Fort Collins, Colorado

Custom home design and construction in Fort Collins.

Frameworks

Design the way you want to live.

A custom home starts with the way you use it: where everyone gathers, what needs to be close at hand, how rooms connect, and what the site makes possible.

Frameworks brings architectural design and construction into those decisions from the beginning, so the drawings, selections and budget develop together.

Selected work

Custom homes designed for daily life.

Explore homes designed and built by Frameworks. Scroll to move through the work.

A timber and board barn-form home standing in snow at dusk — Barn form, timber framed

A great room under heavy timber trusses with stone columns and a wood floor — Great room under heavy timber

A covered deck with lounge seating beside dark stained siding and large sliding glass doors — Deck and glass, evening light

An octagonal timber ceiling seen from below, with glazing between each rafter — Octagonal timber ceiling

A shingled home with a timber entry porch, lit from inside at dusk — Timber entry porch

A kitchen with dark cabinetry, open shelving and a loft walkway above — Kitchen below the loft

A stone and timber entry portico with a heavy wood front door — Stone and timber entry

A range and hood set into a stone and tile backsplash with brass fittings — Range wall, stone and brass

A primary bathroom in marble with a freestanding tub between two showers — Primary bath in marble

A stacked stone fireplace with a timber mantel and a stack of split wood — Fireplace and timber mantel

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A Frameworks home lit at night across an open field

The guarantee

The budget is set before construction.

Before ground breaks, we finish the design, price the full scope, and commit to a real number. If anything ever needs to change, you will know the cost and the reason before the work happens.

The guaranteed budget is based on a completed design and the selections you approved, giving you a clear number before construction begins.

Better budgeting
Smarter material selections
Fewer surprises
Clearer communication
Design and construction decisions made together

Making the key decisions early gives the construction team a complete scope and reduces revisions after work begins.

Services

Four ways this usually starts.

Kitchen

We start by understanding how the room needs to function day to day, then design a space that supports those routines. Everything from layout to material selection.

Bathroom

The best bathrooms create a sense of calm. Storage, lighting, circulation, privacy, accessibility, and material longevity, all considered together.

ADU

An accessory dwelling unit should feel like a thoughtfully designed home and not an afterthought. Site constraints and local requirements get evaluated before design begins.

Whole-Home

Sometimes the right home is the one you already own, thoughtfully transformed. We help you invest where it matters and save where it doesn't.

A dining room framed by a plaster arch, looking through to the kitchen beyond

The team

Architecture and construction, together from day one.

The people drawing the home and the people building it work from the same plan, budget and set of decisions.

Adrian Jones

CEO & Founder

Decades of hands-on experience in both architectural design and construction, with a deep background in timber frame building that shaped his systems-oriented approach.

Under Adrian's leadership, the architect and the builder work as a single, integrated team from day one.

John Vande Plasse

Architectural Design Manager

Nearly four decades at the design table, and a deep belief that good design starts with good listening.

Nick Benson

Construction Project Manager

A master's degree in construction management, a background in woodworking, and decades of experience in high-performance building.

Mike Gordon

Superintendent

Over 30 years of hands-on construction experience, starting at age 15 as a laborer. In his words: "If my clients are happy, I'm happy. That's the job."

Sam Hothan

Superintendent / Timber Framer

A background in timber framing and a Landscape Architecture degree from Colorado State University, so he reads both the drawing set and the structure behind it.

Melinda Shoff

Accounting Manager

Clear monthly reconciliations, predictable and reliable billing schedules, and timely responses to questions from owners, lenders, and partners.

Sophie Krishnek

Architectural Designer

Trained in Interior Architecture and Design with a minor in construction management, working where the drawings meet buildability.

Contact

Tell us what you want to build.

Call or email with the property location, the kind of project you are considering, and the priorities you want the design to solve. Frameworks will follow up to discuss the fit and next step.

Phone (970) 568-4900 Email adrian@homesbyframeworks.com

Studio 3 Old Town Square, Fort Collins, CO 80524