Reviews

"We had a great experience working with Kathy Rogers at Sogno Design Group.  I must admit that when I started the process of a home remodel I wondered, "What could an architect do for our remodel that an experienced contractor couldn't"?  By the end of the project, I got it.  I still to this day don't really know how Kathy got such a functional and beautiful bathroom into such a small space on our second floor.  But she did.  She also made a couple changes to the design of the stairs leading to our second floor that turned it from something that felt like just a stairway to now something that feels more like a ... cathedral (I know that sounds odd but trust me it's good).  She raised the ceiling as far as it could go (all the way to the peak of the roofline) and added a second window that lets additional light cascade down onto the stairs.  Small tweaks - huge difference.  

For our remodel, we worked with the experienced team of Kathy and Beth Quade at Broad Construction.  They'd worked together before, and it showed.  There were none of the small, but critical and often costly, miscommunications between the two that I've heard other friends describe from their remodels.  They were in touch constantly and clearly worked together very effectively.  Beth put the superb craftsmanship into the vision that Kathy put down on paper.  A few of my picky relatives living in old homes on the East Coast marveled at the quality of the details that Beth fashioned.  She and Kathy really maintained the integrity of a Craftsman home and clearly delivered quality work.

All in all, a great experience.  I'd recommend Sogno Design Group highly."

— Clem

"Kathy Rogers of Sogno Design Group is easy to work with, prioritizes green construction (and walks the walk by doing the same on her own home), conscious of limited budgets like ours, and has beautiful ideas/visions/plans. The remodel she planned for us transformed our home into a much more livable space and she was quite helpful in details such as choosing bathroom tiles and giving us flooring suggestions.  She
worked quite well with the contractor we hired, and communicated with both us and him very effectively. As a mom, she understands the practical aspects of planning.  As a former carpenter, she understands a lot about construction. "

— Marguerite

"Kathy Rogers assisted us with a remodel a few years ago and we are thrilled with her help (we had been previously working with an architect who was a nightmare insisting on making our house look like a spaceship!).  One of the main things we wanted was a design that was beautiful but also kid-friendly.  She is a mom herself and was able to come up with some suggestions, for flooring, etc. that could hold up to the kind of kid traffic we experience but still look cool.  She is not the type of person who tries to pressure you into the most expensive materials. She gets to know you and makes suggestions based on what she thinks would work for your family. She is also an expert on green design. She helped us create a beautiful deck done in terracotta and Mexican tiles that is jaw-droppingly beautiful and has transformed our yard!"

— Carrie

"We appreciate Kathy’s design for the bathroom + all the advice she and her associates  provided along the way. As a result the bathroom is truly gorgeous! We are so happy we hired Sogno!"

— Maxene and Neal

"We had a fantastic experience working with architect Kathy Rogers of Sogno Design
Group over the last year and a half.  We just finished a large scale remodel of our
home in Berkeley and we are absolutely delighted with the results.

Kathy really listened to our needs and came up with very creative ways to
make use of a lot of wasted space in our home, which had been badly remodeled in the
1980's.  We now feel that our home is not only beautiful and functional but
also very ''family-friendly''.  She made suggestions about green building materials and
systems- some of which we were able to do now and some which have been master-planned for the future. We feel she was very sensitive to our budget-she
helped us sort out which items to spend more on and which items to walk away
from. For example, we found a very expensive mosaic tile that we wanted to use in
our master bathroom. Kathy was able to recreate the same design using a much
less expensive tile. It looks gorgeous!

Her office staff is also outstanding.  When we had smaller questions and
details to sort out, her staff was always available to help us do problem solving and
regularly came up with very creative solutions.

Kathy really understands construction and the permitting process and worked
very closely with our contractor, Beth Quade, of Broad Construction, whom she had
recommended. We truly cannot imagine having been in better hands than with the
two of them."