ABOUT A4
A4 ARCHITECTS is a young, energetic and internationally experienced architecture firm based on Mount Desert Island in Bar Harbor, Maine. A4 offers a diversity of experience in residential, commercial and institutional architecture in addition to land planning and historical preservation / restoration throughout Maine, the Northeast and abroad. A4 is a Member of the Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) with internationally licensed architects whom are members of the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the Brazilian Regional Association of Architects (CREA-IAB).
PROCESS
A4 recognizes that each project necessitates a unique response to context and client. Multiple design solutions are always offered that address multi-faceted client driven program requirements, aesthetic directions, and site characteristics. Varied schematic design approaches provide different takes on specific client design parameters and allow wider perspective of understanding. Schemes are drawn from the diversity of experience and different backgrounds that each partner brings to the project.
Emphasis is also placed on communicating a thorough and comprehensive understanding of each project to the Owner, Builder and related consultants though technology. A4 embodies progressive design, production and project management technologies into an open office environment that fosters a collaborative participation in each project, large or small. For larger, remote or projects abroad, a project's information is managed in a secure online environment for use by Owners, Architects, Consultants and Builders wherever they may be…
PARTNERS
Kay Stevens-Rosa, William Hanley, Augusto Rosa and Heli Mesiniemi founded A4 1999 in order to provide innovative architecture with an identity unique to each client and context. With previous project experience in Finland, Brazil, Spain, Germany, and the US, the partners bring varied backgrounds and experience to each project.
RESUMES
Kay Stevens-Rosa, AIA, NCARB
William Hanley, AIA, NCARB