What we do.
Jamestown, New York·Licensed in New York and Pennsylvania·LEED accredited
Homes and lake houses
Additions, renovations, and new homes on Chautauqua Lake and across the county, including turning seasonal cottages into year-round houses. Most of the lake work now includes better insulation and lower heating bills, planned in from the start.
- Additions and seasonal to year-round conversions
- New houses on the lake and in the villages
- Renovations of village and country homes
Homes at Chautauqua Institution
Renovations, additions, and new houses inside the grounds, designed with the Architectural Review Board’s standards in mind from the first sketch. Decades of projects there.
- New houses on narrow Institution lots
- Second floors, porches, and additions
- Renovations that go through Architectural Review Board review
Energy efficient design
LEED accredited practice. Well insulated walls, roofs, and windows, rooms placed to catch the sun, and clean energy for heat and power, in new buildings and in ones from the 1800s. The firm also finds the grants and credits that help pay for it.
- Well insulated walls, roofs, and windows
- Rooms placed to catch the sun, and clean energy for heat and power
- Grants, credits, and incentives that offset the cost
Historic buildings and tax credits
Restoration, giving old buildings new uses, and the federal and state tax credit applications that go with them, from downtown storefronts to landmark houses.
- Restoration and giving old buildings new uses
- Federal and New York State historic tax credit applications
- State Historic Preservation Office (the state office that reviews work on historic buildings) and district review
Businesses, churches, and public buildings
Offices, retail, churches, nonprofits, and public buildings designed to be built on real budgets and reviewed by real boards.
- Offices, retail, churches, and nonprofits
- Courts, town halls, theaters, and campus buildings
- A first look at cost and whether the project makes sense, before a board commits
How historic tax credits work
The federal credit, the New York State credit, and the homeowner credit, in plain language, with the three-part application in order. Read it before you decide whether an old building is worth taking on.
Read the guidePermit drawings and feasibility studies are normal jobs too.
If all you need is architect stamped drawings for a town or village permit, that is a normal job for the firm. So is a feasibility study on its own: what a building needs, roughly what it would cost, and what credits or grants might cover part of it, before anyone commits to a full project.
Choose “Permit drawings only” or “Not sure yet” on the inquiry form and say what you have. A few lines is enough to start.
Tell us about the building.
Where it is, what you have in mind, and roughly when you hope to start. You will hear back within two business days.