Two million years ago, the ice came. No one knows exactly why or exactly how. Then, some 11,000 years ago, it retreated, leaving a legacy written in the landscape. The glaciers carved out kettle lakes—orphaned blocks of ice melted into their own deep depressions—swamps, outwash plains, and sculpted sandy hills. Throughout southeast Michigan, these sandy hills—kames, moraines, and eskers—don't just dot the land, they define it. It's the legacy of a geology long since passed but one that still choreographs how we live on and use the land. The Sandhill was borne on one of these glacial drifts.

Well-designed architecture does more than occupy space—it reinterprets its surroundings, transforming how we experience and move through the us. Like the glaciers that shaped our landscape, good design leaves its own legacy through thoughtful specificity and deep dialogue with both site and inhabitant. At The Sandhill we believe that if good architecture and design reinterpret their surroundings, they must first acknowledge and understand them. Our mission is to work alongside you, making spaces that honor your vision using thoughtful design, sustainable materials, and masterful building practices. Each project we undertake is an opportunity to add our own careful marks to the landscape—not to dominate it, but to become part of its continuing story.