Alisberg Parker Architects specializes in residential architecture
and interior design. The firm designs to suit a client’s taste, budget and schedule. Serving the client is the top priority and every project is directed by the principals. The firm’s recognized architectural design combines elements of historical precedent with a modern look and feel consistent with today’s lifestyles. The award-winning team works closely with clients, builders and suppliers making the building process easy and enjoyable.
Alisberg Parker Architects | 222 Sound Beach Avenue,
Old Greenwich | 203.637.8730 | alisbergparker.com
For Arbonies King Vlock, collaboration is an essential part of the design process—drawing inspiration from the rich experience of the entire project team—clients, builders, consultants and craftsmen. AKV’s design palette embraces varying architectural styles with an expertise in the design, planning and construction for Connecticut’s unique coastal environments. “Our youngest just left for college. The house Sandra and Glenn designed fulfills our hope that our children will always come home again and again.” Client, Sun Valley, Idaho.
Arbonies King Vlock | 199 South Montowese Street, Branford | 203.483.9900 | akvpc.com
The firm has no “cookie cutter” style, notes partner Stuart Disston, AIA, LEED GA. “In conjunction with site planning, we design a broad spectrum of styles and types: renovations, restorations, additions and new residences with a focus on design and our client’s aspirations that make the house and property truly theirs,” explains partner McKee Patterson, AIA, NCARB. Multiple AIA Awards, AIA/CT Alice Washburn Awards, CTC&G Innovation in Design Awards, HC&G Innovation in Design Awards, New Canaan Preservation Award, A-List AtHome Awards and Custom Home Awards. This year, the firm celebrates 30 years of business with offices in Southport, CT and Quogue, NY.
Austin Patterson Disston Architects | Southport, CT 203.255.4031 | Quogue, NY 631.653.1481 | apdarchitects.com
Bartels-Pagliaro Architects believes that practicing architecture as
a performing art leads to success and satisfaction. The firm has developed a premier reputation as the creator of exceptional architecture. The guiding principle is that a home should enhance and reflect the complete context within the environment. The firm’s hallmark is marriage of the home and site to create a sense of place: a well-organized flow, maintaining sensibility with which one space relates to the next. A Bartels-Pagliaro home deliberately takes advantage of natural
light’s opportunities to maximize its effect, enticing you into the
space, conveying grandness, confidence and optimism—a sense
of life’s possibilities!
Bartels-Pagliaro Architects, LLC | 3 Pine St, South Norwalk, CT 06854 |
203.838.5517 | bartels-pagliaro.com
Brooks and Falotico Associates, Inc. was founded in 1989 by Louise Brooks. Vincent Falotico joined the firm in 1993 and became a partner in 1999. The firm specializes in custom residential design, and has completed hundreds of projects in Connecticut, Westchester, Long Island, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Florida, South Carolina, Colorado and Montana. Their work ranges in size, from 500 to 25,000 square feet and in complexity, from kitchen renovations to estate compounds. Their services include programming, design, contract documents, local regulatory review and construction review. Its award-winning work has been featured in many books, blogs and periodicals including CTC&G, Traditional Home, Renovation Style, House and Garden and House Beautiful.
Brooks & Falotico | 203.966.8440 |
info@brooksandfalotico.com | brooksandfalotico.com
CK Architects specializes in well-crafted residential, commercial and small institutional projects. Their aim is to improve their client’s quality of life by guiding them through the process of creating a home which is a natural extension of themselves. Their designs have a timeless style combined with high performing materials and systems. Honors include the first USGBC Gold Certified home in CT, AIA CT Emerging Architectural Firm Award, CT Net Zero Energy Challenge.
