Designing with 3D drawings
We are starting to use 3D drawings as a design tool so we can really see what the home will look like, and so can the Owners! Our home owners wanted a beautiful classic low country home, with a symmetrical [...]
Home Builder for Richardson Project Wins Local PRISM Award
The Charleston Home Builders Association recently awarded Alair Homes-Charleston the PRISM Award for their work on The Doar House Renovation. They were awarded in one of the Best Remodeled Home categories. Architect Rachel Burton of Swallowtail Architecture designed the renovation of this 1886 home in Summerville, SC.
Swallowtail Home Wins Pinacle Award
The Home Builders Association of South Carolina recently awarded Alair Homes Charleston the Pinacle Awards for their work on The Doar House Renovation. Architect Rachel Burton of Swallowtail Architecture designed the renovation of this 1886 home in Summerville, SC. Home [...]
Swallowtail Architecture Gains Approval on Kiawah Island Residence
Swallowtail Architects is pleased to announce preliminary design approval for a Rhett’s Bluff Residence new construction project on Kiawah Island. The final submittal process is the next step, with construction planned for November and an estimated completion date of late autumn 2018.
Swallowtail Wins Four Awards for International Design Excellence
Architects Creating Homes’ awards Swallowtail Architecture four residential design awards for ArCH’s 2017 Design Excellence in Residential Design. The winners of this international competition were announced June 1. Burton’s winning designs include a coastal island renovation, two marshfront homes and a fourth award, in Dunes West, for “The Blue Kitchen.”
Swallowtail Opens a Second Office!
Swallowtail Architecture, Mount Pleasant; May 23, 2017 – Exciting things are happening at Swallowtail Architecture and we are pleased to announce that we have opened a second office! The new space is located at 1470 Ben Sawyer Blvd. in suite [...]
Swallowtail Architecture wins BZA Approval for Fort Moultire’s Ordinance Shop to become a Special Exception Residential Building
Swallowtail Architecture of Summerville has BZA approval to classify a Fort Moultrie building dating back to the 1800s as a 'Special Exception.' The Sullivan Island project, one of Swallowtail’s three current Lowcountry historic renovations.
Swallowtail Architecture wins Conceptual Approval for Renovation of Historic Fort Moultrie Building
Recently obtained from the Atlanta Archives, this richly detailed copy of the map of Fort Moultrie shows considerable detail and information about the Fort. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Rachel Burton, rachel@swallowtailarchitecture.com, 843-885-9400 DESCRIPTION: Swallowtail Sullivan’s Island, SC; Jan [...]
16th Annual ‘Best Projects’ Award Honors Commercial Design by Swallowtail
ENR Southeast, one of 10 regional publications from Engineering News-Record, announced the winners of their 16th annual 'Best Projects' in the Southeast. Swallowtail Architecture was honored to be recognized for their commercial architectural design work for the Forest Trails Wastewater [...]
A Day in the Life of Architects from Around the World
Burton: 1:32, 2:58, 3:31, 3:58 Architect Rachel Burton of Charleston was selected among 50 architects to be featured in a video on the Business of Architecture.com. The video showcases the a day in the life of architects from [...]
Charrette For Affordable Housing
Custom Residential Architect’s Network (CRAN) Charrette Thirty Charleston Architects from CRAN gathered for an intensive one-day design charrette. The teams worked to design and draw the Construction Documents for 5 new homes for Habitat for Humanity. Rachel Burton, as Team [...]