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Modern brick residential building nestled among snow-covered evergreen trees, featuring geometric form and large windows, by Matthew Baird Architects.
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Matthew Baird Architects

Architecture FirmEst. 2002

Baird Architects is an architecture, planning, and design firm based in New York City and Mount Desert Island, Maine. Founded in 2002 by Matthew Baird, FAIA, the firm has 18 architects and planners and has built public and private works in the US, Europe, and Asia. Work ranges from large campus programming and planning to architectural detailing, united by commitment to exceptional design. The firm's investigations into cultural and material language are tempered by sensitivity to economic and environmental concerns.

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Projects

  1. Residential · Mount Desert Island, Maine

    Vacation house at edge of Acadia National Park with L-shaped plan and two structures separated by breezeway

  2. Residential · Mount Desert Island, Maine

    Complete renovation and addition to seaside cottage with glass bridge over granite ledge

  3. Tribeca Penthouse

    Residential · New York, New York

  4. Greenwich Street Townhouse

    Residential · New York, New York

  5. East Hampton Poolhouse

    Residential · Wainscott, New York

  6. Woodmere Art Museum

    Cultural · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  7. Ellis-Beauregard Foundation

    Cultural · Rockland, Maine

  8. Dutchess County Art Barn

    Cultural · Millerton, New York

Awards & press

  • 2024 Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture

    AIA Maine · 2024 · For Somes Sound House

  • 2022 Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture

    AIA Maine · May 27, 2022

  • Designer of the Day: Matthew Baird

    SURFACE · January 25, 2022

  • Step Inside a Mesmerizing Tribeca Penthouse

    Architectural Digest · September 27, 2021 · Article by Ariel Foxman

  • Baird Architects Talk to Angles

    Angles · December 2022 · Article by Anna Mangum

  • The Year in Design Issue

    Decor Maine

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