Bruce Sternberg Architect, Inc.

Bruce did a wonderful job of laying out a kitchen that feels generous, light and has good flow. He even figured out how to get the second sink in--a challenge in a small, 1920 Craftsman home.

I called and set up a time to meet with Bruce. He agreed to meet with us a couple weeks out only to call and leave a message a week later cancelling our appointment and telling us our work was too insignificant for someone like him to work on, that he had "other more important things that came up". Very unprofessional.

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Bruce is awesome!  He came out and took a look at the place, including crawling around in the attic, measuring everything and listening to all my ideas.  I really appreciated the time he took to make additional trips out to the site, and the several phone calls to walk through ideas and clarify priorities.  I felt I could be completely direct and candid without offending him, which is important to me.  In the end, he helped me see what was possible with this place, by providing several sketches detailing some great solutions (that I hadn't even considered) to many of the issues I encountered, and an overall "plan" with a very detailed cost estimate.  I am taking my time working on this house, but I intend to engage Bruce throughout the process whenever I need to call in an expert.

Fantastic! Bruce came up with some wonderful ideas to fit our lake house lot. We have views on 3/4 of our lot and Bruce was able to maximize ALL the views. He is very creative!

We have used Bruce before in our major home remodel and he saved the day. We selected him once again because our experience working with him was not as an architect who designed alone at table but as an architect who was part of the team. Here's what we liked about Mr. Sternberg: His understanding of the client's needs, his expertise in solving problems, his style and taste, his ability to accomplish our goals under the restraints of the given budget, and his many years of hands-on design work and actual construction experience that takes what's on paper and makes it actual and livable and real.

It went very well.  Bruce was on time, a clear communicator, very efficient and knowledgeable.  We have had to put the project on hold, but plan to re-start it later.

When we originally met with Bruce, we had only vague ideas about what we wanted -- more space, more light, and more of "us" in the house.  Similarly, my husband just knew he wanted a space to paint and display/store completed artwork.  Bruce spent a lot of time with us to understand our sense of esthetic and how we would use the spaces.  He also looked a lot at the exterior of our house and was committed to making the interior beautiful and functional while also respecting and enhancing the integrity of the exterior.  We had met with other architects but none "got us" like Bruce did or offered such a beautiful, comprehensive plan.  We also really appreciated the fact that Bruce would also serve as general contractor and would be on site throughout the construction.
Like all projects, this took a bit longer than we would have liked and there were a few hitches along the way  as would be expected in an older home like ours.  However, that was all forgotten when the work was completed and exceeded our expectations.  
We truly couldn't be happier with how both projects turned out.  A good friend of mine regular reports that she has "bathroom envy" when she visits and looks at the two skylights and beautiful wood and tile work in the bathroom Bruce designed.  I get similar oohs and aahs about the two huge closets in the master bedroom. Bruce added two new windows to the second bedroom and designed  lighting that makes the space perfect for a relaxing reading room, display space for more art, and a wonderful guest bedroom when family and friends visit.  
We are equally thrilled with the studio building.  Fellow artists and clients who come to see my husband's art, always note what a wonderful  space he works in.  The way Bruce sited the building created different outdoor spaces for us - with a dog run on one side of the studio and the entrance to our garden on the other side.

He had ideas, he was imaginative, and he was thorough in checking into the structure of the house. I thought the price was a bit high for what he did but I didn?t compare the price with anyone else. I couldn?t really use what he provided.

It was a fast architectural consult. He spent a couple of hours and drew up some alternative sketches. The work was good; it wasn?t a full plan but that was not what we had hired him for. He was good and we liked him.

Our remodel started in Late April 2009 and was scheduled to be finished the end of July - due to an issue with a subcontractor it was finished in late September. Despite the longer time-frame (which was no fault of Bruce's) we were very satisfied with Bruce's work as our architect and general contractor. We felt that his dual role of architect and general contractor made him more committed to fixing small errors or oversights of the subcontractors. The quality of the final product was excellent. Bruce did a great job providing a light and airy new 2nd floor. Our neighbors are all jealous! All in all from what we've heard about remodel nightmares ours was very smooth and the results were exactly what we wanted!

See above. It went great.

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What a fantastic experience. Bruce listened to our wants and then created a design that matched perfectly. When we were ready to build, he was right there as the general contractor. A really smooth, well coordinated effort! We love the results!

By his own admission, not the cheapest rates in town, but you get what you pay for, and here we got great architectural style and meticulous attention to detail. Bruce was exceptional in his grasp of what we were looking for, his ability to execute it, and as talented as he is, never exhibited an overbearing ego. While not ''lightning fast'', his 35 years of design and building experience, his willingness to work with the client, and his generous ongoing advice made the remodel a lot less traumatic than it could have been. To sum up Bruce he was conscientious, innovative, and never trendy.