THE DESIGN GROUP

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Principals of The Design Group have worked since 1980 on hundreds of projects of a wide variety. Listed and shown here are selected projects.

We have developed multiple projects for many commercial clients, have served numerous municipal and institutional clients, and have worked with regional and national non profits. We have won awards for design, green building, energy efficiency, historical and public service.

Please contact us for more information about any project, project type, or for reference requests.

WHAT'S NEW

Current projects underway include:

Several new projects in LAKE PLACID including DOWNTOWN PLANNING, continuing renovations and additions to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, a new TRAILHEAD EDUCATION CENTER, and an Adirondack style HOME at the Whiteface Club. The downtown planning includes the development of a new Town Center Plaza, adjacent to the Olympic Center, and a new structured parking facility, adjacent to the proposed Adirondack Museum on Main Street.

Master planning for two waterfront sites in Maryland. FISHERMAN'S VILLAGE, on Kent Narrows on the Chesapeake Bay, is being done as a joint venture with Daniel Ball and Associates. This includes the design of a banquet/wedding facility and small conference center, and small mixed use village. OLD TOWN BAYSIDE is a visionary plan for the bay front of several blocks of downtown Ocean City.

Several unique GREEN HOMES, including a model ULTRA LOW NET ENERGY home in Connecticut. These homes all will include super insulation, highly efficient heating and cooling systems, solar energy systems and are to be built of healthy, durable, and renewable materials with an emphasis on those from local and regional sources.

Work is beginning on the timber frame of the GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB (GMC) HEADQUARTERS in Waterbury Center, VT, which is being developed in partnership with the Cushman Design Group and the GMC Headquarters Planning Committee. All the wood structure and finish for this highly green project is coming from local, certified forests and milling operations, in partnership with Vermont Family Forests. We are currently planning for primary renewable energy systems with a very low "carbon footprint" by implementing cordwood heating, a small wind turbine, and solar electric power.

Also in the works is a universally accessible TREEHOUSE at Longwood gardens in Kennett Square, PA in joint venture with Matthew Millan Architects of Philadelphia, PA and Forever Young Treehouses of
Burlington, VT.