Firm Principal, Brian James Cavanaugh, is an accomplished and versatile architect with more than 20
years experience in designing residential, institutional and commercial projects in multiple states and countries including
Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New York, Washington,
D.C., California and Ireland.
Cavanaugh began his architecture career with the well known American architect Ben Thompson at
his firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While working for Ben Thompson and Associates, Cavanaugh made contributions
to various exciting projects including the Fulton Market Building at the South
Street Seaport, Grand Central Re Development Project, New York
University School of Law, Union Station,
International Financial Services Centre in Dublin, Ordway
Center for the Performing Arts and Harvard Continuing Education Facility.
After working in a team
environment at a firm of more than 140 individuals, Cavanaugh left Ben Thompson and Associates to start his own firm
where he would be the principal architect for the projects he worked on. As principal
architect, Cavanaugh designed many exciting projects, including an Artist Retreat on the Nashua
River in Pepperell, MA
for the internationally known artist Paul Matisse, as well as numerous homes located in Concord,
Manchester by the Sea, Oyster Harbors,
Boston, San Francisco and Sleepy
Hollow, NY.
After 10 years on his
own, Cavanaugh had the opportunity to join Richard Wills as the only other architect
at his Boston firm Royal Barry Wills and Associates. Cavanaugh continued to further his residential design abilities and talents by designing
high-end residential homes for many of the firm’s clients. For example,
Cavanaugh was primarily responsible for the design and siting of most of the homes located at Cutters’ Bluff located
in Weston, MA.
Cavanaugh has returned
to his own firm where he continues to specialize in residential homes of various styles such as Shingle, Victorian, Queen
Anne, historically accurate Greek Revival and Colonial, as well as interesting
and unusual commercial projects such as Serenella, a fashionable boutique on Newbury Street
for high end women’s clothing.
