Architect for New Construction
I’m looking for a talented/cool/young architect for a one family residential house new construction. The person/firm should be experienced and motivated by “green” building. The lot has a very unique location overlooking the beach and Atlantic ocean. Does anyone have any good recommendations? Also, what is a rough cost estimate for complete architectural plans and…
I’m looking for a talented/cool/young architect for a one family residential house new construction. The person/firm should be experienced and motivated by “green” building. The lot has a very unique location overlooking the beach and Atlantic ocean.
Does anyone have any good recommendations? Also, what is a rough cost estimate for complete architectural plans and filings for a project of this nature?
Thanks!
Hey, sign us up. Sure sounds promising so far (that’s more typical at the front end of a project than the back). Seriously, check us out at www (dot) abelowsherman (dot) com. We advertise in the directory, we are the architects of the first LEED for Homes project in Manhattan, and what you describe is our stock-in-trade.
Mopar – I hope you don’t feel insulted or anything. I’m sure that nobody believe that fedders infill is quality housing (except the Department of Buildings -zoning joke-). I’m also sure that wanting to guard the interior qualities of brownstones against loft-like incursions is a rather conservative position. Brownstones are just fine as places to live – I live in one myself. But calling a modern renovation vandalism – well that’s just cranky. – keeping it on the light side – “66”
dung huts are the greenest
http://www.gregurra.com/Kenya/kpics/dung%20hut.jpg
and the brownest
LOL, Eman.
Architect66, I can’t speak for everyone on Brownstoner, but I love both old buildings and high-quality modern architecture. I don’t see innovation or quality in Fedders infill. Nor do I see anything original or laudable about turning an old brownstone interior into a fake loft clone. I call it vandalism.
The Landaus’ passive house profiled in the NYT a few weeks ago sounds innovative.
I read a book called Dreaming Green by Lisa Sharkey and her husband, whose name I can’t remember, but he was the co-author of the book, and he is a totally green architect who lives in a totally green townhouse on the UWS. Google Dreaming Green.
remember michael reynolds, the disbarred architect from arizona? http://earthship.com/
i have the feeling that this an attempt to find a local architect to cover the nutjob that wanted to build a tire house
I can second Jock. Great guy to deal with and really knows his stuff. We have a few projects going on together right now and it’s a pleasure dealing with a knowledgable architect.
Regarding the building costs they start at $250 a square foot and quickly go up from there. I’ve built on the beach before and there are many factors that come into play with a waterside location that can quickly bump up your per square foot price. Good luck.
Well Jim, that’s what some people spend for architecture. Certainly you’d pay at least that for a Deborah Berke, or Bob Siegel.