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AIA Gold Medal Award Winner, Re-Envisioned Foursquare Home Renovation: Ridgewood, NJ

AIA Silver Medal Award Winner, Pool House: Short Hills, NJ

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AIA Honorable Mention Winner Connection Family Compound: Short Hills, NJ

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AIA Silver Medal Winner From Classic to Cool, Modern Home Renovation-South Orange, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner Mediterranean Home Renovation & Addition: Summit, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner, Family Room & Primary Suite Addition: Maplewood, Nj

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AIA Silver Medal Award, NJ State AIA Merit Award & People's Choice Award: Maplewood, NJ

AIA Bronze Medal Award Winner, Elegant Infill: Maplewood, NJ

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2023 Historic Preservation Award Winner: Summit, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner - Re-Envisioned Stair Hall: Ridgewood, NJ

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Restoration, Renovation and Alterations to Historical Gem - Montrose, South Orange, NJ

Mid Century Modern: Restoration + Renovation Maplewood, NJ

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AIA Gold Medal Winner Suburban Transformation Bloomfield, NJ

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Tudor Home Addition and Renovation: Maplewood, NJ

AIA Silver Medal Award Winner, Cheerful Cottage Addition & Renovation: Essex County, NJ

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Home Renovation and Addition, Shingle Style: Chatham NJ

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Shingle Transformation to Period Perfect Home: Chatham, NJ

English Arts & Crafts Home Renovation: Summit, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner, Hilltop Barn and Garage: Summit, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner: Seamen's Church Institute, Port of NY &NJ, Export St Newark, NJ

Beth Ephraim Maplewood Jewish Center & Kindergan Pre-School: Maplewood, New Jersey

Re-Envisioned Rural Georgian Stair Hall II: Ridgewood, NJ

Greenwich Village Loft Apartment Renovation: New York City

Period Georgian Style Home- Foyer Renovation: Summit, NJ

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Llewellyn Park Renovation: West Orange, NJ

Ranch Style Home Re-Envisioned as Period Home: Maplewood, NJ

PERIOD HOME ADDITION: MAPLEWOOD, NJ

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Historic Gildersleeve House Addition: Maplewood, NJ

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Victorian Home Kitchen and Bath Renovation: Maplewood, NJ

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AIA Gold Medal + State Montclair, NJ

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Whole House Renovation: Summit, NJ

Timeless White Kitchen Renovation+Addition: Westfield, NJ

Kitchen Renovation and Mudroom Addition: Maplewood, NJ

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AIA BRONZE MEDAL WINNER: Un-built Category Suburban Retrofits: South Orange, NJ

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Kitchen Renovation and Mudroom Addition: Montclair, NJ

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Historical Preservation Review, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Community Review

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Modern Hillside House: Millburn, NJ

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Concept for Consideration- Cape Cod Expansion: Short Hills, NJ

CONNECTION - Family Compound "On the Boards" Short Hills, NJ

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Porch, Pool, Pool House: Millburn, NJ

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Beach House Addition and Renovation: Asbury Park, New Jersey

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Period Home Renovation and Addition: Short Hills, NJ

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Bucks County, PA Homes

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Historic Italianate Home, Historic Lewisburg, PA

Clawson Architects: Quiet Authority in Luxury Residential Architecture

Clawson Architects is a New York Metro–area residential architecture firm known for refined judgment, architectural restraint, and enduring design.

Working with a discreet clientele throughout the New York metropolitan region, the firm specializes in luxury residential architecture, including estate‑scale homes, historically sensitive renovations, and transformational additions. Each project is guided by a singular ambition: to refine a home so precisely that the final result feels inevitable—never imposed, never overstated.

Founded in 2000, Clawson Architects has completed more than 600 residential projects and has been consistently recognized by the American Institute of Architects and Best of Houzz for Design and Service. More telling than awards, however, are decades‑long relationships with repeat and generational clients who value architecture as stewardship rather than display.

The firm is widely regarded as the architect to architects. Designers responsible for significant institutional, cultural, and public architecture often entrust Clawson Architects with their own private residences—drawn by the firm’s discretion, domestic fluency, and sensitivity to scale and context.

Clawson Architects is particularly sought after for complex residential renovations involving historic districts, zoning constraints, and dense suburban or urban sites. Interiors and kitchens are approached with equal rigor, often in collaboration with Clawson Cabinets, LLC, ensuring cohesive design from structure through fine detail.

The practice works fluently across American architectural traditions—including Georgian, Colonial Revival, Shingle Style, Arts & Crafts, Mid‑Century Modern, and understated contemporary design—always anchored by proportion, material integrity, and longevity.

At its core, Clawson Architects understands that the most enduring luxury is discretion, and the most compelling architecture need not announce itself.