archi-TEXTUAL, PLLC

Description of Work: I have nothing but the highest praise for Catarina Ferreira and Architextural - I fully recommend her architecture style, her professionalism, and the value I got. When the roof of my house started leaking in 2013 I hired Architextual for an extensive project to tear off the existing roof deck of my DC home, replace my roof, and design and build a new roof deck. It was a major project that ultimately cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in all, including payments to my general contractor (I hired Impact Construction). Catarina Ferreira, who owns and runs Architextual, was excellent from the beginning. I’ll start off with her design sense -- Catarina simply has excellent vision and taste. She has an intuitive feel for what makes a nice space, how people use space, what lighting should feel like. She has a very contemporary, spacious style. Catarina created gorgeous plans for my roof deck (along with some smaller projects including a new bathroom and bedroom), and delivered everything on time and within budget. She helped me to navigate the historical review process, and the zoning rules. She helped me to find a fantastic GC (Impact Construction), which was expensive but performed excellent work. Catarina was a joy to work with -- always professional and easy to communicate with -- and I am extremely happy with the final results in my house. Feel free to contact me if you’d like to learn more about my experiences with Architextual.

Description of Work: permit drawings, 3d renderings, assistance with appliance, bathroom, tile selections.

Description of Work: We are asking the company for full architectural drawings for a complete renovation of our 1912 home to include an addition over a garage. The company is doing a fantastic job of bringing new elements to the home, while keeping the integrity of the home in place. The experience is going extremely well! The owner is very receptive to our ideas and is bringing great ideas to the table. Although, archi-TEXTUAL, PPLC was the 2nd company we interviewed for the project and we were sure it was the one to select, we interviewed at least 6 other companies to be sure. It still was the best of them all.

Description of Work: Total home renovation design.

Description of Work: Design and oversee the construction of a new 1800 sqft Contemporary house in Kensington MD on the foundations of a preexisting mid-century modern. The aim was have something and stylish, minimalist with a heavy emphasis of wood and stone (ala FLWright). MsFerreira rose to the task and melded my desires for natural curves with her architects desire to see more geometric boundaries & spaces. Catarina drew and redrew many sets of plans and was still working on details throughout the building process- which took 7 months. Because she works as an architect rather than in association with a builder, I always knew that whenever discussions about details and prices came up with the contractor, Ms Ferreira would be looking out for my best interest.