2009 Albany Architect Book by Tavistock Group

ARCHITECTS

November 2009

Albany Marina design and review session at Robert A.M. Sternâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices in New York City.

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ARCHITECTS Exceptional architecture will be a defining hallmark of Albany, and a renowned architectural team is bringing its formidable experience. An unprecedented collaboration between these leading architects are already building custom homes for dozens of members at Albany today. Geoffrey Mouen Architects, a town planning expert with more than 15 years of experience, will serve as the community’s full-time town architect to ensure Albany’s architectural vision becomes an enduring reality.

CHANCEY DESIGN PARTNERSHIP

ARCOP ARCHITECTS

MORRIS ADJMI ARCHITECTS

LOONEY RICKS KISS

JULIA STARR SANFORD DESIGN

GUY PETERSON - OFFICE FOR ARCHITECTURE

ROBERT A.M. STERN ARCHITECTS

BRUCE LAFLEUR ARCHITECTS

GWATHMEY SIEGEL & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS

CARL ABBOTT FAIA + ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT

RICHARD MEIER & PARTNERS ARCHITECTS

ERIC WATSON ARCHITECTS

MERRILL, PASTOR & COLGAN ARCHITECTS

GARY WILLIAM JUSTISS DESIGNER

GEOFFREY MOUEN ARCHTECTS

GILLESPIE & STEEL ARCHITECTURE, LTD.

MATEU ARCHITECTURE

PLAN IT BAHAMAS

ALEXIOU & ASSOCIATES, LTD.

chancey design partnership Chancey Design Partnership is an award-winning architecture, land planning, and interior design firm specializing in residential architecture from custom single-family homes to multi-story condominiums. Established in 1989, Chancey Design Partnership has become one of the most respected firms in the U.S. with projects in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, Washington DC, Ohio, New York, Hawaii, Colorado, Idaho, The Bahamas and Grand Cayman. Based in Tampa, Florida, the firm is led by founders Sandra and Walton Chancey. Both Auburn University graduates, Sandra and Walton Chancey each have more than 25 years of industry experience. A Florida registered interior designer and a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, Sandra Chanceyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works have been featured in various national architecture and interior design publications, including Florida Architecture, Veranda and Florida Design. Walton Chancey is a registered architect in 10 states. He is also a member of the American Institute of Architects, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and the Urban Land Institute.

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M orris A djmi architects Morris Adjmi, founder and principal of Morris Adjmi Architects, began his career working with renowned Italian architect Aldo Rossi in 1981 after obtaining his masters of architecture degree from Tulane University. In 1986, Adjmi partnered with Rossi and opened Studio di Architettura in New York City. They collaborated on numerous international projects including the Hotel Il Palazzo in Fukuoka, Japan, which won an AIA Honor Award. Other notable projects include Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Celebration Office Complex in Orlando, Florida, the ABC Headquarters in Burbank, California and the Scholastic Headquarters in New York City. Adjmi established his own design firm in 1993 and is designing five new buildings in New York City, including a mixed-use building in TriBeCa, a commercial building in the Gansevoort Historic Market District and a residential building in the Ladies Mile Historic District. His office is also working on a number of commercial buildings and hotels in Florida. A member of the American Institute of Architects, Adjmi has edited two books on Aldo Rossi, and his work has been covered in numerous publications.

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Julia Sanford has a master of architecture degree from Georgia Institute of Technology where she was the recipient of Georgia Techâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SGF award, the Skidmore Owings and Merrill Portfolio Fellowship and the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Honor for the state of Georgia. She received a bachelor of art in art history from the University of North Carolina and a continuing education grant from Harvard University. Sanford is the founding principal of Starr Sanford Design Associates, a custom residential design firm based in Amelia Island, Florida. Sanford previously worked with Skidmore Owings and Merrill in San Francisco, Scogin Elam and Bray, John Portman Associates, Nix Mann /Perkins and Will, The Brookwood Group and Thompson Ventulett Stainback in Atlanta, Georgia. She has designed feature film sets for Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Studios, MGM Studios and Walt Disney Pictures.

