Robert Swinburne Architect (me) was recently named to the Forbes listing of best architects in each state.

”…we at Forbes have engaged in 10 months of rigorous research to produce the following: our second national top-firms list, America’s Best-in-State Residential Architects, encompassing a total of 400 architecture practices from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia.

An expansion of the research-and-evaluations processes created to produce Forbes’ Top Residential Architects 2025 list, our methodology for this list drilled even deeper into the unique circumstances—cultural, social, economic, political, lifestyle, and beyond—that shape the markets for the custom single-family house in each individual state. To that end, we also looked at state-specific architects’ licensure numbers, comparing those totals to that of the national total to determine the percentages that each state represents in the whole. This metric was used as a guide to determine state-by-state representation of the 400 firms in the custom single-family house segment. And the result follows, below: A collection of U.S. architects setting the high-bar mark of excellence—and the ones you can turn to for your residential design-and-construction needs, no matter where in the country you call home.”

Fine Homebuilding Magazine invited me to submit our - Mindel and Morse Builders and Bluetime - simplified exterior insulation solution based on “Larsen Truss” construction. We have refined this solution over the course of several projects.

Fine Homebuilding article on Larsen trusses

The new Pretty Good House book is out! Click the pic to order yours. Some of my work is in here and on the cover.

At the 2023 BetterBuilding Conference in Burlington I helped Michael Maines with presenting the Book and the Philosophy underlying the book in a conference session.

the Sugar Bush House was published on Dwell+

and The Commons, a local newspaper did a nice article on it

(and me)

We won a 2021 Honor Award from AIAVermont for the Sugar Bush House

High Performance Home from an old barn project Featured in Fine Homebuilding February March 2021

I presented the Sugar Bush House with Mike Maines for the BS+Beer show

Green Building Advisor covered the High Performance barn to home conversion from a few years ago

I presented the Sugarbush House at the 2020 Fine Homebuilding Summit as part of Mike Maines’ “Pretty Good House” presentation.

Edward Shannon covered my firm in his new book “The Sole Practitioner Architect” click on the link to purchase on Amazon.

Country Home magazine covered the High Performance barn to home conversion project from a few years ago. See more about this project on the main page of the website.