About Us

Sogno. Dreams in three dimensions

Collaboration

Our clients come to us dissatisfied with what is. They have tastes and convictions, budgets and constraints. They live in neighborhoods as well as houses. They envision a more workable life.

We have the skill to transform challenging spaces into living solutions. We’re practical, realistic, honest. We ask a million questions: How do you want to live? What do you need? Working together, we free up possibility. We capture your dream and give it dimension.

The process is often as beautiful as the result.

Sustainable architecture

We view remodeling as a kind of recycling. The traditional lines of a classic house, a Victorian, say, or a Craftsman Bungalow needn’t limit the home owner to life in a museum piece. How to build on tradition for a modern life? Remodeling, second story additions, outdoor spaces are ways to revitalize a classic home, and give it an enduring, relevant future.

Team building

Sogno Design Group has long standing working relationships with the people who make your dream reality: general contractors, structural engineers, high-quality artisans, crafts and trades people. These are individuals and companies we have learned to trust through experience, and they can be part of the team assembled for your project. We know going in that they deliver the quality we demand for our designs.

Scale

Dreams come in all sizes but Sogno Design Group has only one way to respond: full tilt. We bring the same muscle to a new powder room that we do to a second story addition where one never existed before.

Advocacy

The heart of collaboration: the architect as client advocate.

At Sogno Design Group we believe it is our responsibility to stand as advocate for our clients, from the permitting process through project completion. Renovating a home is a major undertaking with lots of moving parts. It is bound to be stressful. Sogno Design Group mitigates client stress. We watch your back.

Team

Kathryn A. Rogers, principal architect

Kathy Rogers was drawn to historic preservation and restoration after graduating with a B.Arch from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1988, and had the good fortune to participate in notable projects in Washington, D.C. She learned to value the past, not replace it, to make it relevant to today, not destroy it. It’s an invaluable layer of experience that informs her residential design work.
To broaden her portfolio Rogers added developmental years as senior designer for residential design/build firms in the Bay Area. Her responsibilities included hands-on, hard-hat field experience with construction crews and contractors.

Kathy Rogers learned building materials. She learned construction methods. She learned how to run an effective construction project and complete it on budget.

A California licensed architect since 1996, Kathy Rogers founded the award-winning Sogno Design Group in 1998 to target high-end residential architecture. Rogers has been at the center of the burgeoning sustainable architecture and green building practices movement in the Bay Area – she has served as a board member of Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility – and brings that sensibility to her designs.

“I want to make a house work where it is,” Rogers says, “respecting the historic fabric of the neighborhood, whether that’s ground up design or a second story addition. I know if I meet people’s needs inside the home, help them get to something that really works, they will take care of the space, make the home last, and pass it on.”

Lori Bockholt, senior project architect

Lori Bockholt, a licensed architect brings over 25 years of architectural experience to Sogno Design Group.  After receiving a Bachelor of Architecture and minor in Business from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, she has had the opportunity to work on high-end single family residences and multi-family developments throughout the Bay Area.  These experiences have given her the skills to contribute to both the design and technical aspects of every project.

Lori enjoys working closely with clients, engineers, and contractors and believes those collaborations help to bring out the best in every project.

Lin Huang, designer

Lin Huang, holds a degree in Interior Architecture and Design. She aspired to be a designer from a young age. Lin brings a tremendous expertise in sourcing of materials and products, and has an affinity for contrasting and highlighting different finishes and textures.

Prior to joining Sogno Design Group, Lin has worked in San Francisco and Taipei. She worked on both large and small scale, commercial and residential projects. With three years of design experience and six years in design build, her expertise is a perfect addition to Sogno Design Group.

Jeff Waller, designer

Jeff received a BFA from Univ. of North Carolina before completing his Master of Architecture degree at North Carolina State University.  Since moving to the bay area in 2001, Jeff has worked in commercial, public and residential architecture.  He also owned his own business in San Francisco where he designed and fabricated custom furniture and large scale architectural models.

Jeff enjoys working with people and it is his personal goal to make the design process more accessible, transparent and enjoyable for the client.