Services
Studios
Master Planning
Design Services
Project Management & Owner's Representation
Governmental Agency Consultation
Our Services
- Residential
- Commercial
We offer various services including residential renovations, commercial renovations, residential home design, special needs house design, church renovations, school renovations, government approvals and many more! We can handle any project big or small.
01 | MASTER PLANNING
- site planning parameters & limitations
- programmatic requirements
- results of feasibility analyses
- sustainability objectives
02 | DESIGN
- RESIDENTIAL
– Live-work Spaces
– Special needs housing
– Independent & Assisted Living Senior housing
– Low & Moderate-Income Multi-family Housing
– High-End Single-Family Luxury Residential
– Condominium Plans - COMMERCIAL
- CULTURAL
- MEDICAL
- CIVIC
- UNIFIED COMMUNITIES
- RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
- EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
03 | HISTORIC PRESERVATION
We provide extensive architectural surveying, research, analysis, inventorying and documentation, and deterioration mitigation planning and detailing for every aspect of existing structures for a variety of historical property types. The historic preservation studio has extensive experience engaging with the Landmarks Preservation Commission on historically landmarked properties as varied as:
- religious institution stained-glass window restoration
- residential stone and masonry Dutch repairs, replacement & cleaning
- brownstone restoration
- planned community historical slate roof repair
04 | ADAPTIVE ADA
Established processes that facilitate the ADA adaptation of building entrances with innovative approaches such as custom disappearing stairs that convert to wheelchair lifts to intricate spatial planning to accommodate ADA compliant toileting facilities and elevators, our adaptive ADA studio is adept at finding creative solutions to constantly evolving regulatory requirements.
05 | OWNER'S REPRESENTATION & PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Our owner’s representation and project management studio are geared towards providing users with experienced professional guidance to develop project parameters that will ultimately control the development of a project, including:
- identifying end user priorities and budgetary sensitivities
- consultant selection and coordination
- quality assurance
- project scheduling
- guiding projects through the multitude of regulatory approvals often required from various federal, state and local authorities by understanding the nuances of governmental authority oversight and the ability to navigate the labyrinth that is the filing, review and approval process:
– Department of Buildings
– Fire Department
– Department of Housing Preservation & Development
– Landmarks Preservation Commission - developing criteria and considerations required to obtain maximum investment value
- contract development
- construction administration management
- assessment and control of furnishings and fixtures procurement
- project close-out
06 | FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE
Despite thorough quality assurance protocols, intermittently issues and disagreements between project parties do occur, and when such issues arise, we advise the end users through our forensic architectural studio. A litigious society dictates the creation of mechanisms to address perceived wrongs. Our forensic architecture studio is a leader in the field of applying architectural disciplines to questions of civil and criminal law, particularly in civil court proceedings as they relate to the architectonic process. We are engaged by attorneys, end-users, architects and contractors to ascertain the foundations of conflict during the design-build process and assist in determining whether those issues rise to the level of litigation, whether the issues arise because of contractual breaches or building system failures. A fact-finding discipline, we examine the development of a project from conception to the point of contention including:
- extensive review of project documentation
- preparation of exhibit documentation
- videography
- 3D renderings and digital photography
- assisting attorneys in developing causes of action or responses to causes of action
- assisting in the preparation of and response to interrogatories and depositions
- assisting forensic accountants in recreating the expenditures related to project funding.
Cases that proceed to arbitration or litigation extend the studio’s services to provide expert witness testimony relative to the causes of action identified.
