FOR TIMBER FRAME COMPANIES
In consulting on your project, Andrea brings to the table a unique combination of skills and experience. After receiving her Masters degree in Architecture in 1990 from the Yale University School of Architecture, she worked for four years at Benson Woodworking, a well known timber frame fabricator, before starting her own residential design firm.  An active member and former president of the Timber Framers Guild, she is well known in the timber frame industry.

For smaller timber frame companies that do not offer in-house design services, we can act as your design department. If you have already received preliminary plans from an Architect, Andrea can design a timber frame structure that will work with your Architect’s design.  A full range of services is offered including 3D modeling for complex roof joinery; 3D renderings/animations for client review, bid packages, and full timber frame fabrication plans. We work with Professional Engineers to review and stamp our structural plans.

If you are working with a client that does not yet have plans, Andrea can provide full design services from preliminary design to complete Construction Documents. She will work directly with you and your clients, providing as much or as little architectural services as needed, to turn your ideas into full plans.  She can work directly with the client or directly with you as your “in-house designer”,  allowing you to maintain control over the project.  Billing can be done either through your company or the client, whichever is preferable.  We’ll structure our working relationship to keep you an integral part of the team from start to finish and structure our scope of work to match what your particular project requires.