Wright & Robinson Architects

My wife and I hired Karin Robinson to design a whole house remodel. The open concept project included a new kitchen with family room addition; new mud room with half bath; new basement with playroom, exercise room, and full bath; new master suite including full bath and walk-in closet; a reoriented and expanded dining room; a modified bedroom for our oldest daughter (including a balcony); and a redesigned living room with shelves, bookcases, TV stand, and gas fireplace. When we first met Karin, we provided her with three pages of bulleted wish-list items, hoping that she might hit 1/3 of that list. She responded with four unique designs, each one hitting EVERY item on our wish lists. We couldn't believe it! We then worked with her for the next 18 months to tweak the plans, obtain permission from the local historic district, and solicit bids from contractors. Then construction began. Karin was with us throughout the process, be it answering our endless questions about kitchen design, helping us shop for light fixtures, or stopping by for site inspections. This is the biggest and most emotional project we have ever taken on (not to mention the most expensive), and Karin was there when we needed her - always calm, always helpful. She is a visionary who turned our starter home into our dream home. If you want an architect who will really listen to your needs and goals, who will truly develop a customized solution and plan for your family, and who is a joy to work with, you'll want to hire Karin. Pictures from the project are posted under "Kitchen Family Room Addition, Glen Ridge, NJ" under the Wright and Robinson Houzz site. Good luck and happy remodeling.

We retained Mark Wright after interviewing several architects. We have an old 1894 Victorian,and we wanted to work with someone who cared about houses and their details, their form and function, and abovel all their history. We submitted Mark a multi-page wish list of all the things we wanted to do to our house; he took the list, made it his own, and came back with a wonderful plan. We restored the original part of our house and updated it with modern infrastructure. Mark took extreme care of our wishes, particularly with maintaining the original look of the house, and he in fact outdid it, restoring features that we actually did not know existed. We also put on a kitchen and family room addition, and he worked with our wishes to make it a space that was was not Victorian but comfortable and light and bright. Mark made the addition integrate wonderfully. Our favorite features of the house are our kitchen, the multi-floor victorian stairwell that is extraordinarily beautiful and authentic to our home. And the secret passage library door that hides and unifies the office and library. We do not believe we could have found another architect as thoughtful, patient , and enthusiastic as Mark Wright and his wife and partner Karin Robinson. Mark works on many types of projects, but clearly his specialty is older homes. Anyone who lives in the New York metropolitan area and is considering a renovation of their period home must consider Mark Wright.

Mark Wright of Wright & Robinson has been working with us since 2008, on what has been a slow, and sometimes painful, restoration of 1884 gem. We very much like his scholarly approach to the work that is being done (both this current and previous projects on the house). By finding and adapting the original color scheme of the house, he managed to bring out it's exotic and unique beauty. In addition, we liked having an extra set of eyes on the project during the construction phase. Especially someone detail-oriented as Mark Wright.

Wright and Robinson designed a gut renovation of my 1954 split-level house, including an addition of approximately 430 square feet for a third bedroom and bathroom. They transformed the house from a drab, outdated relic into a "Catskill cottage". Mark Wright was easy to work with and full of great design ideas. He also found the contractor we used, who was excellent, and oversaw the construction process. I am thrilled with the results.