Bonin Architects & Associates - About Us
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Bonin Architects & Associates’ partners, Kim and Jeremy bring over 20 years experience in both residential and commercial architecture, design, construction and project management to your project. Both are involved with every phase of each project; lending their specific strengths such as project management, timber frame design or green home design strategies whenever applicable.
Our Philosophy & Mission:
· To achieve unequalled client satisfaction through quality service, superior communication and personalized project
management
· To enthusiastically deliver inspirational architectural design solutions and comprehensive project management services
· To exceed expectations through unparalleled, focused, personalized and professional attention by utilizing a team
approach to each project
· To encourage and promote green building and sustainable construction practices, technologies, materials and energy
conservation in the structures we design as well as our own business practices
We strive to create beautiful and timeless designs, addressing both the client’s vision and unique site. Interpreting ideas and dreams during the entire process ensures a singular distinctive expression of architecture as the end result.
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Jeremy Bonin, AIA NCARB LEED AP
Jeremy
Bonin AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is a Principal Partner and Lead Architect at
Bonin Architects & Associates (BA&A). Previous to starting an
architectural firm, Jeremy was the Principal Architect at a premier
national timber frame home manufacturer. While there Jeremy authored
the timber frame design book, TIMBER FRAMES: Designing Your Custom
Home, an invaluable tool for anyone building a timber frame or post and
beam home.
A member of the AIA (American Institute of
Architects), Jeremy is also an NCARB (National Council of Architectural
Registration Boards) Certified Architect; licensed in New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Maine.
Jeremy received his Bachelor of Architecture from Wentworth Institute
of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts. His professional experience
includes employment in architectural offices in both Massachusetts and
Rhode Island working on projects such as the RI State Police and
Forensic Crime Lab headquarters, Shaw's Supermarkets, The Westin Hotel,
LaSalle Academy and a myriad of smaller projects, renovations and
additions.
Jeremy is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP).
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the U.S. Green
Building Council’s national standard for the development of high
performance sustainable buildings. Jeremy's special interest in timber
framing and energy efficiency as it relates to green living and
sustainable design, energy efficient home design, renewable energy
sources, and environmentally sound material selections such as
structural insulated panels (SIP panels), make him a valuable resource
for homeowners.
Jeremy is currently working on his second book focusing on green building and sustainable construction practices.
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Executive Project Manager Kimberly Bonin
Kimberly Bonin is Principal Partner and Executive Project Manager at BA&A. Kim has over ten years of construction management experience. Her career beginning in timber frame project management with Vermont Timber Works, Inc. located in North Springfield Vermont as the Director of Sales & Marketing.
At VTW, Kim worked primarily on commercial timber frame projects including the Fresh Air Fund dining halls and cabins in Fishkill, NY, an Executive Annex in Armonk, NY, the Susquehanna Humane society in Susquehanna, PA, the timber frame Bethlehem Monastery of Poor Clares in Bethlehem, PA, the Navasota Church fire rebuild in TX, the Cornwall Library in Cornwall, CT and many other commercial and residential projects.
Kim went on to become the Executive Project Coordinator for another nationally recognized Timber Frame manufacturer located in NH; coordinating projects nationally while exceeding company quotas every year. During her career Kim conducted job site meetings for clients and builders, helped position the timber frame home on the site, assisted in the preliminary design process and construction documentation, completed design specification forms, submitted quotes and contracts to clients, and managed the project through construction.
Additionally, Kim is the co-chair of Parent Links, a local group offering education and support to teachers, paraprofessionals, and parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Asperger's Syndrome in the local Sullivan County area.
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Bonin Architects & Associates is founded on Kim and Jeremy’s desire to continually enrich their lives and those around them. They find satisfaction knowing their personal values of honesty, integrity, commitment, respect, service, and hard work not only touch the lives of their clients, but can be the difference between their building a home and building a dream.
Kim and Jeremy enjoy working closely together on a daily basis and spending time with their four children. They delight in their time hiking, golfing, kayaking, cross country skiing, gardening, cooking meals, or simply exploring the natural beauty that their interests help preserve.
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