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R obert A . M . S tern architects Robert A.M. Stern is a practicing architect, teacher and writer. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and received the AIA New York Chapter’s Medal of Honor in 1984 and the chapter’s President’s Award in 2001. As founder and senior partner of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Stern personally directs the design of each of the firm’s projects. Stern is dean of the Yale School of Architecture. He was previously professor of Architecture and Director of the Historic Preservation Program at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. Stern served from 1984 to 1988 as the first director of Columbia’s Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture. He has lectured extensively in the United States and abroad on both historical and contemporary topics in architecture. He is the author of several books, including New Directions in American Architecture; George Howe: Toward a Modern American Architecture; and Modern Classicism. Stern’s particular interest in the development of New York City’s architecture and urbanism can be seen in his books, New York 1900, coauthored with John Massengale and Gregory Gilmartin; and New York 1930, coauthored with Thomas Mellins and Gregory Gilmartin, which was nominated for a National Book Award, an unusual distinction for a book about architecture. In addition, he wrote and co-authored New York 1960 and New York 1880 with Thomas Mellins and David Fishman.

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The late Charles Gwathmey received his master of architecture degree

Robert Siegel graduated from Pratt Institute with a bachelor of

in 1962 from Yale University, where he won both the William Wirt

architecture degree in 1962 and received his master of architecture degree

Winchester Fellowship as the outstanding graduate and a Fulbright

from Harvard University in 1963.

Grant.

In 1983, the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects

In the decades since, Gwathmey was honored with the Brunner Prize

recognized Siegelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skill and leadership as an architect with its Medal

from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1970 and elected

of Honor. He received the Pratt Institute Centennial Alumni Award in

to the Academy in 1976. In 1983, he won the Medal of Honor from the

Architecture in 1988, and in 1990 he accepted a Lifetime Achievement

New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and in 1985,

Award from the New York State Society of Architects. He was elected a

he received the first Yale Alumni Arts Award from the Yale School of

fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1991.

Architecture. Three years later, the Guild Hall Academy of Arts awarded Gwathmey a Lifetime Achievement Medal in Visual Arts, followed in 1990 by a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Society of Architects. Gwathmey served as president of the board of trustees for the Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies and was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1981.

Throughout his professional career, Siegel has served as a design critic, juror and lecturer at schools of architecture and professional organizations. In 1983, he organized the Pratt Institute Student Intern Program within the Gwathmey Siegel officeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;part of his continuing interest in nurturing the skills of talented young architects. Siegel is chairman of the board of trustees and a member of the executive committee of Pratt Institute in New York City. Previously he served as

From 1965 through 1991, Gwathmey taught at Pratt Institute, Cooper

a member of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Alumni

Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Princeton University,

Advisory Committee.

Columbia University, the University of Texas and the University of California at Los Angeles. He was Davenport Professor (1983 and 1999)

Albany is grateful to have had the opportunity to work with both Bob

and Bishop Professor (1991) at Yale and the Eliot Noyes Visiting Professor

Siegel and the late Charles Gwathmey. Albany represents their only

at Harvard University (1985).

collaboration in the Caribbean.

Gwathmey was the spring 2005 William A. Bernoudy Resident in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome.

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Albany Marina Penthouse Pool Cabana (digital rendering)

