Residential, Office, Commercial, Restaurant & Senior Care
Types of Building Structures
All Building Types Listed above
- New Structures
- Rehabilitation, Alteration & Renovation to Existing Structures
Extensive Exterior and Interior Alterations
- Full Exterior Remodeling and Building Style
- Interior Custom Design of rooms
- Especially Kitchen and Bathrooms
- Exterior Living Transition Spaces;
- Porches, Patios, Decks and Landscaping Ideas
Historical Projects
- Public Work for Town's Historical Buildings
- Profit & Non Profit Historical Buildings
- Private Business and Residence
Healthcare
- Healthcare Design Consulting - Ageism
- Medical Office Tenant Fit outs
- Senior Living Building Projects
Contemporary Buildings with Net Zero Parameters
OUR SERVICES
Architectural Services
- Pre-Design Services
- Feasibility Services
- Programming Project Relationships
- Sketches and Diagrams
- Building Cost Analysis
- Energy Analysis
- Construction Time line
- Feasibility Services
- Site Analysis
- Building Placement and Roadway Layout
- Slope and Grading Analysis
- Landscaping Pre-Design
- Preliminary Design Services
- Initial design ideas & Plan Options
- Provide Initial Elevations & Sections
- Initial Perspective Views
- Review Initial Square Foot Cost
- Coordinate with Design Consultants
- Design Development Phase
- Develop Plans, Elevations and Sections
- Refine Perspective Views
- Review Room Finishes, Door and Window Schedules and Exterior materials
- Review Construction time line and Cost Estimate for Project
- Coordinate with Design Consultants
- Construction Documents
- Provide Permit Construction Drawing
- Repeat last two bullet points above
- Bidding and Negotiation
- Provide Bidding Document
- Review bids for Client and provide suggestions
- Construction Observation & Reports
- Provide Pre-Construction Meeting
- Review critical questions future plan review meetings.
- Post-construction Services
- Provide Services as per project & requested by Client
Announce coming events
Future Projects
- Addition and Alteration of a Mixed Use Building at the Firm's Business Office and start of Construction scheduled for end of year 2024. Look for updates.
- 5 Residential Additions and Alterations projects in Red Bank, Fair Haven, Little Silver and Navesink.
Current Projects in Construction Phase
- Rear Dormer Addition and 1st Floor Addition on River Road, Red Bank, NJ
- Aging in Place design convert 1st Floor Space into Bedroom and Bathroom in Fair Haven, NJ.
- Screen Porch and Deck Addition for House on Crow Hill Lane, Howell, NJ.
- First Floor Kitchen and Mudroom and 2nd Floor Bathroom Alteration in Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
- Restaurant Alteration/Addition on Route 18 in East Brunswick, NJ.
- Second Floor Addition with a raised Foundation Plan in Flood Zone in Oceanport, NJ
Recent Noted Completed Project
- Rear Screen Porch Addition off of Family and Patio on Hudson Ave, Red Bank, NJ.
- 1st Floor Alteration of Kitchen, Bathroom, Front and Rear Foyer and Home Office in Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
- Front Porch and Rear Deck Addition in Sea Bright, NJ.
Ageism and Aging in Place
Senior Community Center
The Firm of Mark R. Fitzsimmons, Architect is involved with the a Senior Community Center in Oakhurst, NJ. The Firm have been retained to design a new Community Center building for the Complex after Hurricane Irene flooded their existing Community Center Building and 64 units were impacted in the complex. Our Firm is dedicated to designing a new Senior Community Center for the Client that will serve the needs for the seniors at their living village and to expand their social needs and improve their overall physiological health.
Parker Homestead Little Silver, NJ
The Parker Homestead maybe one of the oldest farmsteads in Monmouth County and possibly New Jersey, to be continuously owned an occupied by a single family.
Mark Fitzsimmons, Architect was employed by the Borough of Little Silver to provide Historic Architectural Services for the Borough's Historic registered structures. His Firm assisted with the Parker Homestead in stabilizing the exterior of the main homestead building and weatherproofing the building so that the buildings interior of the homestead could be rehabilitated and preserved in the second stage of the project. The Architect also developed a program for the Homestead, the Utility Buildings and its entire site and it was the wishes of Julia Parker to set up the Parker Homestead as an educational and heritage facility - a classroom for all ages.
The Parker Homestead has completed first floor preservation efforts and is now inviting visitors to the site to promote the educational importance of the farm homestead, its site and its relationship to the historical development of this area.
Historic Preservation and America's History Context of History and Preservation
Architectural Services for Historic Preservation
- Existing Building Condition Assessment Reports & Recommendations
- Preservation Plan
- Historic Structures Report
- Grant writing for Historic Grants
- Historic District Guidelines
- Historical Resource Inventory and Planning Guideline for Communities
Community Planning and Health
Community Environmental Behavior & Ecological Responsibility (under review)
The TIPPING POINT and BEYOND __ __ __ . . . __ __ __ Living in a Changing World
The fields of all Sciences, but especially Earth Sciences, has been ignored for too many years when looking at the present day ecological dilemma and the ignorance of the natural benefits of our earth systems. There have been many changes in our biosphere due to an increase in world population and neglect to respecting the planet's natural resources. Most notably the last 50 years of humans burning fossil fuels have increased CO2 changes into our biosphere causing erratic and dangerous conditions and climatic behaviors. Many Politicians unfortunately do not care or take into account the long term suffering caused by these changes in our biosphere that is now obvious throughout the entire planet.
Questions:
Will the baby boom generation be able to pass onto future generations a stable biosphere and reduce the production of CO2 into our atmosphere and water?
and also
Will this generation pass on future climatic events that will cause an increase in cost to everyone's insurance premiums for buildings, medical cost, relocation cost, the extinction of many species, and anxiety and fear based upon our weather forecast that is changing the world's view of not having a safe Community to possibly live long term by establishing roots in a Community or simply a place to retire?
Please reference this site below and other references within as a good place to start.
https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/
The Firm of Mark R. Fitzsimmons, Architect is reaching out and establishing communication with other Businesses and Organizations in establishing support for designing healthier communities throughout the planet. His Firm will review and respond to Environmental, Cultural, Historical and Social concerns that will help shape the Community interest, involvement in energy independence, equality and prosperity of land investment towards a thoughtful and detailed ecological economy.
Please contact me for further discussion.
Community Planning and Health
Creating Healthy Cities
- Environmental, Historical, Cultural and future Economic aspects with respect to existing Land Use Laws, Conservation Guidelines and the review of Building Uses in coordination with Site Design approvals
- Regional Environmental Planning
- Ecological and Conservation Planning - Renewable Energy
- Affordable Housing
- Urban Design in the 21st Century
- Walking Communities
- Political Commitment to Earth Sciences for making policy decisions
- Political Commitment to
LAW - (LAND - AIR - WATER) &
affordable rights for Healthy
Communities