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The Nation's Top Multi-Housing Architects of 2006
Published: July 16, 2007
ADD Inc.
210 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-234-3100/617-661-7118 (fax)
www.addinc.com
Key Contact: Frederick A. Kramer, AIA, president, 617-234-3100, fkramer@addinc.com
Active Regions: Northeast, Southeast, West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: ADD Inc. blends artistry with investment value in creating some of the country's most distinctive residential addresses. With attention to long-term value, the firm has designed places to live, work and play in Miami's South Beach, San Francisco, Boston, Las Vegas and Providence, R.I. ADD Inc.'s design work has proven to be a significant catalyst for renewal and improvement in a wide range of communities.
Notable Projects: 360 Newbury Street—Historic architecture and a strong spirit of individuality converge at Boston's newest address for luxury living. This building first drew attention when Frank Gehry transformed the 1918 Back Bay landmark into an icon with its signature-cantilevered canopy. Building on this legacy, ADD Inc. converted five floors of underperforming office space into a premiere residential address for Boston Residential Group. With soaring 12-ft. ceilings and large windows, the 54 residences create dramatic open spaces and capture exceptional skyline views. The sales residence, also designed by ADD Inc., embodies the quality and individuality that distinguish 360 Newbury Street.
Nouvelle at Natick Mall—One of the first residences in the nation to be physically connected to a shopping mall, General Growth Properties' precedent-setting 215 luxury condominiums integrate the appeal of urban living with the convenience of a suburban location. Located west of Boston, Nouvelle offers a wide range of residence choices with great views, corner living rooms, over an acre of landscaped roof space and convenient parking. Inspired by the fresh energy of the new Natick Mall addition and concepts of smart growth, residents can enjoy shops and restaurants without using a car and connect to the regional park network via a new bicycle and walking trail.
Client Testimonial: "ADD Inc. worked with American Land to embrace the city's vision and develop a project that creates a unique mix of live/work, transit and pedestrian friendly streets while integrating the project with the existing retail properties."
—Sandy Brown of American Land Ventures LLC, developers of The Fountains
Alayo Architects PC
39 West 38th St., 11th Floor, New York, NY
212-764-8990/212-764-8991 (fax)
www.alayo.com
Key Contact: Juan J. Alayo, AIA
Active Regions: Southwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Alayo Architects is a recognized design firm dedicated to developing the unique character of each individual project, offering intelligent and innovative design solutions that respect our clientele's image and aesthetic sensibilities. We emphasize a disciplined design approach, seeking creative and smart design strategies for business. We see our role extend beyond that of traditional architectural services, through a commitment to a proactive leadership role with our consultant team, ensuring that the overall vision and quality of the project is delivered. Alayo Architects specializes in master planning, programming and design of mixed-use developments, high-rise residential and hotel projects. We emphasize a collaborative design approach to best achieve our client's goals and offer innovative design solutions that respect our client's image and aesthetic choices. Our strong project management and proactive leadership role with our consultant and construction team ensures that the overall vision and quality of the project are delivered.
Notable Projects: The Vendome—Dallas; Client: Metropolitan Development Group; Size: 425,000 square feet; Cost: $55 million; Units: 119. The Vendome is a 21-story luxury condominium located in the heart of Dallas. Laying claim to the best address on Turtle Creek, the Vendome redefines the high mark of luxury high-rise living for Dallas. Set within a lush, two-acre garden, the building carries its strong French theme throughout the public spaces, meeting rooms, lobbies and into the décor of the units. The larger residences boast private elevator access, expansive living rooms, bedrooms and galleries, as well as extensive balconies. Each unit is finely appointed with architectural millwork, hardwood floors, gourmet kitchens and high ceilings.
The Setai Hotel & Condominium—Miami Beach, Fla.; Client: The Setai Group; Size: 625,000 square feet; Cost: $110 million; Condominium units: 198; Hotel units: 88. Rising 40 stories, The Setai is a luxury market hotel and condominium project set among a lush tropical oasis. The project, which Alayo served as coordinating architect, includes the replication of a 1930s art deco hotel, the construction of a new 40-story tower and the development of a vast landscaped garden and amenity area. A full service spa and health club will be located on site. The hotel's Asian-inspired design sets the cues for the condominium's public areas as well as the selections for the residential kitchens and bathrooms.
Client Testimonial: "Since the founding of our company, the enduring relationship between The Setai Group and Alayo Architects PC has been one of mutual collaboration and continued success. Our projects cater to the upper end of the market, and the Alayo team has consistently understood the high level of product that our buyers have demanded and found in buildings we have worked on together. Their professionalism, knowledge and design sensibility in mixed-use housing, hospitality and retail projects carries from the concept phase through developer- friendly construction management. In addition to supervising consultant teams in multiple cities, they manage the expectations of our hotel partners and demanding buyers. The Alayo team is always responsive with development analysis, assessing feasibility and marketability for new projects that we regularly pursue. Looking ahead, we will continue to rely on the Alayo Architects PC to help us realize the innovation and quality that are the hallmark of our developments."
—John P. Conroy Jr., partner, The Setai Group
Aleks Istanbullu Architects
1659 11th St., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-450-8246/310-399-1888 (fax)
www.ai-architects.com
Key Contact: Aleks Istanbullu, AIA, principal, 310-450-8246, aistanbullu@ai-architects.com
Active Regions: West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Aleks Istanbullu Architects is a professional design studio that produces work at a variety of scales and project types. Noted multi-housing projects include the adaptive reuse of Biscuit Lofts in downtown Los Angeles, new loft construction in West Hollywood and several Venice and Santa Monica loft properties commissioned by Frank Gehry. Aleks Istanbullu was a leader in the creation of live/work lofts in Los Angeles. The firm's balanced practice affirms the values of a generalist Chicago-style architecture practice, addressing design challenges that range from smaller single-family housing to community institutions.
architectsAlliance
205-317 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1P9 Canada
416-593-6500/416-593-4911 (fax)
www.architectsalliance.com
Key Contact: Mary McIntyre, marketing director, 416-593-6500, mmcintyre@architectsalliance.com
Active Regions: Northeast, Midwest, West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: architectsAlliance (aA) is known for its sophisticated and urbane approach to high-density development. aA has created a number of multi-housing projects including high-rise, urban infill, adaptive reuse and mixed-use for luxury, educational and low-income markets. The architects are expert in designing amenities that lead to developer and tenant satisfaction. Firm partners Peter Clewes, Adrian DiCastri and John van Nostrand express a clear, consistent philosophy on the cultural, social and aesthetic role that architecture can play in the modern city. Sustainable design that incorporates both architectural innovation and advanced building science is central to the practice.
Architects Orange
144 No. Orange Street, Orange, CA 92866
714-639-9860
www.architectsorange.com
Key Contact: Katherine Watson, marketing coordinator, katherine@architectsorange.com
Active Regions: West Coast
Arquitectonica
801 Brickell Ave., Ste. 1100, Miami, FL 33131
305-372-1812/305-372-1175 (fax)
www.arquitectonica.com
Key Contact: Thomas Westberg, vice president, 305-372-1812, twestberg@arquitectonica.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Arquitectonica's housing architecture group is a global leader in its field, renowned for unique and iconic architecture and progressive interior planning. Its exterior designs are landmarks in the skyline and define the address of the residents. Its interior designs address contemporary lifestyles and explore new ways to improve private living spaces as well as shared public functions. With experience ranging from urban living to resort lifestyle, Arquitectonica has designed hundreds of multifamily buildings all around the world. The firm specializes in designing luxury high-rise buildings, but has also designed many mid- and low-rise buildings throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia.
BartonPartners Architects/Planners (formerly Barton & Associates)
700 E Main St, 3rd Fl, Norristown, PA 19401
610-930-2800, ext. 311/610-930-2808 (fax)
www.bartonpartners.com
Key Contact: Thomas C. Barton III, AIA, principal, 610-930-2800, tbarton@bartonpartners.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: BartonPartners is an integrated architecture and planning firm with a staff of more than 50 architects, planners, designers and landscape designers. The firm's practice originated in residential development in the Mid-Atlantic region and has evolved to include single- and multi-family projects, 50+ lifestyle communities, adaptive reuse and rehabilitation, mixed-use and transit-oriented projects, and urban infill development throughout the United States. Our work aims to conserve resources while facilitating development of space and infrastructure and use of existing buildings and grounds. Barton Partners continues to win awards recognizing the firm's exemplary work in creative design, smart growth and sustainable development.
Baylis Architects
10801 Main St., Ste. 110, Bellevue, WA 98004
425-454-0566/425-453-8013 (fax)
www.baylisarchitects.com
Key Contact: Rich Wagner, AIA, president, 425-454-0566, wagner@baylisarchitects.com
Active Regions: Southwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: For over 34 years, Baylis Architects has provided community sensitive, cost effective, pro-forma successful urban and ex-urban, in-fill, multi-family and mixed-use project design through construction observation services to private sector developers. Our legacy of success is based on our comprehensive approach to providing intensive client services being tailored to each project situation.
BCArchitects AIA Inc.
4942 Le Jeune Rd., Ste. 200, Coral Gables, FL 33146
305-663-8182/305-663-8882 (fax)
www.bcarchitects.com
Key Contact: Lawrence S. Cohan, managing principal, 305-663-8182, lcohan@bcarchitects.com
Active Regions: Southeast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: The marriage of experience and cutting-edge technology has contributed to the unequivocal success of BCArchitects AIA Inc. For over 15 years, the firm has provided architectural services throughout Florida and more recently the Caribbean. Widely recognized as specialists in hi-rise architecture for work in coastal, urban and suburban regions of the state, BCA recently opened a Central Florida branch office in Celebration, adding single-family residential, town-planning, mixed-use and hospitality architecture as sectors of specialization. From striking designs and breakthrough floor plans to construction documents and construction administration, BCA's comprehensive list of services demonstrates aptitude in complete project development.
Beeler Guest Owens Architects
4245 N. Central Expressway, Ste. 300, Dallas, TX 75205
214-520-8878/214-520-8879 (fax)
www.bgoarchitects.com
Key Contact: John L. Guest, principal, 214-520-8878, jguest@bgoarchitects.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Beeler Guest Owens Architects (BGO) has over 35 years of specialized practice in the housing market. BGO has developed optimal solutions for a variety of multifamily building types. This expertise combined with demonstrable design talent has resulted in an unsurpassed track record of successful award-winning and profitable projects for our clients. The firm strives to provide design solutions that are efficient, functional, and appropriate to the surrounding environment. BGO Architects designs luxury, market-rate, affordable, seniors, student housing and new urban mixed-use communities. Our firm also encompasses studios specializing in commercial, interior design, industrial, institutional and educational facilities.
Behnisch Architects Inc.
1517 Park Row, Venice, CA 90291
310-399-9003/310-399-9677 (fax)
www.behnisch.com
Key Contact: Christof Jantzen, AIA, partner, 310-399-9003, c.jantzen@behnisch.com
Active Regions: Midwest, West Coast, Southwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: A leader in creating distinctive architectural solutions that are environmentally sustainable, Behnisch Architects is the Venice, Calif. branch office of Behnisch Architekten in Stuttgart, Germany, which regularly works on multi-tenant and mixed-use projects in Europe. Notable multi-housing projects include sustainable Mill St. Lofts in Downtown Los Angeles and the upcoming high-performance Demming Place in Chicago. The firm works in both the public and private sectors and has an excellent record in architectural competitions, where the majority of its commissions are gained.