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R ichard meier & P artners architects Richard Meier received his architectural training at Cornell University and established his own office in New York in 1963. Since that time, his firm has been awarded major commissions in the United States and Europe, including courthouses, city halls, museums, corporate headquarters, housing and private residences. Some of his best-known projects include The Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum in Atlanta, the Frankfurt Museum for Decorative Arts in Germany, the Canal Plus Television Headquarters in Paris, the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, The Hartford Seminary in Connecticut and the Atheneum in New Harmony, Indiana. Meier has been honored with numerous awards for his landmark buildings in the United States and abroad. He was elected Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and became the youngest recipient of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture, considered the field’s highest honor. He also received the AIA Gold Medal, the highest award from the American Institute of Architects. The Royal Institute of British Architects awarded Meier a Royal Gold Medal, and the Japanese Government recognized his lifetime achievement in the arts with the Praemium Imperiale. Meier’s numerous design awards include 29 National AIA Honor Awards and 53 Regional AIA Design Awards Meier has taught at Cooper Union, Princeton University, Pratt Institute, Harvard University, Yale University and UCLA, has given numerous lectures throughout the world and participated in many juries. He has authored and been the subject of many books, monographs and innumerable newspaper and magazine articles. In addition to being on the board of directors for the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and the American Academy in Rome, Meier is also a Fellow of the French and Belgian Academies d’Architecture, and a member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten and the American Academy of Arts & Letters.

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merrill , pastor & C olgan architects After serving for two years as the town architect of Seaside, Florida, Scott Merrill opened a practice in Vero Beach, Florida in order to work on the new Windsor development. He attended the University of Virginia and Yale University where he received a master of architecture in 1984. He is registered in Florida, Virginia and Massachusetts. George Pastor joined the firm in 1991. He became an associate in 1996 and a partner the following year. He attended the University of Miami, where he earned a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in architecture in 1989. At the University of Virginia, he received his master of architecture in 1991. He is registered in Florida. David Colgan joined the firm in 1994. In 1999, he became a partner and moved to oversee a new office in Atlanta. He received his bachelor of architecture from Notre Dame in 1994 and is registered in Florida, Idaho and Georgia. The firm has designed a range of buildings, including a federal courthouse, a town hall, two churches, a fitness center, a clock tower, two post offices, a motor court, several apartment buildings, two groups of rowhouses, an equestrian center, a small office building, rental cottages and a sales office. In addition, the firm has completed several dozen custom houses. The firm has won three national AIA design awards and 12 Florida AIA design awards. Its work has been published in numerous books, catalogues and magazines in Europe and the United States and has been exhibited here and abroad. Merrill has lectured throughout the United States on the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work and served on school and professional design juries.

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perty is divided by the wings of the house into four quadch a garden or courtyard. The simple geometry of the plan ch and subtle experience of movement. The pleasure of the rives from how you are conducted from one quadrant to hrough openings in every wing, by how the rooms of the dress the gardens, and by how the gardens enhance the views inside of the house. The house sits high and these gardens the foreground for great, long offsite views to water on both the island.

lic rooms in this wing divide the entry court from the pool garden. The living room, study and dining room are located in series under a big, open, barn like ceiling. Bedrooms are located principally in a courtyard in the northeast quadrant, and staff and service spaces are in an outlying building at the end of the entry court, connected to the main house by an atrium. A tower, visible from most everywhere, and affording views of the whole island, stands where the four quadrants intersect. The atrium and bedroom courtyard are quiet and simple spaces. The pool garden by contrast is elaborately terraced, orchestrating a steady fall, with the contours of the lot, to the water.

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This property is divided by the wings of the house into four quadrants, each a garden or courtyard. The simple geometry of the plan belies a rich and subtle experience of movement. The pleasure of the house derives from how you are conducted from one quadrant to another through openings in every wing, by how the rooms of the house address the gardens, and by how the gardens enhance the views from the inside of the house. The house sits high and these gardens are often the foreground for great, long offsite views to water on both

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This house sits above the road on the spine of a small ridge. It has views both north and south to the water. The house is sited and organized to take advantage of all views, and the fall of the site. The south, east and north elevations especially, show the wings of the house cut against the fall of the lot, and approaches from the south and the north show the house perched on a prominence at the top of terraces. The main water views are to the north, where the privacy is greater. Consequently the principal public rooms and the main public terrace face in that direction, with carefully screened views over the road to the water south of the house. Servicing of the house is from the wooded west side, where views are not as good. The drive brings guests and family into an entry courtyard next to a monumental porch off the living room. The living room has the privileged spot on the plan, centrally located with views north south and east. It is one of four buildings that pinwheel around a cloistered lawn, but it also organizes the public north terrace. The dining room is next to the living room, looking north and east. The kitchen and services trail behind to the south and west, screened from the cloistered lawn. The master bedroom has privacy and remove, and great views in all directions. Guest bedrooms are generally wrapped around the south side of the lawn, looking south and steping down the south side of the spine, falling slightly to the east. View to Pool Terrace and Living Room from below

