Residential Design · Charleston, SC
We Take Ideas and Craft Them Into a Beautiful Reality
BROTHERS RICH is a residential design studio led by Paul Eric Rich. New homes, additions, renovations and exterior redesigns across the Lowcountry.
Before you design
The questions get answered before you draw a line.
Most people call a design studio after they've already hit a snag: a rule they didn't know about, a lot that won't hold the house they pictured, a tree that stopped the whole project cold.
BROTHERS RICH is built to be the call before that happens. These are the real questions that decide what's possible on your property, and they're the first conversation, not the third.
The 50% Rule
Renovating in a flood zone? Your home's current value sets how much you can do before the whole house must meet today's flood rules.
Read more →02Floor Area Ratio
Understand how much house your lot can actually hold before you fall for a floor plan.
Read more →03Flood Zones
Understand how your flood elevation shapes the foundation, the entry and the budget.
Read more →04Tree Removal
Better understand the challenges you may face designing around the existing trees on your property.
Read more →Current work
Projects
4006 Carib Alley
A new residence in the Charleston area, with full design services from concept through construction documents.
170 Island Drive
A contemporary garage and shop building, designed around the site's flood elevation from the first sketch.
894 Randall Drive
An office enclosure addition that gives the homeowners dedicated workspace and fits naturally with the home already there.
1471 Sheepshead Lane
An open-air pool gazebo with an outdoor fireplace, built for gathering outside.
Sols Edge
A modern gabled residence with an infinity-edge pool.
Maine House
A concept design for a new house in Maine, anchored by two stone chimneys.
Our philosophy
Live a Rich Life.
Our name carries an idea older than the practice itself: live a rich life, shaped around what actually matters to you. At BROTHERS RICH, that means learning what the lot meant to you, how the family really gathers, whether it's the kitchen or the fireplace that matters most, then building the house around those answers, not the other way around. The result is a home that feels inevitable, like it was always meant to be yours.