BG Studio International
264 West 40th St., Ste. 703, New York, NY 10018
212-242-8273/212-242-8274 (fax)
www.bgstudio.com
Key Contact: Hans Galutera, 212-242-8273
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: BG Studio International Inc. (BGSI), founded by Francesca Bucci, AIA and Hans Galutera, IIDA in 2001, is an interior-architecture design firm specializing in luxury residential towers, signature hospitality spaces and condo-hotel properties. The BGSI aesthetic is urbane simplicity punctuated with precise European attention to detail. BGSI is committed to working with clients to develop, create and execute on their design needs with an eye to overall costs and maximum return on investment.
BSB Design (Bloodgood Sharp Buster)
1601 West Lakes Parkway, Ste. 200, West Des Moines, IA 50266
515-273-3020/515-221-3272 (fax)
www.bsbdesign.com
Key Contact: Doug Buster, managing partner, 847-705-2200, dbuster@bsbdesign.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: BSB Design specializes in planning and designing residential multifamily housing communities throughout the United States. BSB Design has developed a successful track record of innovative and award-winning multifamily solutions for virtually every project type being designed and built today.
Callison Architecture Inc.
1420 5th Ave. #2400, Seattle, WA 98101-2343
206-623-4646/206-623-4625 (fax)
www.callison.com
Key Contact: Steve Harmon, principal, 206-623-4646, steve.harmon@callison.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Callison Architecture specializes in high-rise multifamily projects, drawing on superior cross-market expertise and a market-based design approach. As a leader in mixed-use developments, our ability to create synergy between uses and establish a distinct identity creates projects that are more marketable to buyers and tenants and an asset to the neighborhood. We analyze market demand, demographic segmentation and competition to define the appropriate plan and scope of any project, resulting in a higher rate of return for our clients.
Cole + Russell Architects
537 East Pete Rose Way, Ste. 200, Cincinnati, OH 45202
800-469-4949/513-721-8181 (fax)
www.colerussell.com
Key Contact: David S. Arends, AIA, OAA/president and CEO, 800-469-4949, d.arends@colerussell.com; Shannon Duffy, AIA, housing group director, 800-469-4949, s.duffy@colerussell.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Housing can breathe new life into our neighborhoods and create better places to live, work and play. We get that. Our multifamily, senior living, student housing and mixed-use developments create an expression of lifestyle and community. We design historically sensitive and eye-catching, contemporary architecture. We convert dilapidated landmark urban structures into luxury condominiums and government-assisted housing. And, we create communities that support the lifestyles of students, seniors, families and young professionals. With offices in Cincinnati (headquarters) and Denver, we create enduring value for our clients, their communities and the firm by thinking big and doing what it takes every day. Through our specialized design groups, we accomplish this by offering clients the hands-on approach of a small firm backed by the resources, stability and expertise of a larger firm. This personal service and focus is what has allowed Cole + Russell Architects Inc. to continually meet our clients' goals of creating innovative and unique places to live nationwide. We understand that creating quality housing requires attention to the entire spectrum of design, from the master planning of communities to the design of individual units. Our dedication and passion for providing client-oriented service while recognizing the diverse needs facing our clients has served seasoned developers, as well as those desiring more guidance through a project.
Notable Projects: Lofts@4120 brings high-end luxury condominiums and urban-style loft living to a historic suburb of Cincinnati. Situated on the sixth hole of a prestigious country club, this project features 20 exclusive loft-condominiums with exposed concrete ceilings, hardwood floors, Viking appliances, floor to ceiling windows, granite countertops, Italian marble baths with vessel sinks and frameless glass shower surrounds, conveying the finest in urban living. Stucco, exposed concrete, metal panels and storefront vision glass with operable windows and doors adorn the exterior; the common interior space consists of a finely detailed, minimalist lobby with a glass elevator and glass stairwell.
RiverCrossing is a mixed-use development planned to take full advantage of the river, park, skyline and courtyard views of downtown Cincinnati. The project entails two residential buildings, a new concept restaurant, a banquet facility, outdoor café and garage. The facility will attract residents seeking an active, recreation-oriented lifestyle and will feature a swimming pool, patio for gatherings overlooking the park, a fitness center and more. The large, landscaped courtyard and grand outdoor plaza and staircase to the park with terraces and waterfalls will give a country club feel and become a sought after location for weddings, tour groups, and convention and business groups.
Cubellis dca
8614 Westwood Center Dr., Ste. 340, Vienna, VA 22182
703-288-9008/703-288-9010 (fax)
www.cubellis.com
Key Contact: Rohit Anand, principal, 703-891-3612, ranand@cubellis.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Cubellis dca consists of 310 architects, interior designers and engineers serving a wide array of clients and market sectors throughout the United States and foreign countries from 12 offices located in Massachusetts, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, Maine, Virginia and Florida. Cubellis dca specializes in multihousing and provides award-winning designs for projects ranging from mixed-use to senior housing.
David Baker + Partners
461 Second St., Loft c127, San Francisco, CA 94107
415-896-6700/415-896-6103 (fax)
www.dbarchitect.com
Key Contact: Staci Selinger, financial manager, 415-896-6700, ext. 113, staciselinger@dbarchitect.com
Active Regions: West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Formed in 1982, David Baker + Partners is a mid-sized firm with three partners. Our staff is well versed in the personal, political and commercial dynamics of bringing new architecture into diverse, urban environments. We focus on urban infill, adaptive reuse, mixed-use and affordable housing. Our work combines social concern with a signature design character, resulting in distinctive, high-quality buildings that provide residents with a strong sense of community. In this way, our work acts as an advocate for improved urban planning, in which looking good only counts if it does good, too.
Dorsky Hodgson Parrish Yue
23240 Chagrin Blvd., Ste. 300, Cleveland, OH 44122
216-464-8600/216-464-8608 (fax)
www.dorskyhodgson.com
Key Contact: Susan Zusy, 202-776-0400, szusy@dhpy-arch.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Dorsky Hodgson Parrish Yue (DHPY) specializes in architecture, planning, interiors and environmental graphics with offices in Cleveland, Washington, D.C. and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The firm embraces fresh thinking, innovative design and a collaborative approach to serving client needs. Having three major studios of design expertise—residential, commercial/retail and senior living—the firm's diversified experience is beneficial in meeting the challenges of mixed-use developments. Embracing innovative new urbanism solutions to challenging sites, DHPY focuses on urban infill, transit-oriented residential and mixed-use projects spanning the full range of building types, including mid- and high-rise apartments and condos, townhouses, loft apartments and senior living communities.
Eby Design Group
13795 S. Mur-Len, Olathe, KS 66062
913-782-3200/913-782-4851 (fax)
www.eby.com
Key Contact: Roger Summers, business development manager, 913-782-3200, roger.summers@eby.com
Active Regions: West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Eby Design has extensive experience in all types of multihousing, including apartments, condominiums and extensive senior housing experience. Eby Design's senior housing experience includes age-restricted, independent-living and assisted-living facilities. Other project types include commercial, retail, medical and light industrial projects. Eby Design has extensive experience in all aspects of architecture, interior design and planning. As part of The Eby Group, Eby Design works closely, although not exclusively, with EBCO Construction, Eby Commercial Realty and Eby Financial Group to help clients navigate the entire development process.
EDI Architecture Inc.
2800 Post Oak Blvd. Ste. 3800, Houston, TX 77056
713-375-1400/713-375-1600 (fax)
www.ediarchitecture.com
Key Contact: Sara Gammill, corporate marketing executive, sara.gammill@ediarchitecture.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Established in 1976, EDI Architecture Inc. is an architectural, planning and commercial interior design firm specializing in large-scale residential, commercial, leisure and hospitality projects. Our commitment to innovation, technology and quality is recognized through more than 100 industry awards for excellence. EDI is a leader in creating market-focused solutions. Our design specialists meet complex unit mix and operating requirements through a variety of product types in order to boost market appeal. EDI's keen understanding of the multifamily industry combined with prompt response has proven invaluable to our clients. We are innovators in steel, tunnelform, and other cast-in-place concrete construction techniques.
Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Kuhn Architects
23 East 4th St., 5th Fl., New York, NY 10003
212-353-0400/212-228-3928 (fax)
www.eekarchitects.com
Key Contact: N/A
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Our approach to residential development creates housing solutions that emphasize the relationship with the physical and social fabric of the existing community. Our experience includes a wide variety of markets and needs, including single-family homes and communities, rental apartment buildings, co-operatives and condominiums, affordable housing for the elderly and disadvantaged, and supportive and transitional housing. Our considerable expertise in historic preservation and adaptive reuse has played an important role in combining distinctive residential design with the restoration of landmark structures. Our large-scale urban design projects have also encouraged numerous residential opportunities in downtowns and along revitalized waterfronts.
Elkus Manfredi Architects
300 A St., Boston, MA 02210
617-426-1300
www.elkus-manfredi.com
Key Contact: Tricia Soulard, director of marketing, 617-368-3330, tsoulard@elkus-manfredi.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Whether designing the housing component of a mixed-use development in California, rental units for a new town center in Colorado, or a high-end urban condominium tower on Boston's waterfront, Elkus Manfredi draws upon decades of experience in all aspects of place-making. Our strength in master planning ensures the lasting success of a project by analyzing how it integrates into and enhances its neighborhood. We enjoy long-term relationships with many of the nation's top residential developers, helping them to realize their visions while also satisfying their strategic business objectives.
Elness Swenson Graham Architects Inc.
500 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-373-4618/612-339-5382 (fax)
www.esgarchitects.com
Key Contact: Tim Elness, director of business development, tim.elness@esgarch.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: A leader in multi-housing design for more than two decades, ESG is setting the pace for the next generation of growth in the industry. We are providing our clients the ability to meet the needs of emerging residential markets through high-quality design and a unique understanding of new market directions. Backed by a design staff of over 90 architects, the firm is building on the track record and experience provided by 30 years and over 60,000 built units in a variety of multi-housing projects. Our firm is currently working on trend-setting designs for multifamily projects in specific market areas. These include condo and loft communities, owner-occupied townhomes and affordable multifamily rental communities.
EwingCole
One Chagrin Highlands, 2000 Auburn Drive, Ste. 200, Cleveland, OH 44122-4720
216-378-7640/216-378-7641 (fax)
www.ewingcole.com
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: EwingCole brings innovation and a sense of balance between creativity and workable solutions, expectations and deadlines, beauty and function, resulting in facilities that support the activity within and inspire productivity throughout. The firm's design philosophy is grounded in the fundamental belief that great architecture is a matter of style and discovery—finding ways to connect function, need and context to develop a unique sense of place. With offices in Cleveland, Irvine, Calif., Las Vegas, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., EwingCole has grown from a small firm in the early 1960s to over 300 professionals. The firm's portfolio includes a diverse collection of projects in research and development, healthcare, academic, cultural and seniors-living areas.
Fletcher Farr Ayotte Inc.
708 SW Third, Ste. 200, Portland, OR 97204
503-222-1661/503-222-1701 (fax)
www.ffadesign.com
Key Contact: Kristy Edmark, marketing manager, 503-222-1661, kedmark@ffadesign.com
Active Regions: West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Founded in 1956, Fletcher Farr Ayotte Inc. (FFA) has a professional staff of 50 providing expertise in architecture, planning and urban design, historic preservation and interior design. Our designs for multi-housing range from urban infill projects and high-rise condominiums to award-winning, mixed-use structures that are components of sound pedestrian-oriented development. We bring an understanding of the full project scope, from economics to final design and construction. This knowledge results in meaningful design solutions and strong market acceptance while meeting the needs of developers, municipalities and residents. Our projects are rooted in the spirit and essence of the place in which they're built.
