Cornerstone Design Studio

Mark is one of the best home designers I have ever worked with. Mark is one of the few home designers I have ever worked with that keeps the client on track with both design and budget from start to finish. Mark has an incredible ability to meet with a client one time, discuss design desires, details, etc.... then present a design a couple weeks later that almost always exceeds the clients expectations right off the batt! Mark has the highest integrity of anyone I have ever worked with and I would recommend him to anyone looking for an experienced and respected home designer.

We hired Mark as the architect for our new home in Asheville NC. It was our first time using an architect. Mark was very easy to work with. He used a very structured and programmatic approach to understand what we were looking for in our new home which gave us confidence that the finished product would meet our expectations. It was important to us to balance between size, functionality, and cost... priorities that Mark helped us maintain very effectively albeit requiring numerous iterations to finally arrive at a design we felt hit balance we were looking for. Throughout the process Mark was prompt and responsive to our needs.

When my husband and I were interviewing Architects our main goal was to find someone that was creative, knowledgeable, honest and could translate our vision into our retirement home design. Mark was the only one that fit all those criteria and we have been more than pleased with the results. We enjoyed his humor throughout the project and quick response to questions. He has a great way of taking our ideas and incorporating them, sometimes in a slightly different way, which turned out more functional and aesthetically pleasing. Marks drawings are very detailed and neatly presented, but it was still difficult for us to translate the 2D drawings of our home, where we utilized many different materials including stone, metal, shingles and thick siding, into a picture we could easily see where we needed to make changes. Most of the other architects we interviewed use a much less detailed 3D program which looked more like a 3D hand drawing than a photograph, if they offered that service at all. Although the 3D renderings Mark offers can be expensive, they are of the highest photograph quality and the ones we opted to do were incredibly important in helping us make changes and fully visualize the project. Our home is still in the process of being built at this time, but is shaping up to look exactly like the 3D photographs Mark generated, and thus we are not faced with bad surprises and regret that we have chosen the wrong colors and materials. We would highly recommend this honest, knowledgeable, creative and talented architect.

Mark Shattuck customized one of his custom plans and did An outstanding job in his design for our needs. His blending of materials i.e. stone, large beams and columns, hardy plank siding. & shingles in many cases both inside & outside made an outstanding finished product . Very pleased with spacious and openess of space in both main And terrace levels. A very livable home! Could not be more pleased!

Mark was the architect for our 5,300 square foot house in the North Carolina mountains, and several others in our community have worked with him, also. He has an excellent reputation and it is easy to understand why. He is very creative, but is still good about listening to the customers' opinions and desires. He was very much a team player. Mark was very conscious of our time constraints. He made all the changes very quickly which kept the architectural phase of the project ahead of schedule. Mark is a very talented designer and does more than just lay out the footprint of the house. He is excellent at designing the interior, also. Our house really came to life after he presented us with the interior drawings and we saw all the detailed molding, woodwork, fireplace concept, etc. He then created 3D drawings that were amazingly realistic and helped us to visualize every aspect of our future house. We truly enjoyed working with Mark and would use him again if we were to build another home.

We chose Mark Shattuck after interviewing several potential architects. We provided Mark with a general description of the look and feel we were trying to accomplish in our new home. His attention to detail, thoroughness and creative ideas made the entire project a wonderful experience. The end result was a unique home with timeless features that will translate into a home for the ages. We live in a golf course community and one of the remarkable features that Mark incorporated into the design was a replica of the Bridge over the Swilken Burn, the famous bridge on the 18th hole at St. Andrews in Scotland. This provided a dramatic entry into our home coupled with a stunning view of the Blue Ridge Mountains for a backdrop. Mark carefully and meticulously attended to every detail and was intimately involved in the entire process. We built this home from long distance as I was preparing to retire after the home was completed. Mark Shattuck, our builder and our designer worked hand in hand to insure a smooth process. The project was completed on-time and within the prescribed budget we established. We could not have been more pleased with the work of Mark Shattuck. We would recommend him and his firm with the highest level of confidence. Professionalism, dedication and quality work are the hallmarks of Mark Shattuck.