B L D U S
Architecture that connects past with future, modernity with tradition, and humanity with the natural world. Based in the District of Columbia.

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Brown House
Washington, DC
Built in 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@jenniferhughesphoto
#alleyhouse #rooftopgarden #whiteoak #cork #bamboo #hemp

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Poplar Cloud
Washington, DC
Built 2021
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole
#treehouse #bark #cork #cypress #copper

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

Lois Mailou Jones Alley
Washington, DC
Built 2023
Designed by BLDUS
@tycole photos
#loismailoujones #alleyhouse #spechouse #long#porch

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

New Studio Snapshot conversation on Archinect: ‘Each Modest Project Improves a Life, and Ideally, the Life Next Door’: A Conversation With BLDUS
We speak with Andrew Linn and Jack Becker, founding partners of Washington, DC-based architecture and development office BLDUS @bld.us about their "farm-to-shelter" ethos, material eloquence, architects as developers/ builders, and designing buildings that are not only sustainable but also healthy.
"Sometimes the only way to truly understand a project — sometimes the only way to realize it at all — is to become its developer or its builder, taking on roles that stretch well beyond design," they tell us.
BLDUS is also a recent winner of the Architectural League of New York's @archleague 2026 Emerging Voices awards.
🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150538686/each-modest-project-improves-a-life-and-ideally-the-life-next-door-a-conversation-with-bldus
📸 Cover: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes. @jenniferhughesphoto
📸 4 & 5: Poplar Grove in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole. @tycole
📸 6: Brown House in Washington, DC. Photo: Jennifer Hughes.
📸 7: Poplar Cloud in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 8: Grass House in Washington, DC. Photo: Ty Cole.
📸 9: Stick House in East Hampton, NY. Photo: Michael Vahrenwald. @mvahrenwald
📸 10: BLDUS founding partners Andrew Linn (left) and Jack Becker (right) at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the historic site of Henry David Thoreau’s 1845–1847 experiment in deliberate living. Image courtesy BLDUS.
#archinect #architecture #archinectstudiosnapshot #washingtonarchitecture #bldus

Porch House
Shepherdstown, WV
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#countryhouse #meadow #porch #intheround #stonepiers

Porch House
Shepherdstown, WV
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#countryhouse #meadow #porch #intheround #stonepiers

Porch House
Shepherdstown, WV
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#countryhouse #meadow #porch #intheround #stonepiers

Porch House
Shepherdstown, WV
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#countryhouse #meadow #porch #intheround #stonepiers

Porch House
Shepherdstown, WV
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#countryhouse #meadow #porch #intheround #stonepiers

Porch House
Shepherdstown, WV
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#countryhouse #meadow #porch #intheround #stonepiers

Porch House
Shepherdstown, WV
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#countryhouse #meadow #porch #intheround #stonepiers

Porch House
Shepherdstown, WV
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#countryhouse #meadow #porch #intheround #stonepiers

Porch House
Shepherdstown, WV
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#countryhouse #meadow #porch #intheround #stonepiers

Temple House
Washington, DC
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#westover #southeastdc #washington #dc #timberhouse

Temple House
Washington, DC
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#westover #southeastdc #washington #dc #timberhouse

Temple House
Washington, DC
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#westover #southeastdc #washington #dc #timberhouse

Temple House
Washington, DC
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#westover #southeastdc #washington #dc #timberhouse

Temple House
Washington, DC
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#westover #southeastdc #washington #dc #timberhouse

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#hudsonvalley #cabin #stone #mosaic #swale

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#hudsonvalley #cabin #stone #mosaic #swale

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#hudsonvalley #cabin #stone #mosaic #swale

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#hudsonvalley #cabin #stone #mosaic #swale

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#hudsonvalley #cabin #stone #mosaic #swale

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#natural #cabin #phaseone #hudsonrivervalley #retreat

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#natural #cabin #phaseone #hudsonrivervalley #retreat

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#natural #cabin #phaseone #hudsonrivervalley #retreat

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#natural #cabin #phaseone #hudsonrivervalley #retreat

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#natural #cabin #phaseone #hudsonrivervalley #retreat

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#natural #cabin #phaseone #hudsonrivervalley #retreat

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#natural #cabin #phaseone #hudsonrivervalley #retreat

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#natural #cabin #phaseone #hudsonrivervalley #retreat

Cabin
Milan, NY
Unbuilt
Designed by BLDUS
#natural #cabin #phaseone #hudsonrivervalley #retreat
🌟Meet @bld.us, one of the 2026 Emerging Voices🌟
Jack Becker and Andrew Linn founded B L D U S in Washington, DC, in 2013. Across its housing-focused portfolio, the firm prioritizes the use of natural materials both local, like oak and black locust, and renewable, such as cork and bamboo. This focus on unconventional building materials draws on the firm’s expertise across fields and trades, including architecture, development, and carpentry.
This Thursday, hear from B L D U S and fellow awardee @g3.arquitectos about their practices, followed by a conversation with Isabel Abascal (@lanzaatelier).
🗓️ Thur, Mar 26
🕑 12:30 pm ET
📍 Online
🎟️ Free and open to all. CEUs are available for League members who attend each event in its entirety.
Register at the link in bio.
#EV26 #EmergingVoices2026
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