As a women-owned firm, Kristin Von Zweck, Architect by the Sea in Encinitas holds California Architect License C28581 and has completed more than 100 residential projects across San Diego County since 2001. Custom home designs emphasize indoor-outdoor spatial connections—sliding wall systems, covered loggias, and integrated BBQ courtyards—with flooring transitions engineered through suppliers like Floor Store & Design Center to maintain level thresholds between interior and exterior surfaces. A 1989 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, the principal architect handles all client consultations directly and manages permitting through the City of Encinitas Development Services Department. The scope of services extends to furniture-layout planning and wall-art placement within architectural drawings, ensuring room proportions account for how occupants actually inhabit each space. Exterior finish specifications for Encinitas remodels include stucco resurfacing, siding replacement, and color consultations coordinated with painting contractors like Sanchez Painting to match the architect's elevation renderings. Recent permitted work includes full kitchen remodels reconfiguring load-bearing walls with engineered LVL headers, relocating plumbing risers for island sink placement, and upgrading electrical panels to 200-amp service per NEC Article 230.