Jonathan Orpin

When in his creative mode this VIP is head of the architectural team. We send Jonathan to meet with clients who are in the designing stages of their dream home process because his acute sense of room transition and home design panache are matched only by his subtle wit and crazy hair styles.

Anne Shean

Anne may be new to our group, but she's certainly not new to the industry. After years working, er skiing, in Vail, Colorado with a large developer, she and hubby, Karl, returned to their roots in Canandaigua to start a family. When she's not raising a frame, you'll find her raising the joys of her life, Ethan and Elizabeth.

Brian Mosch

Brian heads up the engineering department and is also in charge of the timber frame division. When he's not scheduling production, ordering timbers and designing frames, he water skis on Keuka Lake.

Ty Allen

Joining us after attending Cornell & years specializing in ecclesiastical architecture at a Rochester architectural firm - Ty made himself at home in the loft next to our engineers. He & wife Kellie just had Elijah this past year so life is filled with newness & change. A few things have stayed the same - like his dedication to the NY Giants, his love for cycling & his busy social schedule with his family [who also happen to be his neighbors.]

John Nihart

John just surfaced from years designing trade show booths and now he's part of our architecture department. A sculptor at heart, John spends a great deal of his free time in the art world exhibiting his work in regional & national shows. And then there are the times when he's simply away from it all - just him & wife Jamelle, daughters Alison & Heather, their dog Luca and his kayak.

Maxine Bromfield

Maxine is our resident interior designer and chooser of color, texture, shape and form. Although you can sometimes find her in clients' projects, you'll have better luck tracking her down if you first look for her young son Jake. Maxine will be the woman about four paces behind him with arms outstretched.

Tanya Lillehoff

Tanya spent her formative years in Bismarck, ND., so Rochester seems like the Caribbean in comparison. She splits her time at NEW between interior & architectural design which is a pretty good fit, seeing as how her academic work focused on the interplay between human consciousness and architecture. She enjoys Scrabble, exploring the culinary traditions of India, running & keeping in touch with her five siblings.

Barry Duerr

A native from the snow belt, just south of Buffalo, Barry is a real trooper: he moved to Rochester to take this position, knowing he'll soon be shipped off to our Portland workshop. When he's not rummaging around in his Jeep (we're not convinced he's not living out of it), he can be found in the woods negotiating steep climbs and scary descents on his mountain bike or slinging arrows. Barry brings not only his Buffalo dialect, but his smarts and know how for architectural interior design, museum exhibit design and fabrication.

Mike Beganyi

Mike left our design-loft a few years back for the sugary forests of Vermont to act as our New England Representative. The move's been refreshing and he’s found a whole new set of challenging hills for his long distance cycling habit. He & Jen manage to squeeze in a bit of personal travel once in a while but they'll be settling down in the next year as they will start training their little one (on the way!) in the finer points of trail running & snowshoeing.

Mike Harvey

When not hacking divots out of the fairway, Mike is responsible for designing and estimating timber frames. His background is in the aeronautical field, designing aircraft for Boeing, but he prefers wood to aluminum. Other hobbies include coaching soccer and woodworking on both a large and small scale - he recently fabricated the timber frame trusses for his garage.

Dave Gruschow

Dave's been with us for a little over a year now and he's been accepted by the timber framers as he rides a motorcycle & a '68 ford pickup. Recently married in a museum, (no kidding!) he comes from a family of farming engineers and he's just bought a house to fix up. An RIT grad, he swapped designing tractor trailers for timber frames.

Eric Fraser

Another RIT graduate - Eric went straight from school to being a mechanical engineer for an aerospace company and then to his desk upstairs. He's been trying out his wings as husband since he & Heather married this April - and now she tries to catch him as he dashes down a snowy mountain on his skis or down a muddy incline on his mountain bike.

Darren Watson

Darren’s a transplant from the West coast where he spent several years in the timber frame industry. Another office spider – he spends quite a bit of time at bottom of cliffs admiring the view and then climbing up them. His creative talents have lead him to a love of furniture making, home remodeling and piquant dog-naming skills. [His Golden’s name is Charlie Brown.]

John Szyklinski

John can be found using his truck for weekend landscaping and roofing jobs, or for hauling his step children to soccer games. He and his better half, Laurie, live the rewards, excitement and challenges of having four kids. Laurie is busy helping their oldest daughter plan her wedding but John grabs her for a quiet moment whenever possible. Ice hockey, kayaking and camping are his choice stress relievers, but really John is happiest when knee deep in dirt with his shovel in hand.

John Adamski

John is one of our designers and has more experience in the building industry than just about anyone here, having run his own construction company, design firm and created over 2000 homes. John's other interests include travel and fishing. He's also a freelance writer and superb wildlife photographer.

Visit John's photography website here: www.jbadamsgallery.com