Custom Residential Architecture
Delivered Globally
Custom Residential Architecture Delivered Globally
Animo Regis is a residential architecture and interior design studio built on one idea: European design sensibility, delivered anywhere. It started as custom homes, and it still centers there — but over time it has grown into something wider. Whether you want a home designed entirely around you, a ready-to-build plan you can start from tomorrow, a design partner behind your construction business, or simply clear answers before you commit, there is a way in, and the same design judgment sits behind all of them.
We have delivered homes across the US, Canada, and Europe, on budgets from $100K to $3M. Different projects need different amounts of us; the constant is the design, and the care behind it.
Full custom, ready-to-build, or design behind your business — the same design judgment, at different depths.
Custom Design
Designed entirely around you.
A custom home shaped to your site, your life, and how you want to live in it — by an architect who also guards your scope, budget, and decisions, from first sketch to construction documents.
Ashcombe Homes
Home, by design.
House plans drawn by an architect and designed around how you actually live — efficient, comfortable, made to feel like home.
Build a model as-is, or shape it to fit your life.
Regis Studio
Win more work — and keep every client your own.
An embedded design partner for builders and architects. Add design-build without hiring, take on bigger projects without the risk, bringing design leadership on demand — under your name
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Portico House
Building Permit | St. John, US Virgin Islands
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On The Rocks St. John
Finalized | St. John, US Virgin Islands
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Brick Haven
Finalized | Ocean Springs, Mississippi
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Contemporary Estate
Construction Drawings | Georgia, US
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Keating Heights
Development Permit | BC, Canada
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Classical Minimalism
Finalized | Miami, Florida, US
See what your land can hold
Before you design anything, it helps to know what your lot will actually allow. Our planning tool takes your site and its zoning and shows you the buildable envelope — footprint, floor area, and how much house really fits — in a couple of minutes, free.
Journal
A practitioner's perspective on custom builds in the US Virgin Islands and coastal Florida, renovations in Romania, and residential architecture more broadly — the design decisions, market realities, and project knowledge that don't usually get written down.
Search the Journal
Ask a question in your own words, or browse by topic — we’ll point you to the right read.
Featured articles:
USVI Construction Costs Per Square Foot
Honest cost ranges for a USVI build, what pushes numbers up, and what to pressure-test in a contractor quote before you commit.
What Does the USVI Permitting Process Actually Look Like?
The permit path from submission to groundbreaking — timelines, agencies involved, common reasons projects get sent back, and what to have in place before you file.
Cisterns, WAPA, and Water in the USVI
Every USVI home runs on rainwater. How cistern capacity is calculated, what WAPA can and can't be relied on for, and how water infrastructure shapes design decisions.
Renovating in Romania: What Budget Estimates Always Miss
The costs contractors leave out of their initial quotes, why Romanian renovation budgets tend to overrun, and how to build a realistic envelope before you start.
From the people we've designed for:
‘‘[…] timely, professional and delivered really strong work. We worked together on a complex residential project over 5 months that 'ebbed and flowed' with fluctuating demands - […] always responsive and happy to help deliver against shorter timelines when needed."
Charles F.
Private design client
Florida
‘‘[…] Working with Andrei and team has been a genuine pleasure from start to finish. From day one, we felt we were in the hands of true experts in home building and renovation. […] Together, we developed a fantastic vision for our old home […]. Thank you for all your guidance and support — we couldn't have done it without you!"
Milan V.Private design client
Croatia"Andrei is fantastic. He is super responsive, excellent at solving architectural and structural challenges, and he creates beautiful, functional designs that reflected exactly what we were looking for! It is an absolute pleasure to work with Andrei and we plan to work with him again!"
Carolyn R.Private design client
US Virgin Islands“Stone Masonry Inc. has worked closely with Regis Studio design group for over 3 years on a few projects. We have really appreciated the open communication and quick response. Architectural prints are easy to understand and very precise. We highly recommend their services to anybody designing a residential home or commercial space.”
Brent SquiresStone Masonry Inc.
US Virgin IslandsOffice Hours
A free 45-minute architectural consultation — before you commit to anything.
No brief required. No commitment. One conversation.
Office Hours is a 45-minute working session, held online every Wednesday, focused on a specific question your project is facing — at any stage, with no brief required and no obligation to hire.