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Fratantoni Design is a nationally recognized leader in luxury residential home plans. With 40+ years of experience, we are renowned for crafting sophisticated homes for distinguished clients, including iconic celebrity residences. With a legacy of excellence, our team brings vision and innovation to every project, designing custom residences across Scottsdale, Phoenix, and major areas nationwide, from California, New Jersey, and New York to Texas and Hawaii.

Our approach prioritizes a seamless, white-glove experience, guiding clients from the first consultation through project completion. Whether creating refined estates or exclusive celebrity homes, we ensure each design embodies the elegance and luxury our clients expect. Discover our portfolio to see how Fratantoni Design merges timeless style with architectural innovation, transforming visions into extraordinary residences.

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Designing Luxury Homes for Sloped Lots and Hillside Properties

By Sam Fratantoni • February 23, 2026

Designing a luxury home on a sloped lot or hillside property presents both extraordinary opportunity and complex architectural challenges. For discerning homeowners seeking panoramic views, privacy, and dramatic elevation changes, hillside living offers a rare chance to create something truly iconic. At Fratantoni Design, our luxury residential architecture firm specializes in custom estate design tailored to the land itself. Sloped lot home design is not simply about building on an incline. It is about engineering intelligently, designing strategically, and maximizing every vantage point while preserving structural integrity and aesthetic harmony. If you are considering building a luxury home on a hillside property, understanding the architectural process is essential.

Designing Grand Entrances and Arrival Sequences in Luxury Custom Residential Architecture

By Sam Fratantoni • February 18, 2026

In luxury custom residential architecture, the grand entrance is one of the most important design elements of a high end custom home. The arrival sequence defines the architectural identity, enhances curb appeal, and establishes the tone for the entire luxury estate. At Fratantoni Design, we approach every luxury custom home with intentional architectural planning, ensuring the exterior elevation, motor court, front facade, and grand foyer work together to create a cohesive and unforgettable experience. Below are the core components of designing a grand entrance in luxury home architecture.

How Architectural Planning Impacts Long Term Property Value

By Sam Fratantoni • February 10, 2026

Architectural planning is one of the most powerful and often overlooked drivers of long term property value in luxury residential real estate. While materials, finishes, and décor certainly contribute to visual appeal, the true financial and lifestyle performance of a home begins long before construction. It begins with the architectural plans. Strategic custom architectural design determines how a home functions, how it ages, how it adapts to changing lifestyles, and ultimately how it is perceived in the luxury housing market years or even decades later. For homeowners investing in custom luxury homes, architectural planning is not simply a preliminary phase. It is the foundation that protects and grows the value of the property over time.

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Josie really listens to learn your specific style and color preferences and designs your entire home to compliment your lifestyle while incorporating special touches that makes it uniquely yours. Josie draws upon her extensive experience and familiarity with and knowledge of numerous quality suppliers/vendors to quickly visualize your description and provides examples of her vision to help gain alignment on preferences and turn them into satisfying decisions. Josie’s design, color, and material choices when combined to create our design look far exceeded our expectations. We absolutely love our new house.

- Steve
The entire Fratantoni Design team was such a pleasure to work with and was able to professionally articulate the answers to all our questions and concerns, which put us at ease. We were able to put our full trust in them due to their years of experience and their ability to design any style home anywhere in the world. Fratantoni Design is truly the only way to go when designing your dream home.

- Greg
We have hire Fratantoni to do our construction and interior design on our new home. We are 6 months into our project and we feel so blessed that their company is in charge. Sam and Josie and their associates are so professional and knowledgeable. We are very excited that we have contracted this company to do our house. We feel that all our needs are being met and our expectations are being exceeded. It is a joy to work with everyone at Fratantoni.

- Tracy
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This is the 5th home that I have built and I have never experienced this level of professionalism or this level of creativity ever! When we started this project I had a certain level of expectation and needless to say my expectations have been greatly exceeded. If you are looking for a first-class organization to work with, then you have found the right spot and will see nothing less than all of your interior design dreams come true.

- Anthony
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Fratantoni Design has the ability to take the vision of your future home, enhance it and then make it a reality. Their attention to detail is cutting edge, and their design is dramatic! We had such a wonderful and smooth process with Fratantoni Design that we have and will continue to highly recommend them!

- Doug

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