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G E O F F R E Y M O U E N architects Geoffrey Mouen earned a master of architecture degree in 1989 from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated cum laude and won the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Outstanding Achievement in Architectureâ&#x20AC;? award in 1988 and served as founding president of Savannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chapter of AIAS. Mouen has more than 15 years of professional design experience in architecture and town planning, including his role as town architect for Celebration, Florida. He was responsible for the architecture and planning much of that community and also for administering the Celebration Community Pattern Book. Mouen has also worked at the firm of Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York City and has lectured on architecture, planning and sustainable communities at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Plattsburgh State University and for community groups nationwide. Mouen has also participated in many TND planning charrettes, including Meriam Park, Celebration and Baldwin Park. He is the architecture and urban design consultant to the town of Jupiter, Florida and collaborated on the planning of Baldwin Park, Florida where he has detailed the Baldwin Park Pattern Book in addition to designing the community centers.

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M AT E U A R C H I T E C T U R E Roney J. Mateu established Mateu Architecture Incorporated after serving as president and director of design for 13 years at Mateu Carreno Rizo & Partners, Mateuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first architectural practice. With offices in Palmetto Bay, Florida, Mateu Architecture Incorporated is a full-service architecture firm that designs commercial buildings, schools, churches, government buildings and private residences. Mateu, who has consistently been recognized for being on the cutting edge of the design process, has collected 48 design awards from the American Institute of Architects during the past 28 years, the most awarded to any individual in Florida during that period. His work has been published in numerous newspapers, magazines and books throughout the world. Mateu became the youngest recipient of the Award of Honor for Design, the highest design recognition given for a body of work over a period of time by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects. He was the first recipient of the Silver Medal for Design, the highest Award given by the Miami Chapter of the AIA. Mateu was inducted into the Miami Chapter of the AIA Hall of Fame for his contributions to design. The Florida Association of American Institute of Architects bestowed Mateu Architects with the 2000 Millennium Award of Honor for Design, Twentieth Century Decade. Although the majority of Mateuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projects during the last 28 years have been in Florida, his experience includes projects in Georgia, North Carolina, the Caribbean and Central America. Mateu has served in numerous positions with the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects, including president in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew.

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A L E X I O U & A S S O C I AT E S , LT D . Alexiou & Associates is an award-winning architectural firm that has practiced in The Bahamas for more than three decades. Collaborating with a range of international clients and colleagues, the firm’s projects range in scale and complexity, from luxury residential homes to award-winning public buildings and resorts. The firm’s major credits include winning an international design competition for Club Mediterranee’s 300room, five-star resort village on the historic Bahamian island of San Salvador. Alexiou & Associates was also commissioned to produce Swiss Bank Corporation (Overseas) Limited’s new corporate headquarters in Nassau and design Templeton Worldwide’s headquarters building in Lyford Cay. Alexiou & Associates was associated with major international resort projects, including Sheraton hotels in Chicago and Iran, timeshare resorts in The Bahamas and Caribbean, and a 40-acre residential village in Sarasota, Florida. Alexiou & Associates is dedicated to promoting and enhancing Bahamian architectural heritage by combining historically proven and desirable qualities with modern materials and building methods. The first architectural firm to design a LEED-specified building in The Bahamas, Alexiou & Associates’ commitment to sustainable development has led the firm to integrate green architecture as a benchmark standard within its practice.

