Personal statement from Michael A. Vaccaro, AIA, NCARB, SC ARCH#6618
I have designed several award winning homes in the Lowcountry. My designs are collaboration between the client and my sense of special layouts. I tend towards rational spaces and believe that it is never necessary to overcomplicate the design. A clear cut solution executed in a simple manner that is well detailed is usually the most beautiful over time.
Professional Experience
Architect – VACCARO Architecture, Inc., Hilton Head Island, SC ▪ 2003 – Present
•Company was formed in 2003 to specialize in high end custom projects.
Managing Partner – Ludtke & Vaccaro Architects, LLC, Hilton Head Island, SC ▪ 2006 – 2015
•Active Partner in a firm that specializes in custom residential architecture.
Architect Project Manager – Wayne Windham Architect, Bluffton, SC ▪ 2004 – 2006
•Served as firm manager in the Bluffton office.
Architect Intern – Various firms, Cleveland, Denver, Hilton Head ▪ 1996-2003
Education
•Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado at Denver, CO in 1999
•Bachelor of Environmental Design from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 1996
•summer study programs in Italy, Greece, and China
Boards and Affiliations
•Member of American Institute of Architects - AIA
•Member of National Council of Architectural Registration Boards - NCARB
•Board Member, Hilton Head regional Habitat for Humanity
•Board Member, Palmetto Dunes Property Owners Association Board of Directors
•Board Member, Town of Bluffton, SC Construction Board of Appeals and Adjustments
•Consulting Architect to Bluffton Promenade Development Architectural Review Board
•Consulting Architect to Sandcastles by the Sea Architectural Review Board
Pro Bono
•Hilton Head Habitat for Humanity
•Daufuskie Island Historical Society
•Bluffton Historical Preservation Society
I have designed several award winning homes in the Lowcountry. My designs are collaboration between the client and my sense of special layouts. I tend towards rational spaces and believe that it is never necessary to overcomplicate the design. A clear cut solution executed in a simple manner that is well detailed is usually the most beautiful over time.
Professional Experience
Architect – VACCARO Architecture, Inc., Hilton Head Island, SC ▪ 2003 – Present
•Company was formed in 2003 to specialize in high end custom projects.
Managing Partner – Ludtke & Vaccaro Architects, LLC, Hilton Head Island, SC ▪ 2006 – 2015
•Active Partner in a firm that specializes in custom residential architecture.
Architect Project Manager – Wayne Windham Architect, Bluffton, SC ▪ 2004 – 2006
•Served as firm manager in the Bluffton office.
Architect Intern – Various firms, Cleveland, Denver, Hilton Head ▪ 1996-2003
Education
•Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado at Denver, CO in 1999
•Bachelor of Environmental Design from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 1996
•summer study programs in Italy, Greece, and China
Boards and Affiliations
•Member of American Institute of Architects - AIA
•Member of National Council of Architectural Registration Boards - NCARB
•Board Member, Hilton Head regional Habitat for Humanity
•Board Member, Palmetto Dunes Property Owners Association Board of Directors
•Board Member, Town of Bluffton, SC Construction Board of Appeals and Adjustments
•Consulting Architect to Bluffton Promenade Development Architectural Review Board
•Consulting Architect to Sandcastles by the Sea Architectural Review Board
Pro Bono
•Hilton Head Habitat for Humanity
•Daufuskie Island Historical Society
•Bluffton Historical Preservation Society