Fougeron Architecture
431 Tehama St., Ste. 1, San Francisco, CA 94103
415-641-5744/415-282-6434 (fax)
www.fougeron.com
Key Contact: Anne Fougeron, president, 415-641-5744, anne@fougeron.com
Active Regions: West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Fougeron Architecture is a nationally recognized design firm whose work exhibits a strong commitment to clarity of thought, design integrity and quality of architectural detail. The firm's decidedly modernist attitude is the result of founder Anne Fougeron's vision to create a practice dedicated to finding the perfect alignment between architectural idea and built form. Fougeron's work can be defined by three basic tenets: architectural space is modulated by the quality and character of natural light; innovative use of structure becomes the architectural ornament; and exploration into the visual and tactile nature of materials enhances how people engage a building.
Forum Architecture & Interior Design Inc.
745 Orienta Ave., Ste. 1121, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
407-830-1400/407-830-4143 (fax)
www.forumarchitecture.com
Key Contact: James B. Black, principal, architect, 407-830-1400, jblack@forumarchitecture.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Forum Architecture & Interior Design Inc. is a full-service architectural firm specializing in planning, architecture and interior design. Founded in 1986 by its principals James B. Black and R. Norman Stoehr, Forum currently maintains a staff of approximately 50 design professionals. Forum has designed over 50,000 apartment units and 4,500 timeshare units in 12 states. As a recognized national leader and award winning design firm, Forum has focused on six primary markets: multifamily, clubhouses, resort, hospitality, residential and commercial. Recent work includes high-density urban and traditional neighborhood mixed-use designs, the full spectrum of market rate apartments, active senior and affordable-family housing. The firm currently holds active registrations in 24 states and offers professional design services on a national basis.
Notable Projects: The Westside Town Center is a unique mixed-use development located off West S.R. 192 in Osceola County, Fla. Designed around the theme of an Italian Tuscan town, the Westside Town Center features a mixture of 522 for-sale condominiums, approximately 103,500 square feet of retail shopping and 120 apartment units. The streetscape of the Town Center is created with two levels of condos over retail space. The architecture of the buildings is Mediterranean in style with columned porticos, open-air balconies and tile roofs. The main Town Center has a large pedestrian park, which terminates with a clubhouse and restaurant situated around a small lake. Several luxury three-story townhouse units are also located on the lakefront. Two additional seven-story condo buildings with an internal parking structure complete the Town Center.
Cypress Point Apartments, designed for Parkland Development of Boca Raton, Fla., is a 346-unit, five-story development. It is located on 5.7 acres near the Westshore and Tampa International Airport business center Northwest of Downtown Tampa. The Mediterranean- and Mizner-influenced building design wraps around three sides of the five-story parking, garage, which holds two parking spaces per apartment. Apartment designs include one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 819 to 1,552 square feet. Amenities include a full-size swimming pool and a 4,700-sq.-ft. leasing office and clubhouse facility. The luxurious clubhouse features a large clubroom, game room, a media/theatre, business center, fitness center and resident meeting room.
Client Testimonial: "Parkland Development has chosen to work with Forum Architecture and Interior Design on our Cypress Point project in Tampa because of an ongoing relationship we have developed with Forum over the past few years. This relationship began as many developer/architect relationships start. But what quickly became obvious is that Forum treats each customer as a team member, not just as an owner. This concept allows a free flow of concepts and ideas regarding the project that is unprecedented in the industry today. And being a full-service design group provides a client the confidence of knowing that the finished product also makes good sense with regard to use of interior space."
—Joe Papasso, vice president, Parkland Development Corp.
Fugleberg Koch
2555 Temple Trail, Winter Park, FL 32789
407-629-0595/407-628-1471 (fax)
www.fuglebergkoch.com
Key Contact: Michael Griffin, vice president of business development, 407-629-0595, mgriffin@fuglebergkoch.com; Desireé Pedersen, director of marketing, 407-629-0595, dpedersen@fuglebergkoch.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Fugleberg Koch has a distinguished 43-year history of focus on multifamily residential design that is continually evolving in response to industry trends. Importance is placed on innovative community planning and functional unit design. We maintain an active program of research and development of product types in response to wide ranges of lifestyles and market tiers. Emphasis is placed on high density/mixed-use developments, urban revitalization and traditional neighborhood design. Over 125,000 units representing several billion dollars in construction have been completed. Such work includes townhouses, student housing facilities, condominiums and apartments. We listen to our client's needs, goals and suggestions.
FXFOWLE Architects PC
22 West 19th St., New York, NY 10011
212-627-1700/212-463-8716 (fax)
www.fxfowle.com
Key Contact: Kirsten Sibilia, associate AIA, director of marketing, 212-627-1700, ext. 394, ksibilia@fxfowle.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: FXFOWLE Architects PC is a 27-year-old architectural, interiors, planning and urban design firm committed to design excellence, social responsibility and sustainability. With headquarters in New York City and a representative office in Dubai, FXFOWLE is structured around five design studios: commercial/residential, planning/urban design, interiors, educational/cultural and transportation. Our diverse portfolio of projects includes work of different typologies and scales, and is based on our core commitment to enriching the built environment by creating projects with social, environmental and aesthetic integrity. As leaders in the "green movement," we continue to break new ground with residential, mixed-use and high-rise projects that advance the principles of sustainable architecture and planning.
Gruzen Samton LLP
320 West 13th St., New York, NY 11215
212/477-0900/212-477-1257 (fax)
www.gruzensamton.com
Key Contact: Leonard G. Finn, director of new business development, 212-477-0900, lfinn@gruzensamton.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Gruzen Samton has extensive experience in all types of housing: high- and low-rise; luxury, market and low-income; and housing geared toward students, seniors and families. Through this experience, the firm has developed the design and technical expertise necessary to make the critical decisions necessary in determining the success of every unique housing project. Gruzen Samton's complete architectural services are drawn from the many talented studios practicing within the firm. Our interior studio has been active in space planning and interior design for the past two decades. The firm maintains a highly diversified planning studio that provides comprehensive urban design, master planning, programming and pre-architectural services.
GTM Architects
7735 Old Georgetown Road, Ste. 700, Bethesda, MD 20814
240-333-2000/240-333-2001 (fax)
www.gtmarchitects.com
Key Contact: Janeen Skelly, marketing director, 240-333-2010, jskelly@gtmarchitects.com
Active Regions: National, Mid-Atlantic
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: GTM Architects is a full-service, award-winning firm offering services in planning, architecture and design. Established in 1989, GTM has grown and diversified over the years while holding one thing constant: Our commitment to excellence in both service and design. Located in Bethesda, Md., GTM serves clients locally in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and in 26 states nationwide. Over the years, GTM Architects has provided services to the multifamily housing industry in numerous forms. Urbanized infill townhouses, low-, mid- and high-rise downtown redevelopment condominiums, beach community vacation condominiums and traditional neighborhood design housing communities are examples of our most recent multifamily housing projects. Beyond our extensive residential portfolio, GTM also offers a depth of design expertise in mixed-use, commercial, retail and educational project types. The professional staff at GTM are guided by a design philosophy and business ethic that emphasizes client communication and the enhancement of our environment through good design.
Notable Projects: Woodside Courts—Townhomes: 23 units, Single-Family: three. GTM Architects and development partner The Kentlands Co. created Woodside Courts, a traditional-design townhouse development just inside the Washington Beltway and within walking distance to the town center of Silver Spring, Md. In 2004, GTM assembled six single-family house lots on Georgia Avenue which become the enclave of 23 townhouses and three restored single-family houses. From Georgia Avenue, the townhouse groupings appear as a string of single-family homes. Park-like seating areas surround the preserved trees along Georgia Avenue. The three restored historic single-family houses and the historic neighborhood of Woodside influenced the Victorian Vernacular style townhouse facades and site character.
875 N Street, NW—Washington, D.C.: On the corner of 9th and N Streets, NW in Washington, D.C. is a transformation in progress. Located in the Shaw Historic District, across the street from the convention center and within walking distance of the Mt. Vernon Square Metro station, 875 N Street is helping to revitalize the neighborhood around it. The project consists of rehabilitating five historic row houses fronting on 9th street, as well as the construction of a five-story addition at the rear of the site. The top three floors of the building will house 17 apartment units, with large roof decks on the fourth and fifth floors.
Client Testimonial: "Working with George Myers of GTM has always been a pleasure. I truly appreciate his ability to carefully listen to all of our ideas, concerns and program-related issues at each and every stage. Unlike other architects, George has the ability to incorporate these ideas into the design and is less concerned about his ego and forcing his concepts. On top of that, George has the ability to take complicated design issues, interpret them and come up with a flawless and innovative design solution. All in all, GTM and George Myers is an ideal firm to work with, capable of giving you that small firm feel and attention, yet qualified to produce like a large, efficient firm. He has become part of our ongoing growth and will continue to remain the go-to architect of choice for us."
—Mark Knebel, president, Clemens Construction LLC
Handel Architects LLP
150 Varick St., 8th Floor, New York, NY 10013
212-595-4112/212-595-9032 (fax)
www.handelarchitects.com
Key Contact: Lauren Hlavenka, marketing, 212-595-4112, ext. 352, hlavenka@handelarchitects.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Handel Architects is a full-service design firm with over 100 architects, interior designers and LEED-accredited professionals in New York and San Francisco. We are recognized leaders in mixed-use, urban residential design with over 13 million square feet of new and renovated space built. Handel Architects' depth of services includes programming, master planning, architectural design, interior design, renovation, site selection assessment, consultant selection, value engineering and construction administration. Recent recognition for design excellence includes awards from the American Institute of Architects, the Boston Society of Architects, the Urban Land Institute, the Congress for the New Urbanism and the National Commercial Builders Council.
Heffner Architects PC
604 Montgomery St., Alexandria, VA 22314
703-549-7766/703-684-6212 (fax)
www.heffnerarchitects.com
Key Contact: James Heffner, president, 703-549-7766, jheffner@heffnerarch.com
Active Regions: Northeast, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Heffner Architects is a small firm with a big presence. Because our client list is packed with nationally known development companies, we are intimately familiar with the levels of quality and experience required to develop large visible projects. Residential, commercial, mixed use, urban infill and adaptive reuse are our strengths. Heffner Architects believes that both great designs and excellent service are fundamental to real project success. Good design without proper service and accurate documents is trouble for everyone involved. Our principals are actively involved in the total development and construction process, not just at the beginning. We love what we do and it shows in our enthusiasm and results.
Hensley Lamkin Rachel Inc.
13800 Montfort Dr., Ste.310, Dallas, TX 75240
972-726-9400/972-726-9401(fax)
www.hlrinc.net
Key Contact: David Hensley, vice president, 972-726-9400, david@hlrinc.net
Active Regions: West Coast, Southwest, Southeast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Celebrating 15 years, Hensley Lamkin Rachel Inc. (HLR) is a successful, full-service architectural practice based on the principles of service, design excellence and quality. For five consecutive years, HLR has received local and national design awards for work in multifamily, rehabilitation, renovation, townhome and for-sale housing categories. We strive for creative solutions to design challenges through teamwork and enthusiasm in the task. Through our experience, expertise and attention to detail, we will provide quality architectural services that add value to our clients and ultimately to the community. Recent residential project experience includes for-sale urban townhomes, luxury apartments, high-density multifamily developments, adaptive reuse, student communities and affordable housing.
