Hampshire County

Beyond the literal balance of building materials and structure, is the balance of history, people, institutions, buildings and neighborhoods.

Our core belief is that architecture has the power to transform our lives. Most of our lives are spent in designed spaces, which can either inspire or limit us. Our homes, our offices, our neighborhoods and our cities help to shape who we are.

Every building project involves change. And we strive to create positive change – change for our client’s businesses, brands and homes – and change for our society and generations to come.

Bonham & Douglas Architects
196 Pleasant Street
Northampton, MA 01060
413 . 585 . 0641
www.bd-arc.com

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Graphite Studio is a full-service residential design firm, located in Amherst, MA, specializing in fossil-free retrofits and new construction. We’re committed to state-of-the-art energy efficiency and building science and we work closely with our building partners to create comfortable sustainable custom homes across Western New England.

We’re committed to clear communication, careful listen, and creative solutions. We focus on climate-smart design to reduce carbon emissions throughout the construction process, and bring long years of experience in green design to every project. We’re certified Passive House consultants, have created multiple Net Zero buildings, and are licensed as architects in VT, NH, and Maine.

Graphite Studio, 235 Triangle St
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 835-0008
Graphitestudio.us

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Meetinghouse is a full-service architecture + design firm and a committed partner in navigating the complexities of both new construction and adaptive reuse.

We are a distinctive architecture studio, formed in 2021 through the partnership of an architect and a sculptor. With 35+ years of combined experience in architecture, interiors, and furniture, the partners at Meetinghouse are makers and problem solvers in addition to constituting an architecture office. Our approaches to detailing and construction come from a multidisciplinary background in design and fabrication, and a strong network of craftspeople allows us to source unique solutions in our projects.

Visit our offices in downtown Florence, or at www.meetinghousearchitecture.com

Meetinghouse Architecture, Inc.
35 North Main Street
Florence, Massachusetts 01062
413 . 727 . 3382
www.meetinghousearchitecture.com

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Coldham & Hartman Architects designs for a resilient and renewable future. For us, the context of architecture is bounded by sun, wind, water, and soil. We achieve our clients’ aesthetic and design goals through careful listening, thoughtful process, and quality assurance during the construction process.

We specialize in the renovation of obsolete houses, those built in a fossil fuel economy. We transform them into comfortable, efficient, effective and beautiful homes. We site new buildings to maximize their solar orientation and create elegant architecture that seamlessly integrates into the natural landscape. Our portfolio includes both new and renovated net-zero energy homes.

c&h: design for the next hundred years.

c&h architects
Amherst, MA 01002
413 . 549 . 3616
www.candharchitects.com

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Jones Whitsett Architects (formerly Margo Jones Architects) is a small, award-winning architectural practice based in Florence, Massachusetts. We have three decades of experience providing architectural services to our clients on projects ranging from municipal buildings, cultural centers and libraries to renovations of venerable historic properties.

In recent years school design has become the largest part of our portfolio. We are proud of the work we have done to improve schools for teachers and children across Massachusetts. School design requires skills that play to our strengths—patience, the ability to listen, creativity, and budgetary pragmatism.

Our reputation for quality continues to grow, enabling us to partner with talented collaborators from across the country.

Jones Whitsett Architects
60 Maple Street
Florence, Massachusetts 01062
413 . 773 . 5551
www.joneswhitsett.com

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Kuhn Riddle Architects & Designers is a certified woman-owned business and one of the largest design firms in Western, MA. Our work is focused on our commitment to community, sustainability, and good design.

WE SERVE A DIVERSE CLIENT BASE, in education, residential, and commercial sectors.

WE ARE GOOD LISTENERS. Design and construction are communicative and collaborative processes that succeed when all stakeholders work together and have ownership of the finished product.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABLE DESIGN. Sustainability guides our thought process on every project, at all levels of design, from the initial concepts through construction.

WE ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY and we believe in giving back to our community through volunteer hours and financial support.

Kuhn Riddle Architects & Designers
28 Amity Street, Suite 2B
Amherst, MA 01002
413-259-1630

www.kuhnriddle.com

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Metcalfe Associates Architecture’s 40 years of registered practice now has three Masters in Architecture associates doing many types of projects. In historic preservation, 1.2 million in Preservation Tax Credits will recycle a church/rectory for performing arts. Other preservation is to move the only documented western Massachusetts Under Ground RailRoad building. We are designing a 600 unit vertical village with community spaces to stop sprawl by Transfer of Development Rights preserving undeveloped land into parks, while consuming zero grid use in; energy, wastes and water. We have a project using only site sourced trees for post & beam framing milled minimally for vertical stacking to allow long spans with natural tree forms.

Metcalfe Associates Architecture
142 Main Street
Northampton, Massachusetts 01060
413 . 586 . 5775
www.metcalfe-architecture.com

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The built environment has great potential for bettering the quaility of our everyday lives, including the way we work, learn and enjoy life. Undergirding all of the work that Miller Pollin produces is the notion that interpretive, contemporary design should be democratic; it should belong to all people who experience the built environment in all its forms, from housing to educational, public and institutional facilities.

The studio’s principal is Sigrid Miller Pollin, FAIA, Professor of Architecture and Design at the University of Massaschusetts, Amherst. She believes that effective design at any scale, from spoons to skyscrapers evolves from a creative synthesis of information and inclusive behavior toward everyone involved in the design and production process — clients, contractors, engineers, planners and landscape architects. Needless to say budget reality is also always a key part of this synthesis.

Miller Pollin Architecture
1290 South East Street
Amherst, MA 01002
413 . 549 . 2007    
www.millerpollin.com

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SITELAB Architecture + Design

SITELAB’s award-winning, socially engaged design work features networks of collaborators with diverse expertise and viewpoints. The firm’s regionally-focused work addresses resource scarcity by redeploying abundant resources, such as existing building stock and underutilized landscapes in collaboration with non-profit and community-based partners. The work has had broad impact in the region, addressing issues such as creative placemaking, food insecurity, building material reuse, and youth empowerment.

Caryn Brause FAIA, founder and principal, is Professor in the Department of Architecture at UMass Amherst. Through her many activities, Caryn connects the academy and the profession, and works to translate research into practice domains. Her current research projects examine the spatial dimensions of relationship-building in the post-pandemic campus with a focus on inclusion, equity, and wellbeing.  She is author of The Designer’s Field Guide to Collaboration (Routledge, 2017).

SITELAB Architecture + Design
www.sitelabarch.com

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