The Chapel & The Station (2026 Showcase)
Designer
AubreyMaxwell
Photographer
Brad Knipstein
When the team at AubreyMaxwell first walked us through their vision for the Chapel, they kept circling back to one idea: material as conceptual storytelling. Lime wash, clay, stone, wood, wool, silk — surfaces chosen for being ancient and humble, but still gloriously grand. Our job was to build the room those materials deserved in a three-month timeline.
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The Chapel sits at the top of the house, where the roofline turns sharp and the proportions get demanding. Bringing Robbie, Marcus, and Caleb's design to life in a space that had to feel both grand and intimate, ancient and warm, meant slowing down where most builds speed up. Every joint, every transition, every surface was a conversation. They didn't just hand us a design, they trusted us with conveying the feeling.
Here's how they describe what they set out to make:
At the very top of the house, capped by the jagged, angular lines of the roof above, our chapel is a space designed for gathering and reflection. It welcomes celebration and play as effortlessly as it embraces quiet contemplation — a chapel for gregarious gatherings over cocktails, and for sunset aperitifs before the dinner party. A chapel for losing yourself in a great book for hours, a chapel for sinking in and for slowing down. A chapel for one, a chapel for many, a chapel for all.
Most bathrooms get built for function but the Station was never going to be like most bathrooms. AubreyMaxwell came in with a curved shower wall, a terrazzo floor, and rows of ochre finger tile that had to be laid by hand. So we did what we always do when the design gets ambitious: we put the right team on it.
E&S Granite and Tile handled all of the intricate tilework, laying every ochre finger tile with precision and care. Westgate Plumbing brought the curved shower to life with the kind of clean, expert execution the design demanded. Snake Craft, whose millwork also graces the Chapel just down the hall, added the warmth and detail that elevate a beautiful room into an unforgettable one. And MCM Electric ran the electrical throughout — the kind of precise, considered work that goes unnoticed when it's done right.
A great room isn't built by one company, it's built by a group of families who've spent decades getting good at one thing each. The Chapel and the Station are what happens when those families show up to the same site, for the same client, with the same standard.