Hickok Cole Architects PC
1023 31st St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20007
202-667-9776/202-667-2260 (fax)
www.hickokcole.com
Key Contact: Joanna Hoffschneider, director of business development, 202-667-9776, jhoffschneider@hickokcole.com
Active Regions: Mid-Atlantic
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Hickok Cole Architects is an award-winning, 70-person firm, providing architectural, interior design, housing and planning services to the Washington, D.C. metro area real estate community. Our residential portfolio includes mixed-use, adaptive reuse and urban infill projects. Hickok Cole has particular strength in the ability to drive complex projects to completion. We are able to see the big picture and maintain focus for our clients and ourselves. We also have a depth of understanding and knowledge of the housing market that is unusual among design firms. Finally, we get projects approved, using our strong working relationships with Washington, D.C.'s approval bodies.
Hillier Architecture
500 Alexander Park, Princeton, NJ 08543-6395
609-452-8888/609-452-8332 (fax)
www.hillier.com
Key Contact: Thomas K. Fridstein, tfridstein@hillier.com, 609-452-8888
Active Regions: National & International
Humphreys & Partners Architects LP
5350 Alpha Road, Dallas, TX 75240
972-701-9636/972-701-9639 (fax)
www.humphreys.com
Key Contact: Mark Humphreys, CEO, 972-701-9636, marketing@humphreys.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Humphreys & Partners Architects LP is an architectural and urban design, master planning and land planning firm engaged in the design of high-rise, mid-rise, mixed-use, luxury, senior, affordable and student housing—both rentaland for sale—in markets across the country. Humphreys & Partners can be summed up in one word: innovative. That one word describes our goals, our work and the process by which we achieve them.This has fueled our approach to the multifamily market, which is markedly different from our competitors'.Creating new brands is only one component of our innovation.We've built strong relationships with our clients that have evolved into true partnerships.We help them achieve their goals by keeping an eye on the big picture.While our design work is our number one priority, we recognize and comprehend the importance of the net operating income of a project as well as its marketability. Great products are nothing without a true understanding of the economics involved.With eight U.S. offices employing over 125 people, the size and scope of our firm allows us to handle the entire project continuum from design to construction.Our horizontally managed company has cultivated an environment that drives innovative thinking and instills a fervor in our team to succeed—yielding the high-profile, award-winning projects that Humphreys & Partners is known for nationwide.
Notable Projects: Biltmore Colony Condominiums—Palm Springs, Calif. 133 units; 15.5 units per acre. Biltmore Colony is built on the site of the former Biltmore Hotel. Due to the historical nature of the site, HPA integrated the Palm Springs Modern style architecture into the design of its "Big House"® concept. The development successfully captured the look and feel of the traditional Palm Springs design by incorporating distinct elements such as large expanses of glass, indoor/outdoor connectivity and deep flat overhangs. Its unique architectural style transcends typical market segments to include the young and trendy as well as downsizing retirees. Being built as a condominium also provides for optional upgrades, so that each unit can truly reflect the individual buyers' lifestyles.
Renaissance Villas on the Park—Litchfield Park, Ariz. 250 units; 16 units per acre. Renaissance Villas is located within the prestigious master-planned community of The Village at Litchfield Park. It's a unique community designed to afford today's discerning resident with luxury condominium living and resort-style amenities set in a modern urban village. Inspired by European architecture, the buildings appear as elegant manor homes lining private, neighborhood drives. The "homes" facing Village Parkway directly front on the street just like the luxury single-family homes farther inside the community. The buildings themselves vary not only in color schemes but also in roof styles and railing patterns. Efforts were made to truly differentiate one building from the next. Some buildings have round turreted entries while others have colonnaded porches.
Ismael Leyva Architects PC
48 West 37th St., New York, NY 10018
212-290-1444/212-290-1425 (fax)
www.ilarch.com
Key Contact: Ismael Leyva, AIA, president, 212-290-1444, ileyva@ilarch.com
Active Regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Ismael's Leyva's approach to design is to shape high-rise residential buildings in order to maximize the usable space and views where function and form work in a practical, efficient, sensual and assertive way. The residences that Leyva has created with his innovative and award-winning designs are highly sought after by developers and prospective buyers who desire to live in the finest apartments. Known for their creative yet practical designs, technical expertise and in-depth familiarity with urban lifestyle needs, Ismael Leyva Architects PC has executed trademark designs independently and in collaboration with other celebrated architects.
James, Harwick + Partners Inc.
8340 Meadow Road, Ste. 248, Dallas, TX 75231
214-363-5687/214-363-9563 (fax)
www.jhparch.com
Key Contact: Ron Harwick, AIA, CSI, vice president, rharwick@jhparch.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: James, Harwick + Partners Inc. (JH+P) is a national architecture, planning and urban-design practice. We're architects and planners specializing in: "whole community design;" high-density urban-infill communities; affordable housing and Hope VI planning; new urbanist planning; seniors housing; and military privatization housing. The firm is proud of its commitment to whole community design. This approach highlights the creation of great places to live, work and play. Each building JH+P plans, from conception through completion, is integral to the neighborhood in which it is to reside. It is the firm's commitment to create livable communities through a mix of building types, scales and uses.
The Jerde Partnership
913 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90291
310-399-1987/310-392-1316 (fax)
www.jerde.com
Key Contact: Matthew Heller, marketing coordinator, 310-399-1987, ext. 226, matt.heller@jerde.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: The Jerde Partnership designs multifamily residential districts that create communities, provide enriching experiences and enhance the quality of life. Employing its signature Jerde place-making approach, the firm blends housing with a mix of activities that contribute to a strong public realm. The firm's residential communities establish the critical mass needed to be effective and include a density and variety of housing, such as above-retail units, that give an urban feel with 24-hour vitality. To support each community's unique needs, Jerde works with developers to plan the right mix of uses and organizes those uses into village-scaled experiential clusters.
Kanner Architects
1558 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401
310-451-5400/310-451-5440 (fax)
www.kannerarch.com
Key Contact: Christopher Keough, marketing/business development, 310-451-5400, ext. 121, ckeough@kannerarch.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: A third-generation Southern California design firm, Kanner Architects has practiced in various building types and urban development scenarios. In an increasingly dense world, we believe multifamily housing projects can be done with dignity and warmth regardless of whether they're for-sale condos in neighborhoods or affordable apartments over subway stations. We seek out projects that are sustainable, that enhance the natural and built environments, as well as provide a sense of pride for those who live there. We embrace the notion that buildings are meant to be functional, but also must be places of joy, cutting edge and inspirational.
Kephart
770 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203
303-832-4474/303-832-4476 (fax)
www.kephart.com
Key Contact: Lisa White, marketing director, 303-832-4474, lisaw@kephart.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: The network where people, live, work and play forms the physical structure of a community. At Kephart, our goal is to ensure that each component of a planned environment will encourage and support community building relationships between the people who interact there. Founded in 1974 by Mike Kephart, Kephart is an architectural design and planning firm, which provides a full complement of personalized, professional services to builders and developers. The firm's accomplishments include over 50,000 living units ranging from custom single-family homes to townhomes, duplexes, condominiums, retirement communities, patio homes, mixed-use developments and urban infill.
Notable Projects: Lincoln Square Lofts—As a high-density project on the urban edge, Lincoln Square Lofts required an innovative design solution that addressed the needs of future residents as well as the clients' desire to have a signature product. A nearby light rail station and other amenities allow for a transit-oriented approach.The contemporary architecture uses balconies, material changes, parapets and window articulation to echo building forms found in city centers.Sophisticated floor plans with high ceilings, open plans and shared spaces create units with a loft-like informal character. Underground garage parking, fireplaces and private terraces highlight an equal emphasis on form and function.
Artesia—Inspired by the grand resorts of Scottsdale, Ariz., Artesia replaces an underperforming hotel with an upscale residential campus that better fits the communitywith sensitivity to regional style.With buildings oriented to maximize views of lushly landscaped courtyards or the dedicated greenbelt, residents canbringnatural surroundings into their homes.Amenities,includingoutdoor pools, private outdoor spaces, separate fitness center and clubhouses,provide recreational choices on site.With a variety of product types,Arista caters to a larger segment of potential homeowners. This project typifiesthe best incustomized high-end residential design.
Killefer Flammang Architects
625 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404
310-399-7975/310-399-8545 (fax)
www.kfarchitects.com
Key Contact: Wade Killefer, FAIA, principal, 310-399-8020, killefer@kfarchitects.com
Active Regions: West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Widely known in the areas of adaptive reuse, multi-housing, institutional and recreational architecture, Killefer Flammang Architects (KFA) has designed more than 8,000 units of market rate and low-income multifamily units and condominiums. Of the 20,000 residential units planned or under construction in downtown Los Angeles, the firm is designing about one-fourth of them, 5,000 units in 40 buildings. The Los Angeles Business Journal named KFA Architecture Firm of the Year in 2004 and 2006. Wade Killefer was inducted in 2006 into the College of Fellows for his adaptive reuse work in bringing housing to downtown Los Angeles.
Kirkor Architects & Planners
20 Martin Ross Ave., Toronto, ON M3J 2K8
416-665-6060/416-665-1234 (fax)
www.kirkorarchitects.com
Key Contact: Clifford Korman, partner, 416-665-6060, ext. 306 ck@kirkorarchitects.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Kirkor Architects & Planners is one of the leading architectural firms in Canada and expanding internationally. We're committed to quality architecture and creating great design solutions in residential/commercial and mixed-use developments. Our success stems from the ability to develop and conceptualize a design strategy and vision for the project within the first meeting of the client. This instant creativity that works has resulted in a very positive reputation and repeat clients. Kirkor's focus for international work is on being the master coordinator for any project. Kirkor has a multi-disciplinary team of 40 professionals involved in planning, urban design and architectural projects.
KKE Architects Inc.
300 First Ave. North, Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-339-4200/612-342-9267 (fax)
www.kke.com
Key Contact: Todd Young, AIA, principal, 612-339-4200, tyoung@kke.com
Active Regions: West Coast, Mid-Atlantic
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: KKE has provided services in the multi-housing market for over 30 years. Our services span all aspects of the market including townhomes, apartments, condominiums and urban mixed-use developments on a local and national basis. Emphasis is placed on creative designs in the forefront of the marketplace, optimizing the return on investments for our clients and setting the standard for quality of the living experience. KKE continues to grow through a keen focus upon maximizing clients' success by expanding upon the vision of each client to accomplish more than they ever thought possible.
KTGY Group Inc.
17992 Mitchell South, Irvine, CA 92614
949-851-2133/949-851-5156 (fax)
www.ktgy.com
Key Contact: Robin DeLotell, principal, 949-851-2133, rdelotell@ktgy.com
Active Regions: Midwest, West Coast, Southwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: KTGY Group Inc. delivers high-density yields and cost efficient techniques with exceptional and marketable designs for residential communities and retail developments targeted to groups including seniors, students, first-time, move-up and high-end buyers. With an in-depth range of experiences, KTGY also offers a studio team approach that guarantees each client direct contact with a principal from concepts through completion.Based in Irvine, with offices in Denver as well as Santa Monica and Oakland, Calif., KTGY's designs are regularly noted by such prestigious awards programs as the Gold Nugget Awards, Nationals, Builder's Choice and Best In American Living Awards.
