cohesive

a design approach of many

through one

My name is Marcus McKenzie

and Hush House is my solo practice home design studio. I believe my cross-trained background and inquisitive design process give me an advantage in helping homeowners create cohesive, intimate places that reflect them and their story.

LEED Homes Design AP Green Associate Logo

Certified Professional Building Designer

LEED Green Associate

Houzz “Best Of” Winner (multiple years)

Permaculture Certified Designer

2025 Austin Home Awards

2025 Modern Architecture + Design Tour

Here’s why:

I design inside and out.

My background in both architecture and landscape architecture enables you and I to exercise a special freedom in the design process - to invite the outside in and the inside out.

I have built what I’ve designed.

My unique architecture training combined with construction experience brings a dimension of feasibility to every home I work on. Builders love me - general contractors to laborers - because I’ve been in their shoes.

I will hear your story.

I have developed questionnaires and explorative design processes over many years to help you build your story through your new home. My process works. 

My clients have found better words for this listening process:

  • “From the start, it was clear that Marcus was committed to listening to our ideas and delivering the home that we wanted – not what he thought we should want.

    —Sarah M.

    read Sarah's full review

  • “The best way to describe Marcus is that he is an artist who happens to know how to get every aspect of a job done with his far-reaching expertise. His ideas and designs were incredible - frankly, well beyond our expectations.”

    — David P.

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  • “Working with Marcus was a very collaborative process. He did a great job of listening to me and my goals for the project and proposing design ideas that I would have never envisioned on my own. The result is a structure that has unique elements that reflect a creative process that I felt I had an active part in.”

    — John L.

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  • “Marcus is focused on design that benefits the user without delivering excess. He is easy-to-work-with and focused on a pragmatic yet visually appealing applications that works well within a budget and is designed and delivered for long-term relevancy.“

    — Chris H.

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I want you to feel heard.

The links below offer two options to contact me. Send an email, or better yet, if you have five minutes, complete an easy online questionnaire to start your home design process.