Hill Renovation; revised

042: Ridgewood coworking space; view of great room

045: Cobble Hill Renovation; Shaker-style shoe and coat rack in the new entry vestibule

042: Coworking axonometric rendering

032: Porches

036: Our application for a new restaurant in Ridgewood sailed through the NYC Landmarks Preservation Committee and the Department of Buildings in record time. Excited for construction to begin!

042: Ridgewood coworking space cafe rendering

036: Details for a historic preservation and restoration project in Ridgewood, Queens

040: Bourbon-ing the midnight oil...

017: Exterior view of camping huts for Pigeonaire, coming soon to Nantes, FR. Aluminum exterior version depicted.

038: Carrelet plan and section.

045: Section render through our Cobble Hill backyard renovation

032: Early concept rendering for a new home and guest house to be built on a 300-acre farm near Ware Shoals, South Carolina.

040: Early plan sketch for a new home to be built on Lake Keowee in South Carolina.

045: Revisions

038: Concept collage for a fishing carrelet on the Atlantic near Nantes, France.

044: East Village Walkup, building permit approved.

010: Stainless steel apron sink in our recently completed Hillsdale, NJ renovation.

036: Cellar level private dining room, study view

042: Coworking banquette schematics in progress

033: Site plan update

045: Cobble Hill apartment renovation, study view

042: Banquette and fireplace concept for a coworking space in Ridgewood.

038: Researching "Pêcheries" or "fishing cabins" for this lovely site along the coast near Nantes, France (photo from the 1960's). The dark rock towards the back is the proposed site for a new cabin to built in the coming months, pending Coast Guard approval. Excited to see the project take shape!

045: Notes from a Cobble Hill site visit

040: On site in South Carolina taping out the floor plan for a new custom home build

045: Onsite in Cobble Hill for a new apartment renovation and garden redesign

046: Ridgewood apartment reno, #wip

036: Flexible private dining room and restaurant expansion

024: Prefabricated office pods for a personal CNC company

031: Front bar and dining area for a new restaurant in Ridgewood

033: Permitting drawings for a landscape intervention for a Main Line Philly home.

031: Kitchen and dining room view for a new restaurant in Ridgewood

024: Prefab office pods

031: Interior rendering for a restaurant fitout in Ridgewood, Queens.

033: Conceptual site plan for a Main Line Philly home

036: Surveying Ridgewood

000: Stamps on stamps

000: Thrilled to have the opportunity to tour a modernist masterpiece, CSH #22 by Pierre Koenig from the Case Study House program. Truly a gem in Los Angeles.

000: Test prints

033: Detailing a rain garden and petanque court for a Main Line Philly home

024: Early concept version of our prefabricated modular office pods

032: Early concept sketch for a House with Three Views, to be built on a 300 acre family farm in South Carolina.

037: Work beginning on a new historical restoration project in Ridgewood, Queens

033: Main Line Philly site work; View of the petanque court and pavilion

031: Forest Avenue Restaurant, view from the street

033: Renovation of a Main Line Philly home, View from the street

036: Notes from a site survey....Excited to see a new restaurant take over this space in Ridgewood, Queens!

033: Creating a new backyard and driveway petanque court for a Main Line home in Bryn Mawr, PA

040: Rauch Architecture PLLC commisioned to design a new custom home on Lake Keowee near Seneca, South Carolina

033: Developing a site plan concept for a Main Line Philly home

033: Site work beginning this week for interior and exterior upgrades to a Main Line Philly bungalow

032: In-progress plans for a guesthouse

032: Diagram for a house on a farm

000: Office, 1:00 pm

003: Penthouse interior detail

032: Testing out views for a guesthouse on the farm

011: Sunset and ocean reflected in the windows of our house in Sag Harbor. Excited to see the project coming together!

032: Initial studies for a farmhouse in South Carolina

010: Hillsdale, NJ cape cod renovation taking shape

032: Site plan concept for a farmhouse in South Carolina

032: Early sketches for a farmhouse in South Carolina

000: Office, 11:45 am

000: Solving the diagram

017: Fabrication drawings for a ladder

034: Detailing a gate

000: Diagram

000: Working Drawing, Sol Lewitt, 1973

000: 20th Wire Piece, Agnes Martin, 1972

000: Bronx Floors, Gordon Matta-Clark, 1972

017: Hut detail sketch

017: Creating a minimal ladder stair for our campground project in Nantes, FR

017: Passenger Pigeon X: Tent structure camping pod version

017: Sketches for a tent

000: Onkel, Manfred Pernice, 1996

017: Passenger Pigeon X urban camping hut edge detail

000: Detail, Zimmer, Thomas Demand, 1996

005: Keowee Lake House rendering

000: Office, 4:00 pm

000: Office, Thomas Demand, 1995

000: Matthew Rauch invited to third year reviews at the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design

000: Lasercut leftovers by a student, Tyler Trent, Design Fundamentals II

000: Office pin up

1:07 PM

000: Office, 11:02 am

032: Rauch Architecture PLLC commissioned to design a modern farmhouse in South Carolina

000: Ohne Titel, Manfred Pernice, 1996

042: Ridgewood coworking space in progress

033: Custom corten steel gate for a Main Line house in Philadelphia

032: Early guest house concept

024: Modular office pods for a personal CNC company, designed to allow maximum flexibility for future growth

017: Camp-style bathroom perspective for an urban campground conversion in Nantes, France.

