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Our design team was on hand to celebrate the goundbreaking of Rochester Cornerstone Group’s Frances Apartments, a community based housing development for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Plans include the construction of eight buildings, including one stand-alone building.  The plan also calls for seven two-story buildings with eight units each. 14 housing units will […]

SWBR was honored at the 2016 NAIOP Upstate New York Chapter Awards of Excellence ceremony for its work on DePaul’s Rochester View Apartments.  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 […]

The Rochester Chamber Top 100, marking its 30th year, is a program of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce and KPMG. Since 1988, each annual Top 100 has ranked the area’s private companies based on dollar and percentage revenue increases over the past three fiscal years.  The annual celebration was held Thursday, November 3 at […]

Using spaces to enrich people’s lives and support strong communities is the essence of what we do as designers. In the recent issue of the New York State AIA newsletter, Rob Fornataro, AIA and Dan Glading, AIA discuss how we understand the priorities of the residents we design for, and how this knowledge is placed […]

Dating back to the 1960s, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) design re-created hospital settings...

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Rochester honored Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women – The Dismas Center for the Performing Arts with the 2016 BOMA Rochester Recognition Award in the renovation category. SWBR’s design preserved the beauty of the historical building while upgrading it to meet current safety codes and […]

In addition to being an accomplished designer and multiple award winner, Kristin is committed to community service, including her leadership of two AIA programs – the Boy Scouts Explorer and Girls in Architecture and Engineering. Her passion for “modernization, sustainable design, and innovative thinking” has resulted in successful design and collaborations at Monroe Community College, […]

Our design team, including Phil Wise, Project Manager Steve Fernaays, and Ryan Zegarelli, was on hand October 14 to celebrate the ribbon cutting for the Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing Center at Alfred State College of Technology’s Wellsville campus. Programs offered at the center will help students obtain skills to help them find jobs right out of […]

Our design team was on hand to celebrate the ribbon cutting for the new Memory Care Residences at Creekstone.   Based upon RPH’s great success at Cottage Grove, they, along with SWBR, are excited to add these four new homes, inspired by the philosophy of the Eden Alternative and the Green House® model.  A dramatic departure from […]

Our Western New York cities were once among the great and powerful: they were national centers of industry and commerce. They evoked in their community’s strength, pride and civic spirit. In the mid to late 20th century, primarily due to economic realignment and suburban flight, these urban centers saw a drastic decrease in the use […]

Candace is responsible for design concepts, presentation boards, monitoring current sustainable products and trends, and space planning for the firm’s key clients. She received her Bachelors of Science in Interior Architecture and Design from Mercyhurst University and resides in Farmington.

We are thrilled to be collaborating with on this affordable housing development, an extension of our Charlotte Square complex.  This project is part of the City of Rochester’s redevelopment of parcels that run along the former Inner Loop highway in Downtown.