Outdoor dining season is here 🌇
With options for outdoor deck seating and an indoor lounge space situated right in front of oversized glass doors that open up onto the deck, Blu Violet offers no shortage of indoor-outdoor dining opportunities to enjoy during the warmer months.
Architect: LDa Architecture & Interiors
Interior Designer: LDa Architecture & Interiors
Builder: Wellen Commercial
Photographer: Michael Kleinberg
Behind every project is a team of curious, thoughtful, and creative people. The Atelier @LDa Q&A series offers a closer look at the individuals behind LDa’s work, exploring the stories, interests, and inspirations that shape their perspectives both inside and outside the studio.
Meet Al Grigoli - Al has always had a passion for residential design, which inspired them to build a career designing homes for a wide range of clients. Now based in Washington, D.C., Al brings years of residential experience in New England to the DMV region, with projects ranging from urban hotel-to-condominium conversions to multi-million-dollar suburban properties. With a strong graphic design eye and a creative mind, Al brings enthusiasm and a deep understanding of collaborating with contractors to all their projects.
Designing a space that
- Achieves the client's goals
- Makes the best use of available space
- Creates a natural flow
... requires an exploration of design possibilities with the client's routine and desired goals in mind. Renderings allow both the design team and the client to get a more accurate picture how details come to life in a space.
An expression in materiality 🍃
Historic elements were selectively restored, including original pointed arch windows, while key features—stairs, fireplaces, and built-ins—were reinterpreted in a minimalist language. White, hand-applied plaster provides a calm backdrop, complemented by rift white oak millwork and sculptural fireplaces with Absolute Black granite cantilevered hearths.
Architecture: LDa Architecture & Interiors
Interior Design: 2Michaels
Builder: JW Construction
Photographer: Greg Premru
Driven by design, inspired by the community 💫
Combining old and new materials, the Pleasant Street facing façade blends in with the character of downtown Northampton, while the exteriors on the interior of the site offer a colorful and contemporary design approach—a nod to the artistic community that Northampton fosters. Public art was integrated into the building exterior, main staircase, lobby and site facilities enclosure.
Developer: Way Finders (formerly HAP Housing)
Architect: PFRA (Peter Frothingham Architects) and LDa Architecture & Interiors
Builder: Western Builders, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Crowley Cottrell | Landscape Architecture
Civil and Geotechnical Engineer: GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Roome & Guarracino, LLC
M/E/P/FP Engineer: Building Engineering Resources, Inc.
Building Envelope Consultant: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Acoustic Consultant: Acentech
Photographer: Greg Premru
Introducing the 2026 Luxury Home Design Summit Scholarship recipients!
Thanks to the generous support of @lda_design , we’re excited to welcome two emerging design professionals to this year’s summit. This opportunity will allow them to learn, connect, and grow within the luxury design community—and we’re thrilled to have them join us.
Please join us in congratulating this year’s recipients and be sure to say hello at the conference in Chatham!
Ibie Opuso-Jama
An architectural designer and recent graduate of the Master of Architecture program at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Opuso-Jama also holds a Bachelor of Design from the University of Florida. Her experience includes work on hospitality and health sciences projects at Gensler and HKS.
Ibie approaches architecture as a sequence of moments shaped by material, light, and human interaction. Her work is rooted in storytelling and the creation of immersive, emotionally resonant environments—especially within luxury design.
Maddie Schmidt
A recent Interior Architecture graduate from San Diego State University, Schmidt is currently an Interior Design Consultant at Lekker Home in Boston. She collaborates with residential, commercial, and A+D clients, bringing hands-on experience in high-end interiors and lighting design.
Maddie is passionate about residential design and enjoys solving challenges through thoughtful, well-crafted spaces. She’s especially drawn to blending historic and modern elements to create interiors that feel both personal and enduring.
“The Shingle Style was about the continuous surface—the skin of the building—wrapping complex forms in a unifying material.” — Robert A. M. Stern
Architect: @lda_design
Interior Designer: @elementstyle
Landscape Design: Craig Halvorson Inceptions
Landscape Construction: @msc_site.masonry.landscape
Photographer: @gregpremru
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A classic apothecary cabinet acts as the final detail, anchoring this attic saloon space filled with period-appropriate pieces and antique treasures.
Team
Architect: LDa Architecture & Interiors
Interior Design: LDa Architecture & Interiors
Builder: FBN Construction
Photographer: Sean Litchfield Photography
Episode 02 - Building Ticcoma Green 🏡
It’s time to dive in! Get a behind the scenes look at the process of building Ticcoma Green with Peter as he stops in to check out the progress.
Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting project coming soon!
Developed in collaboration with HallKeen Management and Norton Point Development, Ticcoma Green reflects a shared commitment to creating thoughtful, community-focused housing. Construction is underway, marking an important step toward expanding housing opportunities for Nantucket’s year-round residents.
This project would not be possible without the incredible team of collaborators who helped bring it to life:
Owner
HallKeen Management / Norton Point Development
Design Team
Architect: LDa Architecture & Interiors
Builder: Dellbrook | JKS
Landscape Architect: Crowley Cottrell | Landscape Architecture
MEP/FP: Consulting Engineering Services (CES)
Structural Engineer: Webb Structural Services, Inc.
Specification: Kalin Associates Inc.
Civil Engineer: Horsley Witten Group, Inc.
Acoustical: Acentech
Project Partners
Rockland Trust
Stratford Capital Group
Affordable Housing Trust Nantucket
Town of Nantucket
Mass Housing
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
A family with a disabled daughter and a strong commitment to sustainable living engaged LDa to design a new home in their suburban Boston neighborhood. The couple desired a bright, open home that would be highly resource-efficient and intimately connected to the landscape and neighborhood, while giving their daughter the freedom to move independently throughout the main indoor and outdoor living spaces. An accessible path of travel (with zero-step transitions, wide passages, and an elevator) connects the home’s three main levels, each of which offers a universally-designed bathroom.
A full-height, open-riser stair crowned with operable skylights brings natural light into the core of the home while facilitating passive ventilation. Materials, finishes, and furnishings were chosen to create a modern, colorful aesthetic for this active young family. The project has earned a LEED Silver certification as part of the LEED for Homes program. Sustainable features include a super efficient framing system, spray foam & cellulose insulation, low-E windows, infrastructure for future PV array, superior daylighting, excellent natural ventilation, numerous indoor air quality measures, and drought/flood resistant landscaping. The home has a HERS Index of 50.
Team
Architect: LDa Architecture & Interiors
Builder: Monaco Johnson Group
Interior Designer: Kristen Rivoli
Landscape Architect: SiteCreative Landscape Architecture
Photographer: Greg Premru Photography
