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FIRM PROFILE
Established in 1987, Tippetts/Weaver Architects is a full service architectural firm, offering design related services in Architectural Design, Town and Community Planning, and Historical Preservation. We are presently an office of eight full-time design professionals with one support person. The office includes four registered architects. The principals, Gary Weaver and Wendy Tippetts, are involved with the design phases of all projects.
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
PLANNING
Site and Master Planning; Traditional Town and Community Planning; Design, Documentation, and Supervision.
COMMERCIAL
Pre-Design Facility Review and Analysis; Planning, Renovations, Additions, and New Construction; Design, Documentation, and Supervision.
INSTITUTIONAL
Planning, Renovations, Additions, and New Construction; Design, Documentation, and Supervision.
RESIDENTIAL
Single and Multi-Family; Planning, Renovations, Additions, and New Construction; Design, Documentation, and Supervision; Emphasis on Fine Custom Residential Projects and Project Master Planning.
INTERIOR DESIGN
Pre-Design Facility Review and Analysis; Space Planning; Finish and Fabric Selection; Furniture Specification; Custom Furnishings and Cabinetry; Lighting Design; Design, Documentation, and Supervision.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Research, Planning, Documentation, Supervision, Building, and District Nominations.
The geographic range of work is primarily from Southeastern and North and South Central Pennsylvania, although we have provided services on projects in Florida, Maryland, West Virginia, Colorado, and the Bahamas. Construction dollar volume of business for 2004-2005 was approximately 18.5 million dollars.
QUALIFICATION STATEMENT
At Tippetts/Weaver our interest is in providing excellent and unique design for a specific context and client. Tippetts/Weaver seeks a unique approach to each project, carefully analyzing the site and physical context, and the client's requirements, to arrive at an appropriate and sensitive solution. Tippetts/Weaver has had extensive experience working with groups, boards, and communities; we understand the importance of building consensus and working closely with and listening to clients throughout the design process. One of the two principals is involved with the development and oversight of all projects in the office.
Tippetts/Weaver maintains a high level of interest in the preservation, restoration, and adaptive reuse of historic buildings and sites, as evidenced by work in our portfolio. Tippetts/Weaver has a significant amount of experience applying the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, through the National Park Service's Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program. In addition to this, Tippetts/Weaver has experience drafting nominations for buildings and sites to the National Register of Historic Places; overseeing projects receiving funds for construction from the Keystone Preservation Grant Program, and providing technical consulting services for both the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Tippetts/Weaver is an award winning firm. Our firm has received awards from Preservation Pennsylvania for adaptive reuse; and numerous awards from the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County for design achievement. Our work has been published in Central Pennsylvania area publications and, on the national level, in Progressive Architecture.
