H. ROBERT DINSMORE, JR.
Founding Partner
Chief masterbuilder, design research scholar, and president.
B. Arch. (1980)—Univ. of Cincinnati.
M. Arch. in Architectural Design and Theory (1981)—Univ. of California,
Berkeley.
Studied under internationally known architect, scholar, and author,
Christopher Alexander.
Professor of architecture at Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio (1983-1984).
Professor of architecture at Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte
(1984-1988).
Previous work experience: employed in architecture, urban design,
and landscape architecture, firms, doing projects ranging from residential
and commercial to urban design and landscape architecture.*
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JOHN L. FRANCO
Founding Partner
Masterbuilder, project manager, and executive vice president for
operations and financial affairs.
Architecture studies (1985-1988) at Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, with an extensive masterbuilder apprenticeship in design and construction
and apprenticeship experience in an architecture firm.
Previous work experience: employed by a major architecture firm in Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies; also was employed in the Charlotte area by a residential home builder and a major remodeling
company doing residential, light commercial, and project management.
Architectural background allowed for the undertaking of unique works
of art and craftsmanship.* |
KEVIN K. CARPENTER
Founding Partner
Masterbuilder, project manager, and vice president for corporate
affairs.
B.A. in Physics, minor in Fine Arts (1983)—Wake Forest Univ.
B.A. in Architecture (1988)—Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte.
B. Arch. (1990)—Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Previous work experience: employed in various architecture firms
doing residential, multifamily, commercial, and institutional projects
as well as public works, historic preservation and restoration, and project management; also was employed by a remodeling company doing
residential building projects.* |
CHRISTOPHER P. ROWE
Founding Partner
Masterbuilder, project manager, and vice president for corporate
affairs.
B.A. in Architecture (1987)—Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Previous work experience: employed by a landscape architecture firm
doing landscape building projects; also was employed by a residential
home builder and a major remodeling company doing residential, light
commercial, and project management. Architectural background allowed
for the undertaking of unique works of art and craftsmanship.* |
SEAN C. MURRAY
Founding Partner
Masterbuilder, project manager, and vice president for corporate
affairs.
B.A. in Architecture (1987)—Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Previous work experience: employed by a residential home builder
and a major remodeling company doing residential, light commercial,
and project management. Architectural background allowed for the
undertaking of unique works of art and craftsmanship.* |
RICHARD C. ELLISON II
Founding Partner
Master craftsman, artisan, master plumber, and vice president for
craft & design arts.
Architectural studies (1984-1985) at Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte. This led to further investigations in craft & artisanship,
as influenced by the early 20 th century architect-craftsman, Bernard
Maybeck. Undertook studies at Penland School of Crafts in NC and
attended workshops in Georgia and Virginia given by the Timber Framing
Guild of North America.
Previous work experience: employed by a major science museum as
a craftsman and artisan in the design and building of detailed exhibits; also was employed in major commercial construction and renovation
projects and worked for a large plumbing company—which led to a
master plumber's license.*
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