A two-storey whitewashed brick house with a slate roof, ivy, a timber front door and clipped boxwood hedges around a gravel court.

Homes designed around the lot.

Custom homes, renovations, multiplexes, garden suites and the outdoor spaces around them, designed from the first sketch to the finished drawings.

Whitewashed brick family home

We design homes around the lot, the weather and the bylaws they have to live with.

Northridge Designs is a building design studio. We plan new homes, additions, multiplexes and garden suites that suit their site and sit well on their street, along with the gardens, patios and outdoor rooms around them.

Every project is drawn clearly enough for you to picture it, your builder to price it and your municipality to review it.

How we work

How a design comes together

One backyard, built up in five passes. Select a step to see what it adds.

Grey massing model of a backyard with a central stepping-stone path, raised beds and a bench. The same backyard with stone paving, timber fencing and a wooden bench applied. The backyard with low shrubs and grasses planted in the beds. The backyard with trees added along the fence lines. The finished backyard at dusk with warm path and planter lighting.

Recent projects

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Sage green Craftsman bungalow with a deep front porch and river-rock piers.
Craftsman bungalowCustom home
Brick and cream side-by-side duplex with two covered entries.
Side-by-side duplexMultiplex
Travertine patio with a pergola, outdoor seating and layered planting.
Backyard and patioOutdoor living

Designing homes wherever you're building.

Most design work happens online, so where your lot is doesn't limit who designs it. Tell us where you're building and what you have in mind. The first consultation is free.