The Lawrence Group
319 North 4th St., St. Louis, MO 63102
314-231-5700/314-754-0383 (fax)
www.thelawrencegroup.com
Key Contact: Lisa Lavelle, marketing coordinator, 314-231-5700, lisa.lavelle@thelawrencegroup.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: The Lawrence Group was founded in St. Louis in 1983 as an architectural practice. Today, we provide architecture, interior design, planning, development consulting, branding and construction management nationally with 32 registered architects and gross revenues of $29 million. We approach residential development with a passion and a strong market-focus. Our multifamily experience includes high-rise, adaptive reuse, historic restoration and renovation, mixed-use, assisted living and urban infill from luxury to affordable living. Our firm is a 2006 industry leader as a Zweig White 2006 "Hot Firm;" Interior Design magazine Top Ten Residential Designer; and UrbanLand Magazine "Top Ten Lofts" project.
Leeb Architects LLC
71 SW Oak St., Ste. 200 Portland, OR 97204
503-228-2840/503-228-2907 (fax)
www.leebarc.com
Key Contact: Robert Leeb, managing member, 503-228-2840, robert@leebarc.com
Active Regions: West
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Leeb Architects LLC provides design and planning services for the Northwest's leading developers and non-profit agencies. The firm has a 29-year history of creating innovative solutions for difficult and challenging sites throughout the region and specializes in high-density, mixed-use housing developments, urban infill and suburban apartments. Recently, the firm has been a pioneer in Portland's new emerging neighborhood, the Pearl District. Pearl District projects include two national award-winning designs: the Streetcar Loft Condominiums and the Station Place Senior Housing Tower. The firm's first district project, the Kearney Plaza Apartments, demands Portland's highest per-square-foot rental rate.
Lessard Group Inc.
8521 Leesburg Pike, Ste. 700, Vienna, VA 22182
703-760-9344/703-760-9328 (fax)
www.lessardgroup.com
Active Regions: Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Lessard Group Inc. is an award-winning architectural and urban design firm specializing in residential, mixed-use and commercial developments. These include: high- and mid-rise multifamily housing, townhomes, single-family residences, neo-traditional and urban-infill projects, historic waterfront developments, active adult communities, automotive and offices. Since Lessard integrates a unique combination of land planning and architecture within a single organization, it offers clients land-use analyses and planning options to obtain the maximum return on investment. The firm's driving force is to exceed clients' expectations in quality, value and reliability while producing outstanding design. Founded in 1986, Lessard works throughout the United States and employs more than 150 international professionals.
Loewenberg Architects
303 East Wacker Dr., Ste. 2750, Chicago, IL 60601
312-440-9600/312-440-1422 (fax)
www.loewenberg.com
Key Contact: James R. Loewenberg, president, 312-440-1422; Joseph Levy, vice president, 312-440-1422
Active Regions: Midwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Loewenberg Architects' innovative design and technical expertise enhances the built environment. Their creative approach brings value and quality to clients by providing clear and concise solutions to each commission. The origin of Loewenberg Architects' commissions began in 1919 with vintage apartment hotels and small storefronts. The practice grew to the creation of high-rise structures, adding to Chicago's architecturally diverse skyline. This rich history serves as a catalyst for new urban frontiers with work throughout the country including residential, retail, office, governmental, educational, healthcare, financial institutions and the creation of large multi-use communities today. This record continues to shape a lasting legacy.
Notable Projects: Aqua at Lakeshore East—Multi-use, 80-story condominium and rental residence. Design architect: Studio Gang Architects; Project architect: Loewenberg Architects; Condominiums 53rd floor-80th floor; Rental residences 19th floor – 52nd floor; 115,000 square feet amenities. The fluid contours of Aqua's exterior create distinctive floor plans with most residences having their own unique balcony or terrace design. This groundbreaking exterior flows into contemporary interiors.
The Tides at Lakeshore East—Luxury rental residences; 400 East South Water St., 607 apartments; Amenities include: fitness center, billiards room, spa including whirlpools, steam, sauna and massage rooms, skygarden, business center, café, outdoor pool and landscaped terrace. 5,000 square feet retail space.
Client Testimonial: "Aqua represents a Chicago milestone as the first high-rise specifically created to comprise condominiums, rental, hotel and retail spaces. This addition to the lakeshore East Development is revolutionary in both design and function."
—Joel Carlins, Co-CEO
Magellan Development Group
Looney Ricks Kiss Architects
175 Toyota Plaza, Ste. 600, Memphis, TN 38103
901-521-1440/901-525-2760 (fax)
www.lrk.com
Key Contact: Paige C. Close, AIA, NCARB, principal, multifamily residential architecture and planning, 901-521-1440, pclose@lrk.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Looney Ricks Kiss is an architecture, interior design, planning and research firm with a staff of over 200 in offices in Memphis and Nashville, Tenn.; Dallas; Princeton, N.J.; and Celebration and Rosemary Beach, Fla. Now in its 23rd year of business, LRK, through its national reputation in planning, residential, commercial and interior design, has evolved into one of the leading providers of full community, mixed-use design. Specializing in all types of rental and for-sale multifamily, urban infill, high density, town center, TND, resort condo and active adult projects, LRK has a focus on "place making" and creating financially successful projects for its clients and the community. The intent behind the entire firm's planning and design work is to create a sense of "place," incorporating the architecture, landscape, culture and history of a region in the design process. Through a five-fold mission of excellence that includes understanding the market, listening to the clients' needs and desires, providing value-added design, delivering projects in a timely and cost-efficient manner, and employing the best people in the industry, LRK is realizing its legacy of "creating great places." Commitment to supporting and enhancing a community's quality of life with design that is sustainable for the future has resulted in repeat clients, new work on diverse and challenging projects and continued recognition of design excellence. Eighty-one awards since 1998, among which 11 are Pillars of the Industry, attest to the success of our philosophy.
Notable Projects: Village of Baldwin Park Town Center, Orlando, Fla.—This mixed-use town center spans four city blocks within the redeveloped 1,100-acre site of the former Orlando Naval Base on the shores of 195-acre Lake Baldwin. Centrally located within the new village and setting the tone for the rest of the community, it includes 150 apartments over 250,000 square feet of retail, part of which is a 45,600-sq.-ft. Publix grocery store. Units range from 670 square feet to 1,400 square feet. Ample sidewalks, arcades, awnings and balconies provide outdoor spaces for both commercial and residential users. Residential entry courts at the rear of the buildings are buffered from mid-block parking lots by gardens and landscaping.
Gables at Tennis Center, Houston—This Art Deco-inspired, seven-story, mixed-use building is an urban redevelopment project in the west central Houston area known as River Oaks. The bottom two levels contain 175,000 square feet of commercial/retail space with five levels of for-rent residential (435,000 square feet) on top. In addition to housing the headquarters office of Gables Residential, the project's developer, the building includes four major restaurants and boutique-type retail. The eight-level parking deck has separate levels and entries for retail customers and residents. Such distinctive features as a palm tree-lined promenade, or main street, running through the building's spine, a reflective water trough with seasonal plantings, a one-story glass water wall behind identity signage and a glass dome atop the building that is lit up at night enhance the desired feel of sophistication.
Client Testimonial: "I can depend on the team at Looney Ricks Kiss to offer creative design solutions as well as very "buildable" plans. So many firms are great at one or the other, but LRK does a terrific job of delivering both. In these times of rising construction and development costs, LRK understands my needs as a developer and produces designs that meet building code challenges while incorporating value engineering ideas from the start. In addition, their experience with many product types, densities and markets across the nation is invaluable. LRK helped me complete my first few mixed-use projects, and the experience they brought to the table gave the entire team a huge head start. It is always a pleasure to work with Looney Ricks Kiss, and I look forward to working with them on many successful projects in the future."
—Joe Petersen of Insight Builders Group
Lord, Aeck & Sargent
1201 Peachtree St., NE, Ste. 300, Atlanta, GA 30361
877-929-1400/877-929-1401 (fax)
www.lordaecksargent.com
Key Contact: Eric Brock, AIA, principal, 877-929-1400, ext. 6709, ebrock@lasarchitect.com
Active Regions: Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Lord, Aeck & Sargent provides creative solutions for new, innovative urban residential buildings, as well as building conversions. Our projects are often complex, and may involve a combination of adaptive reuse, historic preservation and mixed-use programs. We provide a full range of architectural services, including planning, design, zoning and entitlement services. Areas of expertise are: townhomes, low- to high-rise multifamily buildings and vertically integrated mixed-use developments. We bring to every project expertise in urban planning and infill projects, including assistance with neighborhood development planning, multi-acre site project planning, strong design concepts and an attention to detail that is critical to the success of complex projects.
Lucien Lagrange Architects
605 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
312-751-7400/312-751-7460 (fax)
www.lucienlagrange.com
Key Contact: Michael Maurer, AIA, associate, 312-751-7400
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Lucien Lagrange Architects has established a reputation as one of the country's premiere residential architectural firms. The firm's full-service approach has set new trends for personalized design and quality living in urban areas. Combining the comforts of home with the necessities of daily life and understanding how those necessities are defined by the lifestyle of a building's residents are critical elements in the firm's success in residential architecture and design. Multi-housing projects range from high-rises to mid-rises to low-rises and include urban infill, condominiums, apartments, senior living, town houses and single-family homes. Mixed-use projects combine residences with other uses, and adaptive reuse projects respect a building's landmark status as it is transformed from previous uses to magnificent residences.
Magnusson Architecture & Planning PC
853 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
212-253-7820/212-253-1276 (fax)
www.maparchitects.com
Key Contact: Magnus Magnusson, principal, 212-253-7820, mmagnusson@maparchitects.com
Active Regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: As leaders in community planning, sustainable design and affordable housing, Magnusson Architecture & Planning PC (MAP) devotes most of its time to improving low-income neighborhoods. While many for-profit architects shy away from working with the public sector, MAP has embraced and respects the government's mission. The firm is nearing completion on a decade-long project in the Melrose Commons section of the Bronx in New York City, where it has designed one million square feet of affordable housing in this urban renewal area. MAP, active in adaptive reuse, was a major part of a team that restored a devastated brownfield site in New Jersey, where the Rheingold brewery once stood, into affordable housing called Rheingold Gardens.
Martin Architectural Group
240 North 22nd St., Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-665-1080/215-563-7818 (fax)
www.martinaia.com
Key Contact: Raymond Siemion, vice president, 215-665-1080, rsiemion@martinaia.com
Active Regions: Northeast, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Drawing from three-and-a-half decades of planning and design solely for the private-sector developer, the Martin Architectural Group provides an extraordinary blend of market response and constructability to the creation of multifamily communities along the entire eastern seaboard. And as these clients diversify into higher density and higher rise, urban and suburban infill and mixed-use projects, so has the firm been able to keep pace through the assembly and leadership of a diversely accomplished and experienced professional team.
McIntosh Poris Associates
36801 Woodward Ave., Ste. 200, Birmingham, MI 48009
248-258-9346/248-258-0967 (fax)
www.mcintoshporis.com
Key Contact: Michael Poris, AIA, principal, 248-258-9346, mporis@mcintoshporis.com
Active Regions: Midwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: McIntosh Poris Associates provides architectural, interior and urban design services to institutional, commercial and residential clients. The firm's goal is to transform cities and create interactive buildings and communities, with architecture arrived at through vision and dialogue. McIntosh Poris has designed a number of housing projects across Detroit, rebuilding beleaguered neighborhoods and inspiring an enriching urban experience. Encompassing a variety of typologies—including industrial lofts, historic conversions, luxury developments and infill development projects—these projects expound the virtues of intelligent planning, humanistic design and urban living. Notable projects include Parent Avenue Lofts, Lafayette Townhouses and Genesis Villas at Medbury Park.
McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners Inc.