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ARCOP ARCHITECTS Arcop is a Bahamian firm of architects with a large portfolio of award-winning residential, commercial and public buildings. Deeply rooted in the traditional patterns of building in The Bahamas, Arcop provides quality service to both local and overseas clients. Familiar with modern materials and methods, Arcop strives for a timeless architecture which is materially sound, works well and looks right. The firm believes good architecture is the product of clear concepts and attention to detail, ensuring that the design and construction information is complete and the project is built with certainty and to the highest level of quality. Arcop has won numerous awards for works such as the Government Office Building, luxury condominiums in Lyford Cay Club, the Windermere House on East Bay Street and Solomonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Warehouse Club in Freeport, Grand Bahama.

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LOONEY RICKS KISS LRK’s team of 150 architects and staff is one of the largest and most respected full-service architectural, planning, environmental and design firms in the United States. Established in 1982 by founding principals J. Carson Looney and H. Frank Ricks, Looney Ricks Kiss Architects creates residences that are authentic, innovative, environmentally responsible and designed to blend with its surroundings. Looney, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, was named one of the “30 Top Innovators of the Past 30 Years” by Builder magazine. He was inducted into the Wm. S. Marvin Hall of Fame for Design Excellence in 2007 and honored by Professional Builder in 2008 with induction into the Best in American Living Hall of Fame. Along with Ricks and Looney, principals Mark Jones, Mike Sullivan, Darrell Russell, Paige Close, Rebecca Courtney, Rob Norcross and Jim Constantine lead design studios for architecture, interiors, planning and urban design.

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guy peterson - office for architecture A native Floridian who resides in Sarasota, Florida, Guy Peterson is president and principal architect of Guy Peterson/Office for Architecture, Inc. Since the inception of his practice in 1980, Peterson has earned more than 50 design awards and special recognitions for his work. Peterson received his Bachelor of Design degree with honors from the University of Florida in 1976 and earned his Master of Arts in Architecture degree with high honors from the University of Florida Graduate Design Program in 1978. He became one of the youngest architects in Florida to win the Award of Honor for Design from the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects and became the only architect from Florida to be elected into the prestigious College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. Peterson was also honored with the Distinguished Architecture Alumnus Award from the University of Florida School of Architecture. Peterson, who belongs to a number of professional and community organizations, is an active member of the University of Florida School of Architecture Professional Advisory Committee and serves as a trustee for the Florida Foundation for Architecture. He was also a trustee for Sarasotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marie Selby Botanical Gardens where he served on the facilities, nominating and capital campaign committees.

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BRUCE LAFLEUR ARCHITECTS Bruce LaFleur and Associates is a well-established architectural practice based in Nassau, Bahamas. Providing a wide range of architectural services, Bruce LaFleur and Associates is responsible for numerous traditional and modern projects, encompassing everything from individual houses to public buildings and all points in between. Established in New Providence in 1982 by Bahamian architect Bruce P. LaFleur, BLA is committed to the highest standard of service and delivers contemporary, innovative and cost-effective design solutions. BLA reflects an active work history of fully disciplined architectural and planning services and interior design for projects including banks, mixed-use developments, medical, educational and health facilities, leisure and sport, resort developments and industrial projects. BLA has previously worked with Atlantis, Bahamas Tourism Training Centre, the Bahamas Financial Centre and a range of luxury estates and homes throughout The Bahamas.

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C A R L A bbott F A I A + A ssociate A rchitect Carl Abbott opened his architectural firm in Sarasota, Florida more than 35 years ago. For the past three decades, Carl Abbott Architecture has become one of the most celebrated firms in Florida. Abbott earned his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of Florida and his master’s degree from Yale’s School of Architecture, where he studied under Paul Rudolph and Louis Kahn. Specializing in the creation of functional, creative buildings where nature and natural light are dominant factors, Carl Abbott Architecture has earned numerous design awards for public and private projects. Abbott was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and honored by the University of Florida as a Distinguished Architectural Alumnus. The Florida/Caribbean AIA awarded Abbott a Medal of Honor for Design and awarded his firm the AIA Firm Honor Award, the most prestigious honor given to an architectural office. A book on the firm’s work is in progress. Abbott has worked in Hawaii, New York with I.M. Pei and London with Yale classmates Lord Richard Rogers and Lord Norman Foster. He has taught and lectured at universities in the United States and Europe and recently taught a design studio in Architecture and Planning at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard.

