New Massachusetts Laws Regarding Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs): Building a Guest House or In-Law Apartment Now Easier
In recent years, Massachusetts has faced growing challenges in its housing market, with increasing home prices and a lack of affordable housing options for residents. To address this growing crisis, the state has implemented a series of legislative changes aimed at expanding housing opportunities—one of the most promising being the new laws that make it …
ERTA Named a Top Coastal Architect by “Ocean Home”
In being named to the list for the second consecutive year, ERT Architects is among not merely great company, but truly exceptional company. While many awards are regional and specific to a single project, Ocean Home Magazine’s prestigious Top Coastal Architects award considers architecture firms from around the country and looks at their entire body of work when …
ERT Architects’ Outdoor Living in “At Home” Magazine
Creating seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor living spaces has always been a part of our design process. In recent years, clients have shown an ever-increasing desire to maximize their enjoyment of their outdoor spaces, which has led to the inclusion of outbuildings and screened-in porches in several projects, two of which were featured in …
ERT Architects’ BRICC Award-Winning Project Featured in “At Home” Magazine
It was such an honor to have one of our projects recognized with a BRICC Award at last fall’s gala awards dinner. The awards are given by the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Cape Cod (HBRACC) to recognize excellence in home building and design and home remodeling. HBRACC also featured the home, located on …
What Does an Architect Do During Construction?
When you are having a home custom designed and built, the first step is typically a consultation with an architect, perhaps more than one, to discuss your vision for your home and begin to get to know the architect. Once you have decided on the architect that best suits your needs and seems to have …
Ocean Home Magazine Top Coastal Architects 2023
Fresh off our wins at last month’s BRICC Awards, ERT Architects has been named one of Ocean Home Magazine’s Top Coastal Architects of 2023. Unlike the BRICC Awards, which are specific to individual projects, the Ocean Home Magazine | Top Coastal Architects 2023 award is based on an architectural firm’s body of work as a …
2023 BRICC Award Winners
We were so honored to have two of our projects recognized at the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Cape Cod 2023 BRICC Awards Gala at the Cape Codder Resort & Spa. Held every other year, the BRICC Awards celebrate the “Best of the Best” in the region’s residential home design and building industry. Categories …
ERTA in the News: Cape Cod Home, Winter 2022
Fulfilling our clients’ needs and wishes is always, unequivocally, our goal when designing a home. Seeing the looks on the faces of the families we work with as their dream house begins to take shape is an incredibly rewarding experience that reaches its crescendo when they move in. Having that home then featured in a …
On the Boards at ERTA: Strong Island
With the amount of available buildable lots on Cape Cod at an all-time low, the number of clients of our New England architecture firm approaching us with “raze-and-replace” projects is at an all-time high. This is especially true of waterfront and water properties. Because the Cape was much more of a summer destination when many …
Why Hire a Cape Cod Architect?
Note that title; it isn’t “Why Hire an Architect?” It’s “Why Hire a Cape Cod Architect?” If you have worked with an architect in designing your home in the Boston area, or perhaps New York or Philadelphia, it would be understandable to want to work with that same architect in designing a second home on …