1900 Main St., 8th Floor, Irvine, CA 92614
949-809-3388/949-809-3399 (fax)
www.mve-architects.com
Key Contact: Monica Vasquez Guillena, director of marketing, 949-809-3388, mvasquez@mve-architects.com
Active Regions: Southeast, West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners (MVE) is one of the most innovative and respected design organizations in the country consisting of an experienced team of 150 programmers, planners, architects, computer graphic specialists and interior designers. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., with additional offices in Oakland, Calif. and Honolulu, the firm offers a 32-year history of recognition for its award-winning designs including high-rise, urban infill, adaptive reuse, mixed-use developments, large-scale urban office buildings, educational facilities, public schools and university buildings, resorts and master-planning. MVE's success is due to providing quality results based on creativity and teamwork.
Meeks + Partners
16000 Memorial Dr., Ste. 100, Houston, TX 77079
281-558-8787/281-558-3337 (fax)
www.meekspartners.com
Key Contact: Catherine Bezman, marketing and communication manager
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: For more than 30 years, the talents of Meeks + Partners architects, led by Donald J. Meeks, AIA, have helped shape and redefine the architectural design standards in multifamily architecture. Our portfolio of expertise includes luxury high-rise, mid-rise and high density mixed-use, town centers and resorts, to garden and affordable communities, as well as independent senior, student and military housing. Our clients have taken us to major markets throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, Russia and China. Crossing a diversity of cultures and continents, we have embraced each market's unique building environment, adapting quickly while maintaining the highest level of quality. We approach each project with a thorough knowledge of the existing market. We evaluate what is successful and explore the site to maximize opportunities. We are sensitive about our role in contributing positively to the quality of cities and communities. Through a collaborative process, we bring knowledge, experience, budget and problem-solving skills to create innovative designs that are enduring and timeless. The success of Meeks + Partners is, without a doubt, attributable to the diligent efforts of the principals and team leaders who listen, exchange ideas, cooperate and create. We believe design excellence is achieved when a client's needs, visions and objectives are fully realized. The quality of our work is reflected in more than 80 national and international awards we have received in the past decade. Perhaps our best accolades are the long-term business partnerships that have evolved with our clients over the years.
Notable Projects: Located in Houston, in the high-profile Greenway Plaza at the intersection of Weslayan and the Southwest Freeway, this urban-infill is strategically planned on 3.7 acres, replacing a vacant office building and existing motel. The multifamily development will offer 309 one- and two-bedroom units in a four-story podium structure on top of a two-level parking garage. Apartments will range from 705 to 750 square feet for a one-bedroom and one-bath; and 1,089 to 1,208 for a two-bedroom and two-bath unit. The expansive floor plans will be similar to contemporary lofts and include minimal exposed ductwork, stained concrete and hardwood flooring, large transom windows and track-mounted lighting. Top floor units will have 12-foot ceilings while first level apartments will offer 15-foot ceilings.
Located in Inverness, Colo., within the confines of the Inverness Business Park, Vallagio is the first residential development in the 980-acre business park. Denver-based Metropolitan Homes acquired a 30-acre site to develop Vallagio, a master-planned village. Meeks + Partners was tapped to design a mixed-use community on eight acres, which is part of a larger, mixed-use community. Vallagio incorporates clearly defined design objects to create a walkable neighborhood as well as appropriate architecture and planning to enliven the immediate area. Vallagio will consist of approximately 25,000 square feet of retail space, an average of 16,500 square feet of office space and 84 condominiums. The building will offer two stories of residential space over office and retail space and include below and above grade parking.
Client Testimonial: "We are very excited about the property we are building on Weslayan at US Highway 59. Don Meeks and his group are major contributors to what may be the nicest urban infill apartment development in Houston. We have found the M+P team to be responsive to our needs with development analysis, and creative in their comprehensive approach to understanding how to position a new multifamily development in a competitive marketplace. Since 1955, The Dinerstein Cos. has been developing and operating apartment communities in 27 states. Looking ahead, we will continue to rely on M+P to be a key team member on future projects to help us realize the hallmark of our developments: quality and innovation."
—Jack Dinerstein, CEO, The Dinerstein Cos.
Minno & Wasko
80 Lambert Lane, Lambertville, N.J. 08530
609-397-9009/609-397-9399 (fax)
www.minnowasko.com
Key Contact: David J. Minno, president, 609-397-9009, dminno@minnowasko.com
Active Regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners is a 60-person design firm specializing in private sector, large, mixed-use redevelopment projects that have significant residential components. Many of our projects reflect client relationships that span more than 15 years. The firm's work is located in the Northeast corridor with projects in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Delaware. Our staff is deeply experienced in all forms of residential and mixed-use construction. Our designs are responsive to each individual market and are unique in creating projects that have lasting value to owners and residents. We are about place making and streetscape animation. Our services are timely and our details are cost-effective. Smart growth in revitalized downtowns is our focus, especially those projects that have a public transit focus. Minno & Wasko has demonstrated the ability to shepherd large, mixed-use projects through the entitlement process ahead of schedule. Great graphics that make the project come alive for the lay person is one way to speed up the process of municipal approvals. Very descriptive drawings also help our clients complete for projects through the RFP process. Where development is concerned, the action has gone downtown. That's where you will find Minno & Wasko, the region's leading design firm for mixed-use, in-town communities. The firm's award-winning architectural and planning solutions are transforming older, urban areas into vibrant new settings where families can live, work and play.
Notable Projects: The Upper Grand—Hoboken, N.J.; 945 luxury condominium units. Several of the six buildings are five-story residential, built on top of a podium parking level that has retail shops on the block corners and two-story entry lobbies. These one-, two- and three-bedroom residences have views to a highly landscaped interior courtyard constructed on top of the parking level. The exterior design captures the vertical, historic brownstone look of old Hoboken. The construction is light steel bar joists bearing on steel studs, constructed over a steel and concrete parking deck. One of the buildings is a 125-unit, 12-story high-rise with ground floor retail.
Riverwalk at Millennium—Conshohocken, Pa. This 350-unit riverfront community has unique and luxurious apartments with the convenience of "in town" living. Amenities include: scenic river views, walking and biking trails, state-of-the-art fitness facility, executive business center, billiards room, clubhouse and more. There are four- and five-story buildings with conveniently located parking below the residential units. The exterior facades are predominantly masonry with attractive balconies to take advantage of the views. This is a "smart growth" community being located on a major commuter rail line to Philadelphia and within walking distance of retail and restaurant services.
Client Testimonial: "Minno & Wasko has designed two mixed-use buildings for us that are predominantly market-rate apartments in downtown Princeton with a small amount of retail space. They've done a remarkable job of listening to what both our team wanted and what the town was looking for in the way of design standards, themes, materials and at the same time, producing a set of drawings that were very efficient, straight forward and easy to build. The firm is a great combination of talented designers and practical architects. They understand the demands that a developer has to produce a marketable product and yet they have very good taste in design and produce some very attractive products."
—Robert S. Powell, managing director of Nassau Capital Advisors LLC
Mithun
Pier 56, 1201 Alaskan Way, Ste. 200, Seattle, WA 98101
206-623-3344/206-623-7005 (fax)
www.mithun.com
Key Contact: Bonnie Duncan, communications manager
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Mithun is a national leader and advocate for sustainable design and urbanism. The firm sets new standards in the development of multi-family housing and mixed-use projects based on a thorough understanding of the relationships between nature, technology and design. With a commitment to public process, the firm creates vibrant, livable neighborhoods while protecting natural ecosystems. Mithun models the importance of design excellence and the choices that bring positive change to our communities and their bottom lines. The firm's innovative and collaborative spirit encompasses architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture and interior design.
Myhre Group Architects
700 SW Taylor Street, Suite 700, Portland, Oregon 97205
503-236-6000 Fax: 503 236-7500
www.myhregroup.com
Key contact: Sarah Adams 503-236-6000
Active Region: National
Our Firm’s Competitive Edge: Our main objective is to provide personalized care by understanding the needs and desires of our clients. By utilizing our architectural expertise, we generate innovative and appropriate design solutions that respond realistically to the parameters of real estate development, such as project budgets, schedules, target markets, and constructability. Our staff at Myhre Group Architects is comprised of enthusiastic, talented, and team-orientated individuals who truly enjoy the ever-changing balance between art and architecture. It is our belief that establishing a synergy of ideas within the work environment will better address current design issues and anticipate future needs. Our projects vary from master planning, to large scale multiple use developments, to renovations and alterations. Our portfolio includes work in Apartments, Mixed-Use, Condominiums, Towhomes, Affordable Housing, and Senior Housing.
Newman Garrison Gilmour + Partners
20401 SW Birch St., #200, Newport Beach, CA 92660
949-756-0818/949-756-0817 (fax)
www.nggpartners.com
Key Contact: Kevin R. Newman, chairman, 949-756-0818, info@nggpartners.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: The team members of Newman Garrison Gilmour + Partners are committed to creative and cutting-edge design and planning solutions. Our successful combined history of over 73 years in multifamily, mixed-use, urban and single-family communities has afforded us a great depth of knowledge on how to plan, design and produce creative yet cost-effective design solutions. We continue to push for higher density solutions, in order to maximize profit for our clients. The goal of Newman Garrison Gilmour + Partners is to make our client's life easier by ensuring that each job moves quickly, accurately and efficiently. Our practice is based on effective communication, design, project management, quality technical execution and cost control. We are committed to our clients 100 percent and consistently comply with their schedules and delivery dates. Our clients always appreciate the benefit of knowledge and expertise that comes with working directly with our principals. This close relationship that our clients share with the principals of our firm is the focal point of our service orientation, allowing us to provide the best in project management and execution. We are well known for our selection of cost effective materials, simple and accurate construction documents, and helpful client consultation throughout the process. We create timeless architecture for unique lifestyles, while at the same time servicing each and every project to its fullest.
Notable Projects: Stadium Lofts, the first community in a series of projects planned for the redevelopment of Anaheim, Calif.'s urban core, features prairie-style architecture and invokes architectural stylings inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. This 390-unit mixed-use, urban multi-family project features urban lofts and stacked flats arranged around intimate landscaping. The units encircle the parking garage, hiding it from view, and enabling the residents to park and live on the same level. Ground floor commercial uses include an 8,100-sq.-ft. restaurant and 9,817 square feet of retail and clubhouse space. The corner area provides the community with a sense of place and destination focal point, attracting customers from not only the community itself, but also from surrounding neighborhoods.
Avalon Del Rey—offering a unique Los Angeles living environment, Avalon Del Rey provides its predominately single and professional residents top-of-the-market onsite technology and recreation amenities with a tech-industrial architectural design. By incorporating an invigorated, lively color palette into an industrial neighborhood, we were able to bring life to the high-density project. The integration of stacked flats and lofts with a more edgy feel; corrugated metal siding, stucco and strong colors de-emphasize the mass of the four-story building. Located on 4.5 acres, the project presents 309 units consisting of two four-story Type V courtyard buildings. The six, one- to three-bedroom units range in size from 609 to 1670 square feet.
Client Testimonial: "We chose Newman Garrison Gilmour + Partners to design Stadium Lofts because of their proven design track record, nationwide, for this type of project. This is a high profile location, and the first project to kick off Anaheim's redevelopment district—The Platinum Triangle, and we wanted a firm with successful design experience to do the work."
