Remodeling or adding to your house can be a very intimidating prospect. Coming up with a design that is both pleasing and affordable is difficult enough. The number of design decisions to be made is staggering. Add a bewildering array of complex governmental regulations such as setback requirements, seismic bracing requirements, Daylight Plane restrictions, Title 24 energy requirements, Flood Zone controls...

Richard Morrison has had his own practice specializing in residential remodelings and additions since 1987. Prior to starting his own firm, he was a Project Architect in charge of quality control for the interior architecture/interior design department of Anshen+Allen, a large (100-person) San Francisco architectural firm.

He has taught Home Remodeling at a number of schools in the Bay Area, and currently teaches for the Palo Alto Adult School, and the Foothill-DeAnza Colleges. He’s written numerous columns on Home Remodeling for Bay Area newspapers and national magazines.

Richard is NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Designer Qualification) certified in interior design, and is a full professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). He was the 2004-2005 President of the ASID California Peninsula Chapter, which has more than 500 members. Additionally, Richard lectures nationwide for the ASID on Residential Construction Management as part of their Continuing Education Program.

Richard is active in the American Institute of Architects, and is the founder and chair emeritus of the Small Firm Forum at the East Bay Chapter of the AIA, and has been a Director on the Board of the San Mateo County Chapter of the AIA.

He graduated with High Honors from the architectural program at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana campus) in 1977 and has been licensed to practice architecture in California since 1983.