randsoellner@earthlink.net Remember when you were growing up and your parents would take you to your grandmother’s house or your Aunt & Uncle’s farm, and you marveled at how many other kids and adults there were in your extended family?  All those people!  You and your brothers and sisters and cousins would walk to the edge of the lake and climb the big willow tree, the one with the thick rope and hop on the giant knot tied to its end, then swing out over the water, let go and scream all the way to your big splash in the water!  After a while, you would smell the burgers and hot dogs cooking on the big stone outdoor grill, as Dad barbequed lunch.  You and Eddy, Gina and Corey, all still soaking wet, ran up the hill and across the lawn to the old wooden picnic table, just in time to be greeted by your mother, who swaddled you in a thick, warm terrycloth towel.  Remember the group photos?  The ones you would pin up on your bulletin board, and watched grow yellow with time, as you thought: Wouldn’t it be nice if all of us could get back together again?”  Finally, you have achieved significant goals in your life.  You have become a success, by anyone’s standards, especially your own.  Have you wondered if perhaps You might be able to do something about making a special place for your immediate family, as well as all of your relatives?  Somewhere in the mountains, perhaps?  Well, that’s what we do!  We meet with you, discuss your objectives, program your special gathering place, design it, prepare construction documents and also suggest an outstanding general contractor to build it, and even furnish the interior for you, if you wish, then hand you the key!  Contact us whenever you might wish to discuss this exciting and fulfilling step in your life plans. Recent commissions: FAMILY ESTATE ON PRIVATE LAKES : on 2,200 acre family estate in Cashiers, NC: Master Plan for new main mountain home, young people cottage, boat house and possible 4th future home, driveways, parking areas, trails, outdoor cooking areas, complete architectural & interior & furnishing design and construction documents on new main home, and through our Design-Build associate, Wills Builders, Inc., complete construction. CASTLE ESTATE : On 70 acre estate in Franklin, NC: Master Plan for new gate house, main mountain-themed castle, utility-support area, driveways, parking, courtyards, giant waterfall feature, swimming pool, site stabilization walls with detailed rockwork.  Complete architectural design & construction documents.  Through an associated general contractor, construction. A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT : multiple building mountain estate on 100 acres in the Andrews, NC area back country, including architectural & interior design & construction documents for new main house, moving and relocating existing timber frame structure, renovating and attaching moved structure to existing cottage, renovating existing cottage, designing new pavilion cottage high on a ridge, new timber frame barn.  Through our associated general contractor, Wills Builders, Inc., complete construction services.  FOR THE FOLKS : on about 30 acres in Murphy, NC, a successful businessman has commissioned us to provide complete architectural & interior design services to create a new mountain home for his parents, who are in their 70s.  Our associated general contractor, Wills Builders, Inc., will be building the home.  Our team is coordinating the surveying, design, material acquisition and construction. Rustic Normandy “village” home with attached barn on 13 acres in Columbus, NC in equestrian community.  We are including a fabulous swimming pool with multiple bridges to “islands” in the pool with a Pool Dining area in the pool, surrounded by water.  Project has multiple motor courts, each with a water fountain with its own themed statuary.  Son’s suite has amazing video wall for digital gaming and for entertaining his friends.  This home is a dream come true for the whole family!  Main House, Breezeway Garage, large attached barn, elaborate site work and extensive master planning to go  with the themed architecture and interior design.  IF YOU HAVE BOUGHT YOUR LAND OR ARE ABOUT TO ACQUIRE LAND: If you have purchased or already own acreage or are contemplating the purchase of a special place for your extended family, please give us a call.  We offer complete architectural & interior design services and through our associated unlimited licensed general contractor, Wills Builders, Inc., complete construction services.  We also have a licensed real estate broker to help you find that mountain retreat in the North Carolina area. EXPERIENCE CREATING FAMILY ESTATES OF LASTING VALUE: We have been designing special homes for 35 years.  We specialize in Mountain themed homes and related buildings.  Rand Soellner’s great grandfather began this legacy circa 1856 in Bavaria (southern Germany) and the SÖllner family compound still exists there.  The lintel over the door has: “JAS 1800” chiseled into it, standing for Johann Adam SÖllner, 1800.  This appreciation for family estates is in our blood.  We design our estate homes to last for hundreds of years, working with you, to create a quality level aligned with your budget.  WE WELCOME YOUR CONTACT: We really enjoy this type of project.  Please call, e-mail or otherwise contact us so that we can begin helping you create your special mountain family estate: 828-743-6010 Rand Soellner Architect randsoellner@earthlink.net NAVIGATION: click on the thumbnails below to go to those subjects: . http://randarch.com © Copyright 2004-2008 Rand Soellner, All Rights Reserved Worldwide. 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