—Eric Heffner, principal with Windstar Communities
Niles Bolton Associates
3060 Peachtree Road NW, Ste. 600, Atlanta, GA 30305
404-365-7600/404-365-7610 (fax)
www.nilesbolton.com
Key Contact: Niles Bolton, CEO, 404-365-7600
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: With over 30 years of industry-leading expertise, Niles Bolton Associates (NBA) remains a top contender in planning and designing multifamily housing. With strengths in markets such as institutional to transit, NBA is very diverse in the projects they take on. They provide services to many of the country's top companies, both public and private, with a repeat client rate of 95 percent. Designing successful structures for its clients that meet, as well as exceed their budget and program needs is how NBA measures its success. Headquartered in Atlanta with offices in Alexandria, Va. and San Jose, Calif., NBA has designed projects in over 42 states and 14 countries.
OJMR Architects
501 S. Fairfax Ave., Ste. 202, Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-931-1007/323-931-0109 (fax)
www.ojmrarchitects.net
Key Contact: Jay Reynolds, AIA, principal, 323-931-1007, jay@ojmrarchitects.net
Active Regions: West Coast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Jay M. Reynolds founded OJMR Architects in 1989. The firm's projects are rooted in the modern idiom and span the range of residential, commercial and industrial architecture and interiors, as well as furniture and urban design. Reynolds has worked as architect, contractor and developer on projects, attuning him to the nuances of each separate, but integral role. The firm is building several multi-housing projects in Palm Springs, Calif., including The Cameron, slated to be the area's first mixed-use development and home to the first live/work lofts in Palm Springs, and 2801 South Palm Canyon, which Reynolds is co-developing.
Oppenheim Architecture + Design
245 NE 37th St., Ste. 102, Miami, FL 33137
305-576-8404/305-576-8433 (fax)
www.oppenoffice.com
Key Contact: Chad Oppenheim, principal, 305-576-8404, chad@oppenoffice.com
Active Regions: Southeast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Oppenheim Architecture + Design specializes in mid-rise and high-rise multi-housing projects that exist with precise balance of functionality and fantastic. Redefining luxury condominium living in South Florida, this forward-thinking, energetic firm has designed structures that are dramatically altering the Miami skyline. Oppenheim, credited as the originator of the loft movement in Miami, has created unique projects with evocative and economic design solutions. The architecture is highly desirable and immediately recognizable—crisp, clean and contextual—minimalist with romantic flair. The work proves the effort paid to an enhanced design translates to heightened earnings on residential development deals of any type.
Page Southerland Page LLP
400 West Cesar Chavez, Ste. 500, Austin, TX 78701
512-472-6721/512-477-3211 (fax)
www.pspaec.com
Key Contact: Natalia Gonzalez, business development and marketing coordinator, 512-472-6721, ngonzalez@pspaec.com,
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Page Southerland Page specializes in medium- and high-density urban multifamily projects that contribute to making active, livable neighborhoods and cities. Our projects have been particularly successful in helping downtowns in Sunbelt cities transform themselves into vital mixed-use districts. We focus on lifestyle in our residential work—from meticulous concern for efficiency and amenity in individual units to how each building contributes to making a neighborly urban district. Our experience ranges from adaptive reuse to new high-rise construction and from tight infill sites to new Greenfield districts. We approach projects with great sensitivity to context and market realizing that we are designing very personal environments.
Pappageorge/Haymes Ltd.
814 N. Franklin St., Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60610
312-337-3344 Fax: 312-337-8009
www.pappageorgehaymes.com
Key Contact: George Pappageorge, FAIA, Principal, 312 337 3344 x111, email @pappageorgehaymes.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm’s Competitive Edge: Pappageorge/Haymes Ltd. has a 25-year history of designing urban solutions that address complex site requirements while effectively responding to market conditions. The firm’s completed works in new construction, adaptive re-use, highrise design, mixed-use and town centers reflect unique depth of understanding of the urban environment. The success of these achievements results from a design approach characterized by professionalism in both attention to detail and project management. The expert guidance provided by the senior partners together with senior level project architects fulfills expectations in even the most challenging of settings. The firm’s accomplishments have been widely published and featured in exhibitions around the world, winning many local and national awards.
Perkins Eastman
115 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10003
212-353-7200/212-353-7676 (fax)
www.perkinseastman.com
Key Contact: Bradford Perkins, FAIA, MRAIC, AICP, president, 212-353-7200, lb.perkins@perkinseastman.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Perkins Eastman is a 700-person architecture, interior design, and planning firm with nine North American offices and an office in Shanghai, China. The firm has specialized expertise in a variety of housing types ranging from single-family residences to large-scale high-rise, low-rise, and mixed-use developments; from low-income to middle-income and luxury apartment complexes; and housing for special populations. The firm has designed projects in more than 30 states and several Canadian provinces for leading developers, institutions and public clients.
Poole & Poole Architecture
East Main St., Ste. 1504, Richmond, VA 23219
804-225-0215/804-225-0216 (fax)
www.2pa.net
Key Contact: Michael R. Poole, AIA, principal, 804-225-0215, mpoole@2pa.net
Active Regions: Northeast, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Poole & Poole Architecture (2PA) LLC is a full-service architectural firm with a specialization in multifamily developments, hospitality, historic preservation and single-family homes. Our project types vary from high-density urban infill, to high-rise to tunnel form and wood frame construction; each is carefully planned per the location, market and developer's goals. At 2PA, we believe in a proactive and collaborative approach to architecture. We listen well to both the creative and financial goals of our clients and will work diligently to surpass these. We are responsive and quick thinking, capable of meeting all challenges, whether design, construction or regulatory, that arise during the course of a project. We are an award-winning design firm. We combine creative ideas with knowledgeable code analysis and practical construction detailing to achieve imaginative, beautiful and efficient designs, unique to each client. We also understand that the success of any building is measured by more than aesthetics. To us, a truly successful project achieves the difficult balance between all of an owner's expectations—program, budget, schedule, as well as efficiency of design and beauty. We are committed to quality architecture and superior client service. Our firm has one third of our staff professionally licensed. To that end, each project is headed by a licensed architect who, in addition to leading the project, remains as the client contact for the duration of the project. At 2PA, we believe that this continuity and focus is integral to the successful design process, which in turn, yields the desired architectural product. We know how important each project is to our clients so we commit the time, effort and attention needed to create a project that exceeds their expectations. Our personal approach to projects, coupled with our experience, dependability and integrity are the cornerstones of our practice.
Notable Projects: ICON Apartment Homes—The newest and brightest star on the Atlanta skyline is the ICON Apartment Homes, a 242-unit apartment community located at the heart of Midtown's Atlantic Station. Developed by The Lane Co., these incredible luxury apartments marry industrial chic with traditional space planning. The modern exterior facades echo Atlanta's long forgotten factory aesthetic. As a true live, work, play environment, ICON embodies world-class living within walking distance of major city employers, shopping, dining, as well as cultural and popular entertainment venues. Features for these distinctive one- and two-bedroom apartments include soaring two-story living room spaces with private terraces and verandas coupled with designer detailing such as sumptuous garden tubs, ceramic tiled entries, crown moldings and decorative lighting.
The Royale—Porter Development's most exciting project to-date, The Royale is a spectacular mix of 160 luxury residential condominiums, boutique office, upscale grocer, retail shopping as well as fine and casual dining for the city of St. Petersburg, Fla. Still in the schematic design phase, this major project is intended to revitalize the aging West St. Petersburg District located near the city's downtown. The numerous buildings that will make up the site will call on the rich architectural history of the region; Craftsman, Art Deco and Florida Cracker are skillfully blended to provide a uniquely Floridian Old World look. The six-story condominium building is richly detailed and interior residence finishes will feature top-of-the-line appliances and luxurious finishes.
Client Testimonial: "Our experience with Poole and Poole Architecture has been very positive. They are highly responsive and extremely flexible to my needs as a developer. 2PA recognizes that the developer sets the goals for the project; they are very good at achieving these through a rigorous design process and creative thinking. Their close collaboration between myself and other members of the development team is paying off in well-designed housing products for my condominium sales."
—Les Porter, president, Porter Development
Praxis3
1776 Peachtree St., NW, Ste. 520 South, Atlanta, GA 30309
404-875-8500/404-876-8884 (fax)
www.praxis3.com
Key Contact: David Hamilton, AIA, principal, 404-875-4500, ext. 7430, dhamilton@praxis3.com
Active Regions: Southeast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Praxis3 is an architecture and graphic design firm whose mission is to provide forward-looking solutions that tailor to the creative and financial goals of its clients. The firm has a proven track record of designing unique and innovative living spaces. Harnessing the talents of a multidisciplinary team, projects are realized from concept to market. Praxis3 specializes in master planning, mixed-use communities, urban infill, affordable housing, multifamily residential and adaptive reuse. The firm is experienced in the personal, practical and political dynamics that building complex, urban communities demand. Recently, Praxis3's mixed-use commissions—including clients like Camden Management and The Integral Group—are hailed as anchors leading Atlanta's inner city revival.
The Preston Partnership LLC
1000 Abernathy Rd., Ste. 600, Atlanta, GA 30328
770-396-7248/770-396-2945 (fax)
www.theprestonpartnership.com
Key Contact: Robert N. Preston, AIA, managing principal, 770-396-7248, rpreston@theprestonpartnership.com
Regions Served: Nationally
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Our growth and continued success are due to a number of factors, but the most obvious remains: servicing our clients. We really have a developer mindset when it comes to building design, which is a rare thing for an architect to have. This frequently allows us to save our clients substantial money, often millions of dollars, through design efficiency and construction cost savings. With extensive experience with both multifamily and retail, we are constantly looking at mixed-use applications for clients all over the country… particularly complex, high-rise projects, but also for smaller, mid-rise projects.
Quincy Johnson, Jones, Myott, Williams, Acevedo, Vaughn Architects Inc.
949 Clint Moore Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33487
561-997-9997/561-997-1610 (fax)
www.qjjmwav.com
Key Contact: Richard Jones, principal, AIA, NCARB, 561-997-9997, rjones @qjjmwav.com
Jim Williams, principal, AIA, 561-997-9997, jwilliams@quincyjohnson.com
Active Regions: Northeast, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Quincy Johnson, Jones, Myott, Williams, Acevedo, Vaughn Architects is a 30-year-old, full-service architectural firm headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. and is registered in multiple states nationwide. The firm maintains a staff of 50 professionals and support personnel to provide innovative exterior and interior design and three-dimensional visualization to the residential, commercial, retail and hospitality industries. Our multifamily division currently accounts for 42 percent of our annual revenue. Current projects include townhomes, mid-rise and hi-rise condo developments, lofts and condo/hotels developments.
Rios Clementi Hale Studios
6824 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038
323-634-9220/323-364-9221 (fax)
www.rchstudios.com
Key Contact: Elizabeth Benbrooks, director of marketing, 323-634-9220, ext. 116, liz@rchstudios.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Rios Clementi Hale Studios, established in 1985, encompasses myriad talents in one firm. This extraordinary practice has developed an international reputation for its collaborative approach across an unprecedented range of design disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, planning, urban, interior, exhibit, graphic and product design. The firm is currently designing the Wilshire Coronado project, which brings the Los Angeles indoor/outdoor lifestyle to the high-rise structure. Rios Clementi Hale Studios creates buildings, places and products that are thoughtful, effective and beautiful.