Russell Campaigne AIA, LEED AP Homes, Partner, Mary Jo Kestner AIA, Partner | Campaigne Kestner Architects | 131 Boston Street, Guilford | 203.453.1224 | ck-architects.com
For more than 25 years, Daniel Conlon AIA has specialized in fine residential architecture. His work is noted for careful consideration of the client’s wishes, a devotion to functional space planning, sensitivity to the site and thoughtful detailing. Combined with this commitment to design excellence, Dan’s experience in navigating today’s complex regulatory climate, and in managing the construction process, make him uniquely qualified to guide your project from concept to completion.
Daniel Conlon AIA LEED AP | Daniel Conlon Architects | P.O. Box 418 Georgetown, CT 06829 | 203.544.7988 | dconlonarchitects.com
Hilton-VanderHorn Architects, an award-winning firm founded in 1991, has earned a reputation for creating traditionally inspired residences and architectural interiors that are beautiful, practical and fit harmoniously in their settings. HVA appreciates subtle regional influences and understands the opportunities and limitations inherent in each site, seeking to maximize views, daylight and surroundings. Although, the firm has more than 250 successfully completed projects that stretch across the country, its focus continues to be beautifully crafted traditional residences in Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York.
Hilton-VanderHorn Architects | 31 East Elm Street, Greenwich | 203.862.9011 | Hilton-VanderHorn.com
Residential specialists, committed to enhancing the homes and lives of their clients; adding tangible value by incorporating thoughtful design, attention to detail and state-of–the-art technology. Founded in 1998, with more than 50 years of combined experience, they have completed over 100 projects in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Utah. Experts at creating timeless style, they work closely with each client throughout the process to create homes of classic beauty and contemporary functionality.
Huestis Tucker Architects, LLC | 203.248.1007 | huestistucker.com
A style of timeless discernment is integrated with state-of-the-art
systems to create elegant, livable, functional spaces with environmental sensitivity. Experts in site selection, land use analysis and preservation. With a staff of ten, J.P. Franzen Associates Architects, P.C. has designed noteworthy architectural projects for distinguished clients from Florida to Rhode Island since 1985. Principal John P. Franzen, FAIA, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, has received numerous awards and has been widely published for commercial, institutional and residential projects.
J.P. Franzen Associates | Tide Mill Building, 95 Harbor Road,
Southport | 1241 Post Road, Fairfield | 203.259.0529 | franzenarchitects.com
Laura Kaehler Architects is an award-winning full-service architectural and interior design firm, specializing in well-crafted custom homes, corporate interiors and art galleries. LKA’s custom designs reflect the unique style of their clients. LKA’s designs often fuse more traditional exteriors with interiors that
feature a modern aesthetic sensibility characterized by crisp and exacting details. Their innovative design approach, “Responsible Luxury®”, emphasizes quality over quantity, utilizing “green” technologies, renewable materials, and eco-savvy finishes in creative, comfortable and luxuriously appointed spaces of lived art.
Laura Kaehler Architects, LLC Architecture & Interiors | 80 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich | 203.629.4646 | info@kaehlerarchitects.com | kaehlerarchitects.com
Michael Smith Architects is an award-winning full-service architectural firm that takes a holistic design approach considering not just the exterior architecture but all of the interior details as well. MSA helps its clients visualize their project’s design through photo-realistic modeling and rendering techniques which give the client the confidence they need to proceed into construction and understand exactly what they are getting. LEED Certification and USGBC membership provide clients access to a wide range of green information and technology.
Michael Smith Architects | 203.563.0553 | michaelsmitharchitects.com
Mitchell Studio is an architecture firm recognized for the design of elegant and comfortable homes expressed in traditional styles.Responsive to location and shaped by personal patterns of living, each project produces a unique response that is both familiar and original. A Mitchell Studio project is not identified by a signature style, but by a consistent focus on proportion and craftsmanship. Over the past 15 years, the firm has completed renovations and custom homes from New England to Florida, and has established a design approach characterized by a meticulous attention to detail, an enthusiasm for the design process and a commitment to superior service.
