About Us
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Carapella Architecture is a full-service general practice architectural studio specializing in Architectural design in the Classical manner, urban planning and historical Preservation. We are a small office providing architectural design service for a broad spectrum of clients including residential, commercial and institutional projects. The firm has been set up in Pittsburgh in the second half of 2010 to reflect the significant body of work, skills, experience that Carmine Carapella has developed in the field of traditional architecture, urban planning and preservation over the past 15 years. Born in Italy and educated in Rome and USA, Carmine Carapella strives to bring Italian design quality to each and every project. The company’s philosophy is simply superior quality design: creative, resourceful, responsive design that lends sophisticated Classical European beauty with American tradition. Carmine Carapella is a proud member of The INTBAU College of Traditional Practitioners.
Projects
Our Team
We, as your architect, will be involved in each stage of your project but other team members are part of the design team: civil engineer, structural engineer as well as Mechanical-Electrical and Plumbing engineers. We are open to work with any professionals you chose. However we have our list of preferred professionals we like to work with including a list of selected contractors for both residential and commercial projects.
Structural Engineer
MR structures LLC 1095 5th St, Waynesburg, PA 15370 Phone: (724) 833-9413 www.mrstructures.com
MEP Engineer
Pedicone Engineering Consultants 4257 Gibsonia Rd, Gibsonia, PA 15044 Phone: (724) 443-5400
Civil Engineer
J R Gales & Associates Inc 2704 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15227 Phone: (412) 885-885 www.jrgales.com
Contractors
ABS Building Systems Integrators 1900 5th Ave, McKeesport, PA 15132 Phone: (412) 672-7772 www.absbuildingintegrators.com
Prime 1 Builders 510 Millers Run Rd. Morgan, PA 1506 Phone: (412) 257-0160 www.prime1builders.com
Cullen Building company 2400 Oxford Drive, suite 463 Pittsburgh, PA 15102 Phone: (412) 515-5150 www.cullenbuildingcompany.com
Let us know about your project
The best way to start a potential home project is to get a professional opinion. Answer a few simple questions below and we’ll help you determine the feasibility of your home project from the overall vision to issues of schedule and budget.
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What we can do for you
1. Schematic design
Schematic design is the first phase. We will talk with you to determine the project basic requirements and your goals. We will prepare rough study drawings that illustrate the basic concepts of the design. Initial cost estimations, based on project size and complexity, are also an important part of this phase. We will produce rough drawings, floor plans, elevations and often illustrative sketches or computer renderings.
3. Construction documents
Once you are comfortable with the drawings produced from the design development phase, we can move on to the construction documents. The construction document phase produces drawings with more detail which are used for the construction of your project. We will send this set of drawings to contractors for pricing or bidding as well as to the building department for required permit approvals.
2. Design development
Design development collects the results from the schematic design phase and takes them one step further. This phase involves finalizing the design and specifying such items as materials, window and door locations and general structural details. Design development usually yields a more detailed construction cost estimate, including: site plan, floor plans, elevations and section drawings with full dimensions.
4. Construction administration
During the Construction administration phase of the project we will provide a close supervision to coordinate the project with you and the selected contractor. We will oversee the contractor’s work to ensure that the materials and the construction techniques used are in compliance with the Contract Documents and to ensure the successful and timely completion of the project.
Contact for enquiry
Fill up the form and tell us more about your project
Our job is to turn your ideas and aspirations into imaginative, workable solutions – and it’s what we love to do. When you contact us, we will run through a “reality check” with you on the phone to make sure the budget you have in mind will cover the work you’d like to do. If that conversation is positive, we arrange to meet to discuss what you would like to achieve both now and long term. We’ll walk around your building or site, talk about your ideas, offer some of our own, and see if there’s a good fit between our skills and your needs.
