The Digest | New Jersey Magazine
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Family summers on the southern coast of the Jersey Shore sparked Asher's interest in building and design long before he knew about the formalities of architecture. As a child, he would head out on his Raleigh bike on a breezy summer evening equipped with his pencil and pad. When he saw a house that caught his eye, he would draw it in his sketchbook. At the time, Asher's only motivation was that he liked the house. He would later realize that these summer bike rides were valuable lessons for the business he would one day create. rough his leisurely sketches, Asher began to think about proportion as well as the many other details that go into the creation of a beautiful home such as porches, eaves, and brackets working in tandem to create the perfect balance. Asher went on to study architecture at Virginia Tech, where he earned the prestigious credentials to make a lifestyle out of his childhood dream. Asher's renovations and designs quickly gained him recognition as the local expert in coastal architecture and his pace has not slowed since. ough Asher works with an accomplished team of other architects and designers, he oversees all of his projects on a daily basis, ensuring his touch is in every step of the design and construction process. In 2008, Asher's firm gained a valuable team member who shared in their vision of bettering communities through the building of luxurious, yet respectful homes. Creative and talented architect Deborah Slaunwhite joined Asher Associates Arcitects with a drive similar to Asher's, a desire to design homes that would not only be timeless and beautiful but also fit into the neighborhood aesthetic. Similar to Asher, Slaunwhite came to love architecture as a child, when her family gave her a draing board at the age of 10: "I would spend hours drawing geometric shapes, exploring proportion and color more than necessarily designing buildings. My family traveled a fair amount when I was young, and I was enamored by the built environment, from the graceful Victorian homes in small towns across western New York to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. e monuments and urbanism of Washington, D.C. were particularly interesting to me." PHOTOS: JOHN DIMAIO PHOTOGRAPHY V U E N J . C O M 68