We had someone give a lecture here a few years ago that would relate well but i cant find the name, ill keep looking for it..

you might want to get deeper into the programmatic requirements of the office. Many architects design their own homes, which also include a space for them to design new projects, or continue working in the atmosphere of their own home. Its not too much of a stretch to say that bringing clients to an example of your residential design (your own home), to show them a new design for them would be beneficial. I'm sure its been done before.

anyway, the example im thinking of, if i cant find it maybe someone else will recognize a description, or maybe the description could help. The project was an addition to a house. The house was a pretty stereotypical suburban house (i want to say it had blue siding, but dont quote me on it). It was on a hill, and as the house sloped down, the addition was formed. They did a very modern, streamlined box with a transition of skinning material (siding to tile or metal plate?) with a shift in scale and color. It had a seperate entrance on the office side, with a smaller, single private door between the addition and original home. hmm what else.. it was "floating" above the ground (side of the hill that sloped down) resting on some columns..

you might want to just run a search on some smaller firms, and look at the names of people who work there, then cross reference with their residential projects. a place to start anyways, im not sure of anything specific..

one of my professors has a town house with a gallery on the first floor and his house on the top floor.. sounds boring, but the place was falling down before he bought it, so there are some nice structural and aesthetic changes inside and on the back..

This book is full of 'em (not very academic projects, but some good ones)
Working at home, Living at Work

Defintely a different scale but Sir Norman Foster has a flat above the shop according to an interview I read and believes that is the way to practice. Apparently the office was started that way and remained so thru various moves.

At least until you can buy a schloss in Switzerland .......

the shop/studio has to be bigger than the rest of the home

make sure it doesn't look and function like your formal statement. it should look and function like nothing so precious so an artist cannot knock down a wall or two and make your masterpiece ugly.

i agree with :cryzko:, the studio is always more important than the house living areas and furniture. most artists hate to confirm to specific architectural trend.

specially painters... they are design destroyers by nature.;.))

There is a thread here that this project has an inherent duality- work and dwelling are separate and expressed as such.
Historically though is this always the case- look at photos of Picassos or Monets studios and the bed was right next to the easel- they would almost paint till they drop.
Economics and relationships play a part- easier to make the studio garret work when you are single- but there is a philosophical aspect as well- do you separate work and life?

And WHEN they are separate HOW do you do it?

Architects should not be designing their own homes or studios.