Architectural Design services by Charles Sholten
Integrated & environmental design
Integrated Design
Design services tailored to the unique requirements of the home owner and the building site. Providing creative designs that are authentic, one of a kind custom dwellings. Charles has over 30 years of architectural design experience.
Environmental Design
A commitment to creating environmentally appropriate designs that are integrated with the site & regional context. Natural & Healthy Building Materials. Indoor & Outdoor Living Spaces. Active & Passive Solar Design. Charles can also help his clients find the right building site before they purchase their land.
NATURE SENSITIVE architecture
Nature Sensitive Architecture & The Role of the Designer
Designing beautiful and functional homes that meet unique requirements. From the initial concept to final construction, Charles guides his clients through each step of the design process and ensures a result that exceeds expectations. Charles begins with clearly defining project goals, timelines, budgets, and responsibilities to his clients.
Site Specific Design
Site Specific Design
Minimal disturbance to the site & natural landscape. Building with nature promotes a respectful and timeless quality. Buildings designed as an enhancement to the landscape. Good architecture should address the physical and aesthetic needs of the inhabitants while remaining in harmony with Nature.
Local & Natural Materials
Choosing local & indigenous building materials that compliment & enhanse the building site. Low energy embodiment of localized building materials. Re-purposed & reclamation of existing building materials.
beautiful & healthy Living spaces
Beautiful Living Spaces
Beautiful buildings throughout history have employed colorful art glass to enhance interior spaces. Insulated windows and well placed skylights add natural lighting to interiors and connects you with the outdoors.
Healthy Living Spaces
Natural building materials, when organized properly, radiate healthy & vibrant energy. People often visit natural environments for rejuvenation & healing. Dwellings can reconnect us to healthy & natural energies.
concept design to working drawings
Concept Design
A concept design evolves from the essential requirements of the client & from analyzing the building site. Designer conducts an in-depth interview with the client & synthesizes their needs & requirements into a comprehensive building design. Scaled models are sometimes produced to develop the concept design.
Working Drawings
The Designer often works with engineers as well as other design professionals to help facilitate and produce working drawings. Working drawings are used for cost estimates, building permits, and construction.
Design experience
Design Education
Charles Sholten grew up near Chicago, IL. He earned a Master of Architecture Degree at The San Francisco Institute of Architecture in 1997 and studied at The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in 1990-1991. BA in Studio Art - Sewanee, TN. New Trier West HS, Northfield, IL. 7 years Swimming & Diving.
Design Experience
Charles has worked with many influential architects before starting an independent design practice in Marin County, CA. 30+ years of architectural design experience in Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington State. Currently living in Port Washington, WI. Will travel to out of state building sites & remote client locations.
Client references, sample drawings, and fee schedules available upon request. Site surveys with topo elevations to be provided by the property owner.
Contact info:
Telephone: 509 369-0034
Email: csholten@gmail.com
Please visit Charles Sholten Designs public profile at:
https://www.houzz.com/pro/cs108
Charles Sholten on-line CV:
linkedin.com/in/charles-sholten-178aa0a
Image Credits:
Top Elevation Drawing: Hillside Residence. Columbia River Gorge. Designed by Charles Sholten in 2014
Floor & Site Plan Drawing: Ecological Design Studio & Residence. Designed by Charles Sholten in 2009
Site Plan Drawing: Design by Architect E. Fay Jones. Stoneflower Cottage, AR. Drawing by Charles Sholten
Photograph: Bird's eye view of the Hall Residence in Kentfield, CA. Designed by Hillmer & Callister in 1948
Photograph: Sea Ranch Chapel interior. Sonoma County, CA. Designed by James T. Hubble circa 1990
Working Drawing: Fivis House Section. Designed by Callister & Gately Architects, Tiburon, CA 1996
Photograph of Charles Sholten at Taroko Gorge, Taiwan 2008
See more of the designer's photographs at: https://finelinephotography.com/gallery
Recommended Reading:
Frank Lloyd Wright: Natural Design, Organic Architecture by Alan Hess. Penguin Random House 2012
New Organic Architecture: The Breaking Wave by David Pearson GAIA Books Limited 2001
Places of the Soul: Architecture and Environmental Design as a Healing Art by Christopher Day 1990
The Natural House Book: Creating a Healthy, Harmonious and Ecologically Sound Home by David Pearson
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander. Oxford University Press, 1977
The Timeless Way of Building: by Christopher Alexander. Oxford University Press, 1979
Site updated: November 2024