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We Design & Build
We Design & Build
At Thrive by Design, we pride ourselves in being both the designer and the builder, and these combined skills make us unique.
At Thrive by Design, we pride ourselves in being both the designer and the builder, and these combined skills make us unique.
As builders, we have the practical know-how to get the job done right, under budget, and on time.
As builders, we have the practical know-how to get the job done right, under budget, and on time.
As designers, we know how to create meaningful and quality experiences that last for a lifetime and shape your legacy and the well-being of your loved ones.
As designers, we know how to create meaningful and quality experiences that last for a lifetime and shape your legacy and the well-being of your loved ones.
This makes us more efficient, integrated, and collaborative. It makes us better able and capable to meet your needs and desires.
This makes us more efficient, integrated, and collaborative. It makes us better able and capable to meet your needs and desires.
Some call it cross discipline coordination and collaboration. For us, it's just what we do.
Some call it cross discipline coordination and collaboration. For us, it's just what we do.
Interior Designs & Builds
Interior Designs & Builds
Custom Single Family Residential Design-Build (Philadelphia, 2025)
Custom Single Family Residential Design-Build (Philadelphia, 2025)
Thrive by Design designed and built this custom kitchen as a balance of warmth, clarity, and modern functionality in every detail. This new custom kitchen integrates modern appliances, clean sightlines, and layered lighting with architectural clarity. We crafted it to support daily rhythm, family life, and long-term use.
Custom Residential Design-Build (Philadelphia, 2025)
Custom Residential Design-Build (Philadelphia, 2025)
200SF Wet Room Detail
200SF Wet Room Detail
Thrive designed and built this new custom spa-like bathroom with natural light and a view into nature; balancing elegance, durability, and emotional clarity in every detail. We integrated a freestanding tub and a full room shower, layered lighting, and marble ceramic finishes with architectural clarity, crafted to support daily rhythm, restoration, and long-term use.
We Design & Build
We Design & Build
We don’t just design beautiful spaces, we build them with care, precision, and soul. Every project is led by our in-house team, enabling seamless coordination from concept to completion. Whether it’s a custom wet-room design, a full gut renovation, or new design for new construction, we bring technical mastery and emotional resonance to every detail.
Ready to begin your own project? Let’s talk! We’d love to hear what you’re dreaming of. Schedule a meeting >
Design that feels good
Design that feels good
Design that lasts
Design that lasts
Thrive designed and built this custom bathroom and walk-in shower in the Philadelphia-area. The composition balances clarity, texture, and everyday comfort.
Thrive built this warm, contemporary bathroom as part of a residential design-build with layered textures and elegance.
Custom Residential Design-Build (2024)
Custom Residential Design-Build (2024)
Fireplace Detail
Fireplace Detail
Thrive designed this living room around a central hearth, balancing warmth, structure, and architectural rhythm.
Custom Interior
Custom Interior
Thrive designed and built this custom wood front door and kitchen nook as part of a new interior build. We shaped both the door side lights and the cabinetry to welcome light and vertical movement giving the entire composition architectural clarity. Get Started >
Lighting Design Detail
Lighting Design Detail
We designed and built everything in this photo. Then, with the light from this chandelier, we made it come alive.
Custom Stair Detail
Custom Stair Detail
Thrive designed and built this custom staircase to solve design constraints The wraparound form was our elegant solution, crafted to optimize layout and movement.
Custom Residential Design-Build, Philadelphia (2025)
Custom Residential Design-Build, Philadelphia (2025)
Custom Bedroom Closet Detail
Custom Bedroom Closet Detail
Thrive designed and built this bedroom. We seemlessly merged the needs of HVAC ductwork and storage with architectural clarity, built with craft.
Crafting home with you
Crafting home with you
Thrive is more than a design studio or construction company. It’s a living system of care, clarity, and transmission.
Thrive is more than a design studio or construction company. It’s a living system of care, clarity, and transmission.
We are designers and builders. More importantly, we are stewards. We hold the tension between urgency and sacred pause, between technical rigor and emotional truth. We do it with hands in the work and heart in our lineage.
We are designers and builders. More importantly, we are stewards. We hold the tension between urgency and sacred pause, between technical rigor and emotional truth. We do it with hands in the work and heart in our lineage.