018: Client communication in the modern world

017: Passenger Pigeon X urban campground bathroom perspective

024: Modular office pods designed for a growing personal CNC company.

017: Bathroom elevation perspective for an urban campground garage conversion in Nantes, FR

017: Interior elevations inspired by marine architecture

000: Matthew Rauch to teach two design studios at the Univesity of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design in Knoxville, TN

024: Aerial view of potential configurations of modular office pods designed for a personal CNC machine company

031: Work beginning for a new restaurant project in Ridgewood, Queens - more details soon!

017: Section perspective through a camping hut designed for an urban campground in Nantes, FR

000: Matthew Rauch invited to first and second year final reviews at the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design

000: Matthew Rauch presents recent work at the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design

024: Plan concept for office pod arrangements for a growing personal CNC company

024: Modular office pods arranged to subdivide space inside a larger warehouse designed for a personal CNC company

000: Matthew Rauch invited to New York / Paris program final reviews at Columbia University GSAPP

024: Concept drawing for a modular office pod

000: People collage

024: Interior view of modular offices designed for a personal CNC machine company

017: Developing a prefabricated structural system for Passenger Pigeon X camping huts

011: Sag Harbor site work for new pool in progress

000: Splitting, Gordon Matta-Clark, 1974

017: Early concept rendering for our urban campground project in France

024: Early diagram study for our new office pod project

017: Making place

018: Weehawken, NJ loft renovation building permit approved. Construction set to begin.

017: Tea houses / tree houses

017: Inspiration 3

017: More inspiration

025: Rauch Architecture PLLC commissioned to develop feasibility study for townhouse renovation in the Bronx, NY

017: Naval kitchen and bath inspiration

017: Making a plan

024: Studies for a new maker space for a personal CNC company

017: View from the street for our urban campground project

018: Details for our loft renovation in Weehawken

017: Tuning up windows in an old car repair shop

017: Schematic site plan for our urban campground project

017: Loft floor plan for our urban campground project

017: Ground floor plan for our urban campground project

010: Stackhouse II second floor plan - doubling the square footage.

017: Chapter I set to commence..

017: Camping tents becoming spatial for our project in Nantes, FR

017: Telling a story...(with apologies to Wes Anderson)

017: Turning an old oil pit into a rock garden / desert arroyo

018: In progress plan for our loft renovation in Weehawken

017: Transforming the relationship to the street

000: Zissou townhouse vibes

018: New loft project permit set complete

017: Testing out some color options for our urban campground mess hall

017: Testing out some color options for our urban campground mess hall

017: Concept collage for our new urban campground project in Nantes, FR

017: Pigeonnaire; a new urban campground experience in Nantes, FR, taking over an old car repair shop

017: Dimensioned plans for our camping huts in Nantes, FR

017: Collage plan for a workspace test-fit

017: Preliminary sketches for an interior garden

000: Study, Georges Vantongerloo, 1948

017: Inspiration

010: Hillsdale, NJ cap cod renovation and addition framing nearing completion

017: Working on a concept collage for our new project in Nantes, FR. More details soon!

018: Concept sketch for new work in Nantes, France

018: Site visit wall drawings

009: Site visit: view from the street

000: Working Drawing, Maya Lin, 2006

011: Construction set to begin for our new residence in Sag Harbor, NY

010: Stackhouse II site visit: Doorbell detail

000: Casting slabs

009: Bergenfield, NJ cape cod addition nearing completion

009: Stackhouse One site visit: Old meets new

011: Septic permit received for our new residence in Sag Harbor, NY

009: Stackhouse I demo complete

009: Second floor plan for our renovation in Bergenfield, NJ. Doubling the square footage on this classic Cape Cod!

009: Excited to see progress on this cape cod renovation and addition in Bergenfield, NJ

009: Gutting the living spaces in this classic Cape Cod to create an open floor plan

017: Section through our camping huts in Nantes, FR

011: Elevations for our new project in Sag Harbor - window package for pricing

008: Neptune City, NJ renovation and porch addition rendering

005: Sketch updates for the Lake Keowee House

000: Vegetation collage

006: Renderings for our California Bungalow Renovation complete. Excited to begin construction soon!

005: Sketches for a new house on Lake Keowee in South Carolina

000: Terrazzo slabs

000: Casting terrazzo tests for a new project on Long Island

000: Sketches for a stair