FIRM BACKGROUND AND HISTORY

Kerns Group Architects, P.C. was originally started to allow the founding principal to practice architecture with an emphasis on service and design quality. The firm today, thirty years later, strives for the same goals. The main source of new projects and commissions is referrals from previous and current clients. Personal attention and interest in finding practical, meaningful solutions to design problems are the reasons clients come to Kerns Group and are also why they stay.

KERNS GROUP ARCHITECTS is a mid-size, full service architecture, planning and interiors firm committed to design and technical excellence. Established in 1974, Kerns Group is experienced in a wide variety of building types, including commercial offices, churches, schools, association headquarters, renovations, assisted living facilities and historic restorations, as well as facilities planning and feasibility studies.

KERNS GROUP ARCHITECTS searches for imaginative solutions to real problems. Emphasis is placed on the appropriateness of the solution in its context and the degree to which the solution synthesizes a broad range of basic concerns: human comfort and convenience, responses to programmatic needs, community impact, budgetary constraints, legal parameters, life cycle costs, constructability, as well as aesthetic and spiritual qualities.

KERNS GROUP ARCHITECTS is committed to producing an architecture, which makes a significant improvement to the well being of its inhabitants and its community. In the design of the firm's projects, the singularity of each situation is expressed and embodied in the architectural form: the client's goals and aspirations, the activities of the program and the unique qualities of the site, both natural and man-made.

KERNS GROUP ARCHITECTS has acquired a regional reputation for highly innovative and contextual design. Our projects have been recognized for excellence in design by the American Institute of Architects, American Wood Council, the National Masonry Institute, the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture, as well as citations from Progressive Architecture magazine.