DESIGN STANDARDS

Quality design is an essential element in a community's vision for positive change. Respecting traditional forms and classical proportions can help to bring forth a built environment that is aesthetically pleasing, while addressing our need for places to live, work and shop. Yet, so often we are focused on first-cost considerations that mediocre buildings become an enduring part of our landscape. Part of a community's vision is reflected in the design qualities that it inspires and requires. As these qualities are integrated into the fabric of new development, they offer increased value of both the building that changes the landscape and the landscape that it changes.
Banisch Associates, Inc. has prepared award winning design guidelines that help enhance rather than detract from community character as new development proceeds.