Residential architecture in Philadelphia’s western suburbs, since 1992
Ann Ledger designs renovations, seamless additions and new homes in traditional styles, with the principal personally involved in every project from first conversation to final drawings.
Ann Ledger founded her full-service architectural studio in 1992 to design custom houses in traditional styles: renovations and additions for older homes across Philadelphia’s western suburbs, and distinctive new homes built to last.
Clients work with Ann herself. She leads each project, listens closely to how the household lives, and develops the design and the complete, hand-detailed drawings that builders work from.
For older homes worth keeping. The aim is an addition you can’t pick out from the street: existing character and detail preserved, new work built in the same authentic materials, and a plan that finally works for how you live.
Custom houses in traditional styles, sited for light, views and the land around them. Each one is drawn for its family and its setting, from a creekside Shingle Style house to a home rising from an old barn’s stone walls.
New homes beside French Creek and in Rose Valley, and careful renovations of older houses across the Main Line.
A modified Shingle Style house set into a rural property beside French Creek. The open plan lets the rooms share views of, and access to, the creek and two ponds.
Photograph: Jeffery Totaro
Built inside the foundation walls of a ruined barn, and designed to sit comfortably beside the neighboring Pennsylvania bank barn.
Photograph: Raber Photography
“I offer personalized attention and principal involvement in each project.”
Every design starts from the priorities and requests of the people who will live in it.
Existing architectural detail is preserved, and new work is made to belong to the old.
High-quality, genuine materials that enhance the house and hold its value.
Rooms arranged for daylight, outlook and their context, with sustainable principles built in.
Design decisions are made with cost and timing in view, not discovered later.
Handcrafted drawings detailed enough for builders to price and build with confidence.
Ann welcomes interior and landscape designers into the process, relies on her civil and structural engineering consultants, and works closely with selected builders who share her commitment to traditional detailing and lasting client relationships.
Whether you’re weighing an addition to an older home or planning a new one, a first conversation is the place to start. Share a few details and Ann will be in touch.