 Our Tod Drescher designed home on Madeline Island brings
the natural beauty of Lake Superior right into all
of the rooms. His creative use of windows, woods, lighting
and stone is magnificent.
His environmentally sound design and construction
result in less cost for heat and power than our former
San Francisco Bay Area home!
Working with Tod was a real pleasure. We gave him
our desires and he surpassed every one of
our expectations. He also met each of our spatial and
financial constraints.
Burke & Marcia Henry
La Pointe, WI
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The best aspect of our house is how it blends into
the environment and feels like a tree house. Its
orientation to the sun, beautiful warm woods, use of
stone in floors and fireplace give it an earthy informal
feeling. The angles in the house provide interest
and lead from space to space enticingly.
It is hard to be brief, describing the best our
house offers. The site selection is perfect.
The sun arcs through all the windows as day passes. It
is very inviting and warm. The extensive use
of stone and wood detail captures the sun and gives
the house great interest.
I
just wanted to write because I feel like we didn’t
get a chance to thank you properly for all you did
for us on the house. We’re enjoying the house immensely
and finding that it fits our lives extremely well. The
design process was a lot of fun, as I suppose it
is for most people. It
was always reassuring to have you in our corner. I believe
your enthusiasm and obvious love of your work went
beyond mere professionalism and gave me a new appreciation
of the architect’s
role. I had always pictured architects as lone artists
who produced sculptures with doors and windows (like
Philip Johnson’s
glass house, say) to be externally viewed with interest,
but only maybe to be actually lived in. What you really
do is just as creative, but perhaps more valuable…to
help people find a beautiful and organic setting
for their lives (within budget, of course).