New Work, Recognition, and Insights

As the seasons shift, so does the way we experience architecture. Spring brings longer days, softer light, and a renewed connection between indoors and out, reminding us that great design is not static, but evolving with time, place, and life.

We’re honored to be featured in the spring issue of Modern in Denver.

Spring Valley is a home defined by sequence, where arrival unfolds through a carefully choreographed progression of structure, light, and landscape. Moments of compression and release guide the experience, creating spaces that feel both expansive and intimate.

In the same issue, partners Sarah Harkins and Kyle Burds are recognized as part of the next generation of leadership shaping the future of design in Colorado.

We’re grateful to be included among such thoughtful voices and projects.

Designing the Experience

What makes a home feel alive?

We’re seeing a clear shift in the market, away from homes defined by size or style, and toward homes defined by experience. Buyers are increasingly drawn to spaces that feel intentional, tactile, and emotionally resonant.

This is driving a return to bespoke design.

Projects that incorporate commissioned furniture, custom steel and woodwork, and hand-applied finishes create something that cannot be replicated, the presence of the maker, the hand, the story behind each detail.

At Studio B, this means approaching architecture and interiors as one unified idea from the beginning. Not layered, but integrated. 

The result is a home that feels crafted, not cataloged, and those are the homes that stand apart, both in how they live and how they perform over time.

These ideas continue on our Insights page, a curated resource for designing a home with intention.

Because great architecture doesn’t just respond to a place, it transforms how it’s experienced.

People

This shift toward more intentional, crafted homes is led by our interiors team, with Olivia Kleespies, ASID, guiding a process rooted in clarity, restraint, and emotional resonance. Shaped by her interdisciplinary background and refined through close collaboration with Susan Okie Lindenau, Olivia brings a thoughtful, detail-driven approach to each project, whether part of our architectural work or as a standalone interiors service.

At Studio B, interiors are not an add-on, they are a discipline we lead. From furnishing and materiality to full interior transformations, each project is approached with the same level of design rigor, creating spaces that feel cohesive, considered, and complete.

As Olivia shares:

“A home feels alive when it is intentional, where architecture and interiors are conceived as one complete experience. Crafted details slow you down, carrying the hand of the maker and creating spaces that feel warm, human, and curated. When interiors are led with the same care as the architecture, the result is singular, like an artifact.

This integrated approach creates homes that don’t just look considered, they feel complete.

We invite you to explore three of our most recent interior design and furnishing projects, each reflecting a distinct approach to living, yet united by a commitment to craft, clarity, and a deeply personal sense of home.

As we move into the warmer months, we’re excited to share more completed work, host upcoming gatherings, and continue building meaningful connections through design.

A sincere thank you to everyone who joined us for the Grand Reveal and Open House at Mountain Ridge, it was a pleasure to share the home with you and experience it together.

Now complete, Mountain Ridge is a modern residence embedded into the hillside, an architectural response to both landscape and time. Designed to restore and reconnect the site, the home emerges as a composition of interwoven volumes, courtyards, and framed views.

Set on 3.1 acres, the property offers both privacy and proximity, an elevated living experience grounded in its environment.

Mountain Ridge represents a rare opportunity to own a home where architecture, landscape, and lifestyle are fully aligned.

Be the first to see new work, insights, and upcoming events.

Our newsletters share a curated look into what we’re designing, thinking about, and experiencing, across architecture, interiors, and the landscapes that shape them.

Enter your email to receive future updates