Studio MM

11/05/2026

It has been a while since our last New Projects on the Boards post, and the studio has been busy! Today we’re taking a look at some our projects in the design phase. This includes several new single-family homes, three renovations, a carport addition for a past client and one project we can’t quite talk about yet….

Our new homes sit on some truly beautiful Hudson Valley sites, from wildflower meadows to wooded ridges with views of the Catskills. On the renovation side, we’re giving new life to a historic firehouse, a charming country house and more. Across every project, we keep coming back to the same goals. We want each home to fit the way our clients actually live, to connect interior and exterior spaces, and to resonate with its landscape.

We're taking a look at some our current projects, including new single-family homes, renovations, and a carport addition for a past client!

10/30/2026

Our October newsletter is out, and it opens with one of Ma**ca’s favorite stories about the full moon.

We’re also sharing a look at Beacon Firehouse now that interior demo is done, and the project looks very different; we’re celebrating the 10th issue of Valley MMag; and we’re looking back at model making for our exhibition at Field + Supply.

10/22/2026

Ten issues in, and we’re still just as excited to send this issue into the world: Valley MMag Issue 10 is here for Fall 2026!

When we printed our first issue in Summer 2023, the idea was simple. We wanted a regularly issued magazine, produced, edited and designed in-house at Studio MM, that celebrated the people who make the Hudson Valley what it is: designers, makers, farmers, chefs, artists and small business owners. Three years and ten issues later, it’s still a love letter to this place and the community we’re lucky to be part of.

Ten issues in, and we're still just as excited to send this issue into the world: Valley MMag Issue 10 is here for Fall 2026!

10/21/2026

The Fall 2026 issue of Valley MMag has arrived! 🩷

The talents of ELEVEN SIX are on full display - from the stunning hot pink knitwear on the cover to the artist collaborations and thoughtfully detailed textures, Catherine Carnevale's work speaks for itself. Check out the center of the issue for the story of her Kingston knitwear label: born from a mountaintop moment in Peru and built, over twelve years, through artisan partnership, family and a whole lot of texture.

We’re also honored to share Fermata, Studio MM’s residence in Saugerties. It’s a home designed around pause rather than momentum, built around the client's own art collection. This issue also follows Ritika Wahal into a new creative chapter as she trades blooms for clay, and gives a first look at Army of Frogs Studio Last Rose of Summer exhibition, now open. And as always, we’re grateful for the makers, cooks and craftspeople who fill these pages: Mill & Main Restaurant, Braxton Alexander, OLGA JOAN, The Catskills Cocktail Club, and Westwind Orchard & Cidery.

Find a copy at a local coffee shop near you!

10/18/2026

🍁🍂 Remembering this beautiful home with all of the gorgeous fall colors and dramatic sunlight this weekend! .....

TinkerBox
Completed 2016
📸 : Feinknopf Studio

Intimately folded into the hilly landscape, TinkerBox is a private hideaway which sparks inspiration to create.

Surrounded by idyllic wooded terrain at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, TinkerBox functions as both a weekend retreat and workshop. A place to indulge creative passions, the peaceful getaway carves out dedicated space for both building furniture, and tinkering with antique cars.

A careful study of the undulating landscape and movement of the sun led to the home’s exacting placement on the site. Partially embedded into the hillside, the orientation optimized for light and views while intimately allowing the home to become an extension of the land.

10/14/2026

Thank you to everyone who made our FIELD + SUPPLY weekend such a success!! We loved all of the conversations, questions, and interest!

🏡💃🏼 Thanks to our adventurous architect partner for joining us in this inaugural Making Space exhibition: Keira Ritter Design Co.. We look forward to doing it again next year!

💙💙 Thanks to our Studio MM team for all the BTS work - both hours and cheers - to make this happen.

🔨🪚 Thanks to Max Stratton and his Cherry Hill Construction team for the expertly crafted exhibit wall!

🙏🏼☀️ Thanks to the fabulous Field + Supply organization for putting together this amazing fair every year!

❤️😎 Thanks to our fellow vendors for making ☀️ out of ☔!

We love being a part of this beautifully creative community!

10/12/2026

Set in a gently sloping meadow surrounded by a dense forest in Accord, New York, Wass House is a modern renovation of an existing gabled house.

This was certainly the most talked about photograph during our 3 days FIELD + SUPPLY this past weekend. Wass House had a lot of fans! And the model was definitely the favorite of the kids - pretty sure it was the pool that sold them!💙

Transforming the home from one volume with a large backyard to a multi-volume home with a courtyard and pool, Wass House fulfills our clients’ wishes of hosting their children and future grandchildren, and guaranteeing a fun, spacious, and memorable stay.

Completely reinventing the way they experience their existing home, we’ve designed a new formal entry. This entry takes form as a long glass hallway that connects the existing home, new garage and artist studio to the new main suite. Bringing in a modern, transparent, and elegant element balances the two private black barn structures. The glass walls also allow guests walking towards the home to peer into the courtyard, pool, and pool house just beyond, fostering excitement and possibility of what memories lie ahead.

Wass House
Accord, NY
Photography: Feinknopf Studio

10/08/2026

We’re heading back to Field + Supply this weekend, and this time we’re bringing houses with us…small ones!

From October 9 to 11, Studio MM is at Fall MRKT at Hutton Brickyards in Kingston with an architectural exhibition our team curated: Residential Architecture in the Hudson Valley. We’re presenting alongside Keira Ritter of Keira Ritter Design Co., a fellow local architect, and we’re proud that the show features the work of two women who both live and practice in the Hudson Valley.

Read today's post for more: https://maricamckeel.com/six-homes-two-architects-our-exhibition-at-field-supply/

09/30/2026

Our September newsletter is out, and it was a good month. 💙

We made two Forbes lists for 2026: America's Top 200 Residential Architects and Best-in-State Residential Architects for New York. We also got back from the CRAN® Symposium in San Antonio, where one of our own presented Studio MM's best practices for using AI as a tool (not as a design tool, to be clear). She was fantastic, and we couldn't be prouder.

There's more in this month's issue:
🏡 VIA43 is featured in New England Living
📖 Ask an Architect: how we turn a folder of inspiration into a real house
🎂 Studio MM turns 16, and Ma**ca is part of the upcoming book Women of Architecture
🏗️ Project updates from projects in design and under construction.

Catch up on Studio MM's September, including our 2026 Forbes recognition, highlights from the CRAN® Symposium, VIA43 in New England Living, and updates from the studio and job sites.

09/30/2026

At VIA 43 the landscape has been shaped as an extension of the architecture itself. The carefully planned outdoor spaces surrounding the home blend fruit trees, flowers, beautiful lavender bushes, and various ornamental grasses. Plantings follow the rhythms of sun and shade, take cues from visual corridors inside the home, and evolve with the changing seasons.

The courtyard off of the kitchen provides a sunny spot for morning coffee in the winter while the peach and pear trees in that space provide perfect shade for lunch outdoors in the summer.

Photography: Feinknopf Studio
Landscape design: Studio MM
Landscaping: Guilded Leaf Landscapes