Christine Huckins Franck, Architect, LLC

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From a first visit in the snow, to walking the land envisioning how the setting will be transformed for this project, be...
31/01/2026

From a first visit in the snow, to walking the land envisioning how the setting will be transformed for this project, beginnings are exciting!

04/01/2026

Farewell 2025. Hello 2026!

What an amazing, wonderful year it has been filled with exciting projects, service, lectures, travels, time with friends, family, and my love.

I am filled with gratitude for my clients. Thank you for trusting me with your dreams! It is exciting to see you settling into your new homes, to see projects being built, designed, and new ones coming in the year ahead.

Having the opportunity to continue to teach, share knowledge and ideas, and to inspire and be inspired by all of you extraordinarily talented and dedicated colleagues and students is a gift I treasure above all.

Wishing you all a happy, prosperous, and peaceful New Year!

Wishing all the happiest of holidays!
26/12/2025

Wishing all the happiest of holidays!

10/11/2025

As the calendar turns to November, I am thinking of the upcoming holidays and the joy of welcoming friends and family to our home. I'm so happy to finally see the curtains I designed and made for our dining room finished and hung, turning our house into a home.

's Richmond Gray - a perfect greenish gray for candlelight - on the walls complements the warm red tones of my antique pine china cabinet. Found in an antique store in Virginia Beach, it has travelled all over the states with me from Washington, D.C. to New York and now Denver. 's beautiful, fanciful Chifu in teal pulls together the complementary greens and reds of the room and tempers them.

I'm so happy to see our dining room finally coming together and what a joy to learn how to hand sew my own curtains! Now to let them settle in. I can't wait for our next dinner party.












Scenes from the exterior of Ham House in Richmond along the banks of the Thames.
28/10/2025

Scenes from the exterior of Ham House in Richmond along the banks of the Thames.

Join me for a wander on a brisk October day in the serene gardens of Ham House.Swipe through to the end for the John Sle...
27/10/2025

Join me for a wander on a brisk October day in the serene gardens of Ham House.

Swipe through to the end for the John Slezer and Jan Wyck plan for the garden, c.1671-2




Beautiful St. Paul's.
23/10/2025

Beautiful St. Paul's.

It is a delight to be back in England at my cousin's house, a fine thing to walk along the shore after the rain, and wam...
21/10/2025

It is a delight to be back in England at my cousin's house, a fine thing to walk along the shore after the rain, and wamr up by the fire on a cool October night. Off to London soon for our INTBAU World Congress.

One bright afternoon on the Navy Pier at the Chicago Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Brent Hull shared h...
14/10/2025

One bright afternoon on the Navy Pier at the Chicago Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference, Brent Hull shared his idea with me for a new book focused on the architecture of the period rooms at Winterthur. He explained he had studied the rooms and wanted help understanding their architecture. Showing me a picture or two, pointing out details that seemed unusual to him, he asked "what's going on here?"

Considering his observations from the view of an architect working in the western classical tradition, I could see layers of history embodied in these rooms, motifs transmitted across time, designers solving particular design or construction problems, and, of course, du Pont's and his architects' ideas of what early American architecture ought to have been. By the time we were done with our second pint, we were making plans to write this book together.

All these years later, it is rewarding to know our book is still reaching our goals: celebrate Winterthur's period rooms, increase awareness among architects, building craftspeople, and homeowners of the diversity of America's building traditions, and help them understand the architecture around them.

The former residence of Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur Museum features more than 175 period rooms that showcase not only the finest American antique furniture, but an extensive range of historic millwork spanning from 1640 - 1840. Moving chronologically through the stunning Georgian and Federal periods, this guided tour focuses on 20 of Winterthur's most representative rooms and reveals the history and changing styles of millwork throughout the era. Each room's discussion features a unique blend of color photography, a breakdown of the architectural details, and commentary on each element. A glossary of pertinent architectural terms is also included. For designers, architects, preservationists, and homeowners, this book is the resource for bringing the classic American architectural elements of yesterday into the homes of today.

This evening, I look forward to sharing our book and more with the !

Copies available on the linktree in my bio.


02/10/2025

Working with this historic 1894 house by Gove & Walsh is such an honor. The new addition, replacing decades of insensitive additions, is coming along beautifully.

As always, it takes a village! Thanks go out to Bauen Studios, EV Studio, Mendoza, SJO Electric, Spec 7 Insulation, Visual Comfort, Chadsworth Columns, Marvin, Duration, Eurometals, Haddonstone, Belgard, Rio Grande, so many more, and, of course, the vision, taste, and trust of our clients.

More to come!







Visiting the Drawing Room at the Heyward Washington House again, which claims the center bay of the five bay house such ...
25/07/2025

Visiting the Drawing Room at the Heyward Washington House again, which claims the center bay of the five bay house such that you arrive to it on axis with the center window of the front facade after ascending the stairs. This is a simple way to give the room emphasis over others and its light creamy woodwork is a bright contrast against the dark of the mahagony panelled stair hall.

The panelling of this entire room, the window and door surrounds, the overdoors are all original to the house. See my previous post for detailed photographs of the mantel.






A favorite room and mantelpiece: the drawing room at the Heyward Washington House in Charleston, South Carolina.Begun by...
23/07/2025

A favorite room and mantelpiece: the drawing room at the Heyward Washington House in Charleston, South Carolina.

Begun by Thomas Heyward by 1772, this room retains its original paneling and features one of the finest fireplace surrounds of this era with its consoles, fluted pilasters, and fretwork.
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