About Joseph Hurwitz
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Joseph Hurwitz Resume PDF
Mr. Hurwitz has been the recipient of
many industry awards. He was the winner of the "Japan
Architect" housing competition and his design for
the Amsterdam City Hall was exhibited at the Reiks museum
in Amsterdam Holland. He has been cited for his achievements
by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
and in 1992 was responsible for winning the competition
for the design of the new YMCA in Kingston, N.Y. Mr. Hurwitz
was six times awarded the "Best Building of the Year" award
for structures built in Orange and Sullivan Counties (N.Y.)
and in 1993 and 1994 he received the award for "Best
Corporate Structure". He has lectured at S.U.N.Y.
College and was a guest lecturer at the Mitsui Cultural
Institute in Kyoto and Osaka, Japan. His works have been
published in major foreign and domestic journals and in
several books on architecture.
Affiliations: Member: American Institute
of Architects; National Trust for Historic Preservation;
Sullivan County Partnership; Ulster County Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors: New Paltz Chamber
of Commerce; Catskill Watershed Museum; Sullivan County
Partnership
President: Ulster Arts
Alliance; Joseph Hurwitz and Associates has focused its
practice in upstate New York where it has received numerous
awards for the "Best
Building of the Year".
A medium-sized firm, JHAA has built a
solid reputation in the mid-Hudson Valley for providing
comprehensive and highly flexible architectural services
to governmental and corporate clients. These services encompass:
determination of client needs; master planning; urban design;
economic feasibility studies; design development; preparation
of construction documents; interior design/space planning
and construction administration.
The firm has demonstrated ability to produce
projects within budget and time schedules. The firm's success
stems from a framework of established relationships with
a select group of specialized allied professionals, cost
estimators, historic preservationists, engineers, contractors
and other related design professionals.
JHAA believes successful projects require a sensibility
and caring for the community values that must be the underlying
theme of all architectural projects. Structures whose every
phase of design and construction are open to extensive
public scrutiny demand of the architect special awareness
of the community's goals. From serving clients in the mid-Hudson
Valley for more than 25 years, JHAA has developed a unique
understanding of the area's needs, concerns and priorities.
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Introduction to the Team
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With almost 30 years of practice in the Mid-Hudson region,
Joseph Hurwitz & Associates (JHAA) provides professional
architectural services specifically tailored to the requirements
of our corporate, commercial, governmental institutional
and residential clients.
JHAA is thoroughly familiar with the effective production
of the design and construction documents that define the
scope of their projects and are actively involved through
the life of the construction process.
For all our projects, we provide the ongoing service of
administration, a key element of success for any project.
JHAA’s projects are always carefully designed and
executed.
JHAA has worked successfully with numerous clients on
projects from New York to Colorado with several projects
in foreign countries. JHAA has a strong tradition of offering
top quality, professional, responsive, and budget conscious
architectural services to our many clients.
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The Joseph Hurwitz and Associates tradition begins with
the basics:
• Teamwork: The Owner, the
JHAA Design Team and allied professionals form a project
team.
• Professionalism: Most of
our staff are licensed in the various design disciplines
and have advanced architectural, engineering and planning
education.
• Allegiance: As Design Professionals,
we are allied with the Owners, our clients. Their interests
and our own are identical in all dealings with contractors,
sub- contractors, and where applicable, suppliers.
• Communication: Our policy
is "open book". We encourage the active participation
of our Clients. We look upon their input as vital throughout
the life of the project, from the earliest stages of
schematic design and jurisdictional submissions to the
final close-out.
• Pro-active Design: We act
before, not after, problems set in. We anticipate problems,
research their solutions and design or re-design accordingly
before they can adversely impact the project.
• Responsiveness: Our services
are personalized. To meet the Owner's needs throughout
the design and building process, a JHAA Principal is
responsible, thus assuring immediate access to the full
resources of the firm.
In short Joseph Hurwitz & Associates believes in Results-Oriented
Service. Our work ethic is fierce and "hands on".
We are committed to the successful completion of the projects
on time and within budget.
Joseph Hurwitz & Associates technical staff, in combination
with that of its professional consultants of long association,
is comprised of over 100 experienced design and construction
specialists. Most have degrees in architecture, civil,
mechanical or electrical engineering, planning or related
fields. Many hold advanced degrees and/or professional
certification in architecture, engineering and planning.
As Architects, JHAA has been responsible for the new construction,
alteration and rehabilitation/preservation of over 20 million
square feet of governmental, residential, educational,
health care, commercial, corporate and industrial projects.
Our staff's skill and experience are our greatest strengths.
Our staff is among the most experienced in the Mid-Hudson
region and the area immediate surrounding.
Joseph Hurwitz & Associates is an industry leader.
In fact the firm has eight times been the recipient of "Best
Building of the Year" awards for structures
built in the Mid-Hudson region, most recently the Tischler
Medical Center in Hurley, NY and has numerous citations
for design competitions held in Japan and the Netherlands.
The firm has also been cited by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) for "Excellence
in Design and Construction" for housing projects
built in Sullivan County.
Current projects under construction include a 190 unit,
seven story apartment building
in Monticello, NY and an 18,000
Sq. Ft. town hall for the town of Esopus., NY.
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Profile
Joseph Hurwitz and Associates has focused its practice
in upstate New York where it has received numerous awards
for the "Best Building of the Year". A medium-sized
firm, JHAA has built a solid reputation in the mid-Hudson
Valley for providing comprehensive and highly flexible
architectural services to governmental and corporate clients.
These services encompass: determination of client needs;
master planning; urban design; economic feasibility studies;
design development; preparation of construction documents;
interior design/space planning and construction administration.
The firm has demonstrated ability to produce projects
within budget and time schedules. The firm's success stems
from a frame work of established relationships with a select
group of specialized allied professionals, cost estimators,
historic preservationists, engineers, contractors and other
related design professionals.
To accomplish the multiple goals of their projects, JHAA
initiates at the outset extensive communication with various
agencies, committees and community groups in defining the
program, establishing schedules and setting budgets. On-going
communications throughout the project helps keep these
elements fine-tuned and in control.
JHAA believes successful projects require a sensibility
and caring for the community values that must be the underlying
theme of all architectural projects. Structures whose every
phase of design and construction are open to extensive
public scrutiny demand of the architect special awareness
of the community's goals. From serving clients in the mid-Hudson
Valley for more than 25 years, JHAA has developed a unique
understanding of the area's needs, concerns and priorities.
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