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E R I C WAT S O N Eric Watson, a native of upstate New York, completed his undergraduate architectural training at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1984. He received a master of architecture degree from the Yale School of Architecture in 1988 where he was introduced to the new urbanism movement in a 1987 design studio taught by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. Watson began his professional career in New York City designing traditional residential projects in the office of Johnson and Wanzenberg. To combine his interest in traditional architecture and New Urbanism, Watson interned in the office of Scott Merrill and was involved with the design of many of the first houses in Windsor, a resort village designed by Duany Plater-Zyberk in Indian River County, Florida. In 1992, Watson established his professional practice in Seaside, Florida and three years later relocated his practice to Tampa, Florida. Over a 15-year period, Watson has designed more than 80 homes and buildings in Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Urbanist resort towns of Seaside, Rosemary Beach, Alys Beach, WaterColor, and WaterSound. He is a frequent participant of DPZ and New Urban Guild design charrettes. Watson has been published in books, magazines, newspapers, journals and has lectured on his work. He is a 2004 Palladio Award recipient and is a two-time recipient of the Southern Home Award from the editors of Southern Living magazine. Watson is a member of the Institute of Classical Architecture, Congress for The New Urbanism, American Institute of Architects, the New Urban Guild, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and is a registered architect in Florida, New York and Texas.

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gary W I L L I A M justis S , A R C H I T E C T A graduate of Auburn Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School of Architecture, Gary Justiss worked for two established firms in Birmingham, Alabama before launching his one-man firm, Gary Justiss Architect in 1993. Justiss has designed more than 100 custom homes, as well as numerous commercial, recreational and civic buildings. He lives and works with his wife and four children in Chelsea, Alabama. The vast majority of his work is in New Urbanist communities, including Mt Laurel, Seaside, Alys Beach, Rosemary Beach, WaterColor, Blount Springs and Hampstead. He served as an architectural consultant for numerous charrettes for Duany & Plater-Zyberk & Company, the Architectural Charrette Team, the New Urban Guild and the Congress for the New Urbanism. These include projects in Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Panama, Costa Rica and Ecuador. He is also a founding member of the New Urban Guild and a member of the Seaside Institute and the Institute of Classical Architecture. Justiss is registered to practice architecture in Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and Mississippi.

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Douglas Patrick Luke is a Caribbean architect, partner and principle designer at Gillespie & Steel Architecture in Barbados. The experience gained working extensively in the Caribbean and North America has provided a comprehensive background from which he draws on for design solutions. He is focused on providing authentically Caribbean lifestyles with a contemporary sensibility. Lukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s projects include designs for the town pool facilities and various residences at Rosemary Beach and Draper Lake in the Florida Panhandle; The Marina Village at Marigot Bay, St. Lucia; The Raffles Golf Villas at Canaoun in the Grenadines; and a range of villas in the Southern Caribbean.

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PLAN IT BAHAMAS Plan It Bahamas is a full-service architecture firm offering comprehensive architectural services ranging from programming and design to construction administration. The firm has designed and completed projects ranging from estate properties and high-end condominiums to office buildings, shopping centres and public municipalities. Established in 2003, Plan It Bahamas has extensive experience and a diverse portfolio which enables them to bring innovative ideas to every design challenge. Known for innovative design, Plan It Bahamas utilizes state-of-the-art technology and promotes ongoing training, keeping the firm in the forefront of customer service. Plan It Bahamas has designed numerous projects including Ocean Club Estates, high-end condominium buildings in Oceania Heights (Greater Exuma, The Bahamas) and Caves Height as well as the Gallery of Modern Art (Glasgow, Scotland).

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