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SWBR Architects is pleased to announce Steven Peet has recently been promoted to an associate of the firm. As project architect at SWBR, Peet is committed to helping provide clients with design solutions that are efficient and sensitive to their needs. He has over 10 years of experience in design, space planning, documentation and 3D […]

SWBR’s Board of Directors has elected Thomas R. Gears, AIA, President of the firm. Tom is a licensed architect, LEED Green Associate, Certified Construction Specifier and has served as a Principal and board member since 1996 and assumes the President and CEO role effective immediately. David Beinetti, AIA, Immediate Past President, will assume the position […]

“Our primary focus is workforce development for the intellectually disabled. …It’s transformational for Holy Childhood,” said Donna Dedee, Holy Childhood President and CEO, about the success of their Special Touch Bakery. We are proud to be part of the design team for this meaningful project.

“I believe if you want something bad enough, you can absolutely make it happen. You just have to commit to it,” says Kristin Schuster, AIA. She was RBJdaily’s first FastStart feature of 2017, congratulations Kristin!.

Joe Kosiorek, at microphone, and Phil Wise presenting the Building Condition Survey results to the Mexico Academy Central School District Board of Education. SWBR worked with the MACS Facilities Department to create this document, which gives the district a detailed road map for meeting their educational goals. “This is a really valuable tool for us,” […]

“(Millenials) are young, hungry and in demand. …what I love about them is they are excited to bring new ideas and turn some things on its head and flip things around. …This is the group that is going to be leading the future and it is going to be exciting” says SWBR President Dave Beinetti, […]

On October 28 SWBR, along with DiMarco Constructors, broke ground on the new $16 million STEM facility at McQuaid Jesuit High School. The state-of-the-art science and technology center will feature computer labs, a student life area, campus ministry rooms and comfortable spaces for student collaboration. The overarching goal of the project is to provide a […]

The NAIOP awards celebrate the high-quality and innovative achievements of regional commercial real estate projects from the upstate New York area, covering the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse regions. There are several award categories, and each winning project represents a challenge that was overcome and realized results that were economically, environmentally and/or aesthetically achieved. Rochester View […]

The NAIOP awards celebrate the high-quality and innovative achievements of regional commercial real estate projects from the upstate New York area, covering the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse regions. There are several award categories, and each winning project represents a challenge that was overcome and realized results that were economically, environmentally and/or aesthetically achieved.

Maybe it's the time of the year or simply the climate of the country, but it seems...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo attended the Nov. 17 grand opening of the $24.4 million mixed-use development, which recently LEED for Homes Platinum Certification by the USGBC, the highest rating a project can receive. The three-story, 124,000-square-foot building at 2400 Seneca St. features one- and two-bedroom apartments for income-eligible tenants, including low-income families and people with behavioral […]

With a touch of virtual reality and a Hollywood-style movie trailer and poster, Rochester Institute of Technology launched the SWBR-designed building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios. The program, a first-of-its-kind effort in higher education, will link RIT’s internationally ranked academic programs with high-tech facilities needed to commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, and digital […]