RKT&B (Rothzeid Kaiserman Thomson & Bee PC)
150 West 22nd St., New York, NY 10011
212-807-9500/212-627-2409 (fax)
www.rktb.com
Key Contact: Carmi Bee, FAIA, principal, 212-807-9500, ext. 137, cbee@rktb.com
Active Regions: Northeast
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: RKT&B has been involved in the design of every form of multi-housing in the New York metropolitan area since 1963, including affordable, subsidized and market rate, new construction and rehabilitation, residential and mixed use. A key aspect of the firm's design philosophy is the belief that housing forms a vital component in bringing about the renewal of neighborhoods and that successful housing is contingent upon recognizing the needs and aspirations of its residents. Highly acclaimed for its pioneering efforts in adaptive reuse, RKT&B has also recently developed affordable housing prototypes for infill sites throughout New York.
R. L. Davidson Inc.
2416 West Shaw Ave., Ste. 114, Fresno, CA 93711
559-435-3303/559-435-4310 (fax)
www.rldavidson.com
Key Contact: Robert Davidson
Active Regions: West Coast, Southwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: R.L. Davidson Inc. is an award-winning architectural firm specializing in multifamily residential communities and mixed-use design. With over 25 years of experience and under the direction of Robert Davidson, NCARB, the firm is widely known and recognized for its expertise in affordable and market-rate housing, seniors communities, podium design and mixed-use developments using Type I and II construction. The firm's success has been the result of blending the three key elements of design and development essential for any project, aesthetics, space and site planning and client/architect cooperation, into well designed, functional and profitable projects. At this mid-sized firm, Davidson involves himself personally in every project.
RNM Design
4611 Teller Ave., Newport Beach, CA 92660
949-752-1800/949-833-9603 (fax)
www.rnmdesign.com
Key Contact: Robert Tyler, AIA, president/CEO, 949-752-1800, rtyler@rnmdesign.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: RNM Design has been a leader in the field of planning and design for multifamily communities, specializing in mixed-use developments, mid-rise and high-rise housing, and urban infill projects. These plans result in built environments where design and architectural innovations have earned the firm its international reputation. RNM Design has received over 200 planning and design awards, excelling in an area of practice dominated by consumer compromises and marketplace realities. With over 40 professionals on staff, and services that include: architecture, planning, landscape design and graphics, RNM Design has both the experience and the resources necessary to program and produce successful projects of the highest quality with leading edge design. From our office in Newport Beach, Calif., our design capabilities reach worldwide including recent projects in Asia, Europe, Central America and throughout the United States. RNM Design's primary commitment is to create successful projects that sell and produce profits, while exhibiting innovative design solutions.
Notable Projects: M solé/Mixed-Use, Riverside, Calif.—This urban infill, mixed-use development in downtown Riverside, this property consists of retail, residential and recreation uses in a full-block "wrap" concept. There are 108 units including live/work units, one- and two-bedroom flats, townhomes and lofts, along with a recreation center and a four-level parking garage. The architecture reflects a contemporary urban approach, while aesthetically tying to the historic district of this area of Riverside. Construction is scheduled for the first quarter of 2007.
M solé/Tri-Level Live/Work—Riverside, Calif. Located in the city of Riverside's Downtown Redevelopment District, this 10-unit infill project is one of the first live/work projects within the city. The 1,800 -sq.-ft. units offer a street-level opportunity for home/professional office workspace. Designed to reflect the fabric of Market Street, strong colors and massing articulate the facade and create an urban scale. Retractable glass window walls for the ground floor offices add to workspace flexibility and the project's uniqueness. The two-bedroom units offer private outdoor spaces and direct-access garages.
Client Testimonial: "Their market awareness and ability to listen to the client has always impressed us."
—Brian P. Ahearn of Toll Brothers
Robert A.M. Stern Architects
460 West 34th St., New York, New York 10001
212-967-5100/212-967-5588 (fax)
www.ramsa.com
Key Contact: Peter Dixon, director of external communications, 212-967-5100, p.dixon@ramsa.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Robert A.M. Stern Architects has experience with residential apartment and condominium buildings at all scales, some with hospitality components, some with retail and office components. In all our residential work, we apply lessons we've learned about how people want to live that gained over 30 years of designing custom houses. We currently have multifamily residential projects under way in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Arlington, Reston, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Toronto.
Robert M. Swedroe Architects & Planners
1111 Lincoln Road, Ste. 300, Miami Beach, FL 33139
305-673-6002/305-674-9126 (fax)
www.swedroe.com
Key Contact: Roberta Klein, director of business development; 305-868-5757, 305-674-7112; bkscribe@msn.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: For 31 years, Robert M. Swedroe Architects has been recognized for timeless, innovative buildings that are highly efficient and cost effective. The firm, specializing in all types of multi-residential architecture, designs its buildings from the inside out, engendering exceptionally balanced layouts that maximize views from all major living spaces. In 1990, the firm introduced the first direct-entry elevator concept to a major South Florida condominium. It set the gold standard. Without corridors, the building offered excellent security, privacy commensurate with custom homes and unprecedented profitability. This convinced most clients to utilize the concept.
Rosemann & Associates PC
1221 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO 63129
314-298-1448/314-621-1211 (fax)
www.rosemann.com
Key Contact: Pam Borusiewich, public relations coordinator, 314-298-1448, pborusiewich@rosemann.com
Active Regions: Midwest
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Rosemann & Associates PC is a multi-disciplinary architectural, interior design and planning consulting firm recognized for its approach to developing solutions for investment properties including historic, multifamily, student housing, senior living, skilled nursing, infill housing and mixed-use developments both renovation and new construction. Noted across the Midwest as a leader and innovator in architectural design, Rosemann's unique expertise on the financial structure of state and federal tax credit developments separates the firm from the competition. Rosemann is an active member working with owners and contractors in establishing development budgets, timelines and financing. The complexities of today's design require that the architect be a member of a larger team working together toward a successful and profitable project. Rosemann's established history of building strong relationships with our clients, engineers, contractors and owner's consultant, all working as partners, contribute toward successful projects.
Dedicated to exceeding client expectations, Rosemann partners and staff collaborate within an environment that fosters creativity and freedom while promoting individual expression, personal growth and firm growth. Established in 1987, Rosemann is an organized professional corporation in Missouri. Rosemann is licensed to practice architecture in 13 states, with offices in St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. and Overland Park, Kan. The firm's strength lies in its ability to integrate exceptional design with the demands of real life. Rosemann combines materials and design to creatively develop well-conceived projects that often break the mold of design conventions. "We know how people live… yesterday, today and tomorrow."
Notable Projects: East Armour Apartments—Bainbridge Apartments, Georgian Court Apartments, and Linda Vista Apartments; Location: Kansas City, Mo.; Units: 303; Cost: $57 million; Anticipated completion: Fall 2008—for total construction of all buildings; Developer: Eagle Pointe Enterprises; Architect: Rosemann & Associates PC; Contractor: Straub Construction Co.; Project Type: Historic Renovation. Eagle Pointe Enterprises along with investor CharterMac chose Rosemann & Associates to redesign three historic buildings located on East Armour Boulevard in Kansas City, Mo. The Bainbridge Apartments, Georgian Court Apartments, and Linda Vista Apartments historic renovation project will total 303 multifamily housing units. Rosemann's design converts tight studio apartments into larger one- and two-bedroom units providing usable living space for residents. The schematic design was formatted to satisfy Missouri Housing Development Commission requirements. The complete redesign of the interiors will compliment the original facades' organic red brick with white detailing transforming the once-depressing complex into a vibrant, lively community.
The Foipointe, A Senior Living Community—Location: Maryland Heights, Mo.; Units: 114; Cost: $14 Million; Anticipated Completion: Fall 2007; Developer: Busara Living Inc.; Architect: Rosemann & Associates PC; Contractor: TBD; Project Type: Senior Living
Busara Living, Inc. selected Rosemann & Associates to design a new senior living development in Maryland Heights, Mo. The Foipointe–a senior living community will provide residential solutions to seniors, and it will allow them to feel connected within the neighborhood. The neighborly feeling of adjacent homes assists a concept of warmth and by creating a garden level with an extraordinary amount of green space; Rosemann's plan softens and enhances the four-story building which will consist of 114 one- and two-bedroom units of new construction. The landscape design blends existing forestry with new foliage, patios, and recreational spaces.
Rothenberg Sawasy Architects Inc.
953 East 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90013-1821
213-225-7200/213-617-7614 (fax)
www.resla.com
Key Contact: Jeffrey Richards, director of business development, 213-225-7205, jrichards@rsala.com
Active Regions: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: Now in our 27th year, Rothenberg Sawasy Architects (RSA), which has offices in Los Angeles, San Diego and Beijing, is known for our expertise in mixed-use development, multifamily housing and retail. RSA's range of work includes award-winning small urban-infill projects to mega-mixed-use projects, such as Venice Water City, a 1.8-million-sq.-ft., mixed-use development in Nanjing, China. Philosophically, the firm perceives each commission, whether large or small, as a challenge to our creativity, coupled with a concern for context and community commitment as well as a responsibility to attain or surpass client goals.
RPGA Design Group, Inc.
101 South Jennings Ave., Ste. 100, Fort Worth, TX 76104
817-332-9477/817-332-9487
www.rpgaarchitects.com
Key Contact: Rick Garza, rickgarza@rpgaarchitects.com
Regions Served: National
Our Firm's Competitive Edge: RPGA Design Group has an unparalleled ability to design projects that possess tremendous character and warmth and maintain architectural integrity. Principals Rick Garza, Robert Garza and Javier Lucio often say their most successful projects reflect and embody the spirit of their clients, who are an integral part of the design process. RPGA then draws upon its six decades of experience and talent to create hierarchy, evoke moods, capture and control light. Its architecture articulates uniquely tailored spaces and structures that reflect the client's distinctive wants, needs, likes and dislikes. "Our most successful projects are those which reflect and embody the spirit of our clients," says Rick Garza. In today's residential market, multifamily projects take on many forms.RPGA's experience enables it to work with developers to create projects that are specific to their needs.From redeveloping loft space in an urban center to the creation of a new multi-family community in the suburbs, RPGA has the ability to accommodate the endless range of programs necessary to create a vibrant community.RPGA utilizes pedestrian-oriented, traditional-neighborhood planning philosophies to effectively and creatively define the physical character of the space in its multifamily communities. Projects have included award-winning multifamily projects such as low-rise suburban condominiums, historical adaptive reuse, multifamily; and high-end niche multifamily.
The Fort Worth/Dallas, Texas architectural and design firm of 18 employees is known throughout the United States for creating residences that are unique, and enabling the development of exclusive projects that realize substantial profits for its clients. RPGA takes pride in designing residences that evoke a true sense of place and home.
Notable Projects: L.L. Sam's Historic Lofts, Waco, Texas—L.L. Sam's Historic Lofts are located in the historic L.L. Sam's Church Furniture complex near Baylor University in Waco. The complex encompasses seven unique buildings varying in size and architectural style that have been adaptively redesigned as a loft/apartment complex for university students. Features include unique loft apartments with heavy timber columns and beams, restored expansive steel windows and the utilization of mezzanines to maximize the use of high ceilings. The lofts are an example of a creatively renovated and re-adapted project that meets the needs of today's students while preserving the history of Waco.
Preakness Ranch, Dallas—Surrounded by a rural environment, this development is located in a peaceful sector of Dallas. Preakness Ranch is situated on a 10.7-acre site with 144 units. This development employs the use of stucco and stone masonry to create a visual rustication that is native to Texas. The clubhouse is the community's focal point, where residents are encouraged to gather and interact through various activities. The buildings are arranged on the site to maximize its use, but without creating a sense of repetition. By using regional materials and building customs, Preakness Ranch provides a unique living experience under the big Texas sky.
Client Testimonial: "Careful programming … a unique design flare… thorough detailing in the drawings … an active role &h