Custom Bedroom Closet Detail
Custom Bedroom Closet Detail
Thrive designed and built this upper-floor unit, including this bedroom to honor light, movement, and the geometry of home. We especially enjoyed creating this custom walk-in-closet and closet door.
Architectural Designs & Builds
Architectural Designs & Builds
Custom Residential Design-Build / Adaptive Reuse (Philadelphia, 2025)
Custom Residential Design-Build / Adaptive Reuse (Philadelphia, 2025)
Custom Garage Door Detail
Custom Garage Door Detail
We built these farm house style garage doors from raw 2x3s and 2x4s. We shaped this door by hand, mounted it with care, and inscribed it into the larger adaptive reuse. If you like the deck above, we designed and built that too, all from pressure treated lumber, all from scratch. Every board carries our rhythm. Nothing prefab here.
300sf New Rear Deck Detail
300sf New Rear Deck Detail
We went all out on this design and construction. We built the deck and railing from pieces of lumber. When we couldn't buy the cedar siding we needed to complete this design, we manufactured it ourselves: we planed down hundreds of boards and carefully installing them here with our dedication to detail and craft.
Craft
Craft
Craft can mean many things to different people. For us, it means doing it right. If what we want is not available, no problem: we will make it instead. That's what we did here for this entire design-build. The details show what's possible when a skilled and dedicated team like Thrive's gets to work, designs it right, and does the job right.
What's next? Let us help you make your dream happen >
Custom Residential Adaptive Reuse (Philadelphia, 2020)
Custom Residential Adaptive Reuse (Philadelphia, 2020)
Construction Detailing
Construction Detailing
Technical construction drawings showcasing Thrive’s precision in framing, insulation, and foundation detailing
Adaptive Reuse
Adaptive Reuse
Adaptive reuse of a Philadelphia rowhome transformed into a ground-floor café and upper-level Airbnb. A living example of design stewardship across scales.
Under Construction
Under Construction
Laying the foundation for clarity. Triangular bracing and framing on-site of a custom farmhouse style door in progress.
Every nail placed with care. Hands-on carpentry in a room and staircase taking shape.
Collaboration in progress: Framing, design insights, and shared stewardship on site.
Thrive in Action
Thrive in Action
At Thrive by Design, we pride ourselves in being both the designer and the builder, and these combined skills make us unique.
At Thrive by Design, we pride ourselves in being both the designer and the builder, and these combined skills make us unique.
As builders, we have the practical know-how to get the job done right, under budget, and on time.
As builders, we have the practical know-how to get the job done right, under budget, and on time.
As designers, we know how to create meaningful and quality experiences that last for a lifetime and shape your legacy.
As designers, we know how to create meaningful and quality experiences that last for a lifetime and shape your legacy.
This makes us more efficient, integrated, and collaborative. It makes us better able and capable to meet your needs and desires.
This makes us more efficient, integrated, and collaborative. It makes us better able and capable to meet your needs and desires.
Some call it cross discipline coordination and collaboration. For us, it's just what we do.
Some call it cross discipline coordination and collaboration. For us, it's just what we do.
Design Proposals
Design Proposals
SEPTA Navy Yard Extension, Station Proposal (Philadelphia, 2025)
SEPTA Navy Yard Extension, Station Proposal (Philadelphia, 2025)
Description: Architectural rendering of a proposed new station design for the proposed Broad Street Line Navy Yard extension.
Concept: Lenses on light cannons open and close with changes in air pressure as trains move through the station, creating an ever changing pattern of light that delights and engages riders while helping to transform the Navy Yard into a new Philadelphia landmark.
Project Status: Unbuilt.
Local Architecture College Extension Proposal (Philadelphia, 2023)
Local Architecture College Extension Proposal (Philadelphia, 2023)
Description: Architectural rendering of a proposed addition to a local Philadelphia architecture college for a building that both houses studios and teaches design.
Concept: Studios are arranged in small groups that optimize space and flow while all facing a linear circulation spine where studio pin-ups, critiques, and work in progress can be pinned up and displayed. The effect? The building becomes a living cross section of all the college's design disciplines, accessible by simply walking through the building and levels encouraging the cross-pollination of ideas between students and professors of different majors. Everything is tied together by a central atrium, useful for college events, lectures, and university displays.
Project Status: Unbuilt.
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