Mitchell Studio | 125 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich | 203.624.7440 | contact@mitchellstudio.net | mitchellstudio.net
RESPONSIVE to the goals and concerns of their clients. CREATIVE in their approach to design and project fulfillment. PASSIONATE about the community and environment. HOBI Custom Home Award Winner, Greenwich Arts Council
Architecture Medalist, cover feature in Adding On, a book by
Rodale Press. Established Connecticut’s first non-toxic finishes showroom,
served as Vice Chair of Greenwich Historic District Commission,
original corporate sponsor of the Greenwich Sand Castle Contest.
Paul F. Hopper Associates | Architects | Greenwich, CT | Danby, VT | 203.532.0022 | paulhopperassociates.com
Sophisticated architectural design teamed with extensive construction expertise makes Riverside Design and Build unique. Their unparalleled comprehensive architecture and construction package creates elegant custom residences and saves their clients time, energy, and money. Over twenty years of award winning projects in Fairfield
and Westchester. Leaders in sustainable design, Riverside Design and Build constructed Pound Ridge’s first residence with geothermal heating and cooling in 1998. Their versatile style begins with their client’s dreams, collaborating on classic to modern.
Riverside Design and Build | Michele Rudolph, AIA, LEED AP | 914.764.1096 | 212.663.5192 | info@riversidedesignandbuild.com | riversidedesignandbuild.com
Robert A. Cardello Architects is an award winning high-end residential firm serving Fairfield and Westchester counties and beyond—creating that place of comfort, unique to the individual, is what they do best. Every client is inimitable, every home, a cultivation of their individual style. Outstanding attention to detail and client care sets them apart. Honors include CTC&G Innovation Design Awards 2012, At Home A-List 2010 & 2011, HOBI Custom Home of the Year 2009.
Robert A. Cardello Architects | 203.853.2524 | cardelloarchitects.com
A traditional full-service architecture practice of experienced professionals, collaborating with our clients to produce elegant results. Designing custom homes and remodeling projects throughout Fairfield County, Westchester County, and the east end of Long Island. Influenced by American Shingle style, published in national magazines, and most recently featured in the book, Shingle Style Architecture for the 21st Century.
Robert Storm Architects | 315 Main Street, Westport | architectstorm.com | 203.222.9055
Sellars Lathrop Architects delivers energy-smart renovation, adaptive re-use and new construction projects that are executed with creativity and unique style. Founded in 1999 and located in Westport, CT. The firm is known for creating sustainable design solutions that work for a client’s wants and needs, the contextual setting and all budget levels. Recent awards include: 2012, AIA Ct, Alice Washburn Award; 2012, Marvin Window and Door, Integrity Red Diamond Achiever Award; 2012, Finalist for the athome, A-List Awards.
Ann Sellars Lathrop | Sellars Lathrop Architects, llc | 203.222.0229 | info@sellarslathrop.com | sellarslathrop.com
Established in 1999, Studio Dumitru Architects is driven by a desire to create homes of an exquisite quality. The search for the “soul of the house” is the focus on each and every home they design. Much of it comes from the clients themselves. Ultimately, the final scope is to give each client their own unique nest. The essence of their work is a focus on quality, character and details. With no preference for traditional or modern design, the emphasis is on the purity of style. Born and raised in Europe, the principal of the firm credits his childhood surroundings for influencing him.
Studio Dumitru Architects | 49 Richmondville Ave. – Ste. 106, Westport | 203.226.5156 | studiodumitru.com
Tomasetti Architects is a design-oriented firm specializing in quality architecture and interior design. Located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, the firm’s focus is private luxury residential commissions. Their clients rely on their experience and talent to create a unique solution for their project. Tomasetti Architects do not rely on a single architectural precedent or style, preferring to create an architecture that is harmonious with the surrounding context, be it traditional or modern.
Tomasetti Architects
| 27 Cricket Lane,
Wilton | 203.762.8800 | www.rtarchitect.com
This article appears in the October 2012 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).