ERA Design

Profile

Studio

We started this studio after years on job sites, not away from them, and that's still where most of our thinking comes from. We kept running into the same problem as builders: plans that looked resolved on paper and fell apart the moment someone tried to actually frame them. So we set out to draw the way we wished more people drew — with real construction detail, honest structural logic, and enough restraint to leave room for a builder's judgment.

We're a small studio on purpose. Every project that comes through gets looked at by the same handful of people from first sketch to final set, which means nothing gets lost in translation between who designed it and who can answer questions about it later.

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Our Approach

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Profile

Our People

Bryan Ahlers

Bryan Ahlers

Design Lead & Co-Owner

Bryan started on job sites, not at a drafting table, and it shows in the way he draws — every line accounts for how it actually gets built. He leads design direction for the studio and still gets involved in the smaller decisions most firms leave for later: the header height, the roofline transition, the detail nobody notices until it's wrong. [Placeholder biography — replace with Bryan's own words.]

Paul Oglesbee

Paul Oglesbee

Land Use & Feasibility Lead

Paul is the person who tells you what a site will actually allow before anyone falls in love with a design that can't be built on it. He works through zoning, setbacks, and permitting realities early, so the creative work that follows is grounded rather than wishful. [Placeholder biography — replace with Paul's own words.]

George Ganescu

George Ganescu

Design Specialist

George brings a quiet precision to every set of drawings he touches, the kind that comes from caring about a project long after the exciting parts are decided. He's often the one still refining a plan after everyone else has moved on. [Placeholder biography — replace with George's own words.]

Anthony Gibbs

Anthony Gibbs

Design Specialist

Anthony has a habit of asking the question a homeowner would ask, not just the one a designer would — which keeps the work honest. He moves easily between big-picture layout thinking and the small, human details that make a house feel considered. [Placeholder biography — replace with Anthony's own words.]