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We are pleased to announce Bill Price, RLA as our newest team member. Bill will help lead the firm’s landscape architecture and urban design projects, oversee research and ‘thought innovation,’ and new project development. Specific projects will include site planning and design for private commercial development, public waterfront, and historic preservation projects across the city, […]

We’re proud to announce our certification of 1 million square feet of LEED projects. The U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system is the benchmark metric for sustainable design, providing third-party certification for buildings designed to save energy, resources and provide improved environments for their residents. Our […]

Providence Housing’s 70-unit development will also include St. Ann’s Adult Day Care Service. SWBR is both the designer and Architect of Record on the project. Read Complete 13WHAM Rochester Article

We are proud to announce our 2 new Principals.

We are proud to announce our 5 new Senior Associates.

DePaul’s Skybird Landing Apartments has broken ground in Geneseo, NY.  The new 60-unit complex will feature senior and affordable apartments. Read more in the Livingston County News

SWBR recently won the New York State American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2017 People’s Choice Award for its work on the Evergreen Lofts project in Buffalo. The winner was selected by popular vote online, open to the public. Joe Gibbons, AIA, Principal-In-Charge of the Evergreen Lofts project said, “working closely with Evergreen Health, we were […]

Wheatfield Commons, a DePaul Senior Living Community in North Tonawanda, New York offering assisted living and memory care accommodations, is now open. The senior living community includes an inviting country-style home with dormered windows, French doors, and covered porches. Assisted living apartments have kitchenettes and suites feature generous bedroom, living, and dining areas. Memory care […]

SWBR was recognized at the 2017 NAIOP Upstate New York Chapter Awards of Excellence ceremony for its design of the Charlotte Square Apartments in Rochester, NY. Recognized with the Urban Multi-Family Award of Excellence, Home Leasing’s Charlotte Square is a 72-unit luxury apartment community located in Rochester’s thriving East End district. Each unit features open […]

Diana Kalvitis-Pannone, CID has been promoted to Interior Design Manager. Most recently, Diana served as Senior Interior Designer and has been with SWBR since 1987. As a Certified Interior Designer and Associate of the firm with 30 years of experience, Diana designs innovative and aesthetically pleasing interior spaces that function for the end user. She […]

MAGIC Spell Studios is slated to open Fall of 2018. SWBR is the design consultant for the new state-of-the-art facility, which will feature cutting-edge technology to create and commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, graphic design and imaging sciences projects. The new studio will also provide students a hands-on, high-tech environment from which they can […]

Oneonta Heights is a new and renovated development in the City of Oneonta, NY with Housing Visions, a large and experienced affordable housing developer in Syracuse, NY. The project includes 60 total units of quality, affordable housing, including a 40 unit new construction senior building, addressing a critical need for quality senior housing in this […]