A small practice with
deep roots in Marin County.

72 N Dream Farm started with a single property — a neglected 4-acre parcel on the north side of Inverness, just off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. The number 72 refers to the address, and “Dream Farm” is what the previous owners had called it in their family for decades.

Josephine Smith, a licensed architect with roots in Marin County, purchased the land in 2017 and spent the following year designing and building a modest farmhouse there using local Douglas fir, reclaimed redwood, and stone pulled from the hillside. Neighbors and friends started asking if she'd help with their properties. That was the beginning of the practice.

Today, 72 N Dream Farm operates as a small architectural practice focused exclusively on rural California properties — farmhouses, barns, retreat cabins, agricultural outbuildings, and land use planning. We don't do commercial buildings or urban high-rises. We do countryside architecture, and we do it well.

Our team is small by design. Josephine leads every project personally, working alongside one or two trusted drafters and a network of local contractors who share our values around sustainable construction and careful craftsmanship.