Architectural design & services for a truly custom home
Your dream home deserves more than a drawing
Building your dream home is a journey filled with excitement and possibility, along with uncertainty and stress.
Choosing the right architecture firm can mean the difference between a home you love and a project that falls short of your expectations.
At Studio Z, we focus exclusively on residential architecture and design services for homeowners across southeast Michigan.
Our team works with you to understand and share your vision, and shape it and bring it to life–and take away the uncertainty and stress along the way.
Because there's no place like your home
Your new custom home is more than a place to live—it’s your personal sanctuary, crafted to reflect you and your lifestyle.
With creative expertise, technical skill, and a personalized approach to design, we provide full-service architecture support to create new custom-designed homes with timeless aesthetics, innovative solutions, and modern functionality.
Our tailored approach takes you from dreams to design and plans, through construction, to beautiful completion.
We’re dedicated to creating a home that fits you and your lifestyle—and delights you—well into the future.
We don’t believe in cookie-cutter homes
You're not designing your dream home because you want just another house or to follow the latest trend. You want more than an off-the-shelf cookie-cutter home. That's why each home we design is thoughtfully-crafted to suit each client's individual needs, lifestyle, and aesthetic vision.
You want every design decision for your new home to be a perfect fit just for you, and so do we.
We take into account every detail, understanding your ideas and aspirations, your lifestyle and how you use each space, and even how your home may need to adapt and change with your life.
When you work with Studio Z, you’ll gain creative solutions and technical expertise, and be part of a collaborative design process that helps you avoid common design missteps, construction issues, and stressful delays.
In the end, you have a stunning, custom-design home tailored to your priorities and your vision for the future.
Tailored service for designing custom homes
Designing and building a new home is a journey—and Studio Z is here with architecture and design services to guide you every step of the way.
From feasibility and concept to design and construction, we focus on creating a smooth experience for you.
Our process includes the architectural and design services that will bring your home to life:
- Understanding your needs and inspiration
- Evaluating your property and completing a feasibility study
- Creating initial concepts to organize space and explore how the home integrates with your building site
- Refining the design and integrating interior details
- Preparing detailed architectural plans for construction
- Coordinating with your contractor from the start
- Observing and reporting on construction progress, providing guidance and consulting with your contractor
Curious about the full details of our process?
Learn more about the steps we take to design and plan your new custom home.
Interior design service to complete your new home
For clients working with Studio Z Architecture on a new custom home, our interior design services are available to complete your your dream home.
By collaborating with our in-house interior designer, every architectural decision—from the layout of the living spaces to the placement of windows—works cohesively with the finishes and fixtures to make your home both practical and visually stunning.
Share your vision with us, and let’s design the perfect space for you to call home.
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Happy clients & collaborators
"Studio Z did such an expert job of matching the existing design and spirit of what was there. They listened and helped us think through how the space would really be used. The result is a space we truly love."
“I just wanted to say thank you for your time yesterday. We are both incredibly happy with where we stand on everything. I really can't articulate how excited I am and how really happy we are with this project.
Kudos to all of you!”
"Studio Z did such an expert job of matching the existing design and spirit of what was there. They listened and helped us think through how the space would really be used. The result is a space we truly love."
Frequently asked questions
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At what point in my dream of designing my custom home should I involve an architect?
When considering designing and building a new custom home, the sooner you involve your architect the better. They can provide professional guidance when you are comparing potential property options for the location of your new home.
By starting the process with an architect, they can help you assess the feasibility of your home design ideas and explore the potential and the limitations of your building site.
An architect can also help identify potential challenges upfront, and plan together to help keep them from becoming costly problems. When you work with an architect from the very start, you’re also likely to discover options and design solutions you wouldn't have thought of on your own.
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How do I know if I need an architect?
Not everyone needs an architect for the home they have in mind. And, in Michigan, not every home design project needs an architect.
Whether you are looking to build a new, custom-style home or take on a remodeling project for your existing home, consider how clear you are about what you want and need, how much time you have to oversee and coordinate the project, and if you have the experience or knowledge for the scale of the project. By honestly answering those questions, you'll be better able to decide what's right for you.
When it comes to designing a new home, many people choose to buy a home from a developer, and make few of the available customizations to the plans and selecting finishes.
For smaller remodeling projects—and if you have a very clear idea of what you want—a home designer or a draftsperson might be the right choice when you are looking for someone to draw up your plan.
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Why do I need an architect to design my custom home?
By hiring an architect, you get a custom home designed for you and your specific desires and needs. An architect is skilled in making the best use of the unique features of your property, natural and artificial light, space, and materials to create a home that fits you and your lifestyle, now and in the future.
One of the greatest risks of working on a new home without an architect, is making costly and time-consuming mistakes, running into delays caused by unexpected construction revisions, and living with results that don't work for you.
Your architect can also do regular site visits and report on the construction progress of your home. Think of your architect as your watchful eyes and clear voice on the project site. By staying engaged throughout the process, your architect is able to answer questions that come up during the build and help guide the project so the finished result is built to match your design plan. This level of service is especially helpful if you are not able to be on-site yourself.
