Franklin Report Report Card for Colangelo Associates Architects in Connecticut/Westchester
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Colangelo Associates Architects
1273 East Putnam Avenue
PO Box 911
Riverside, CT 06878
(203) 967-4747
(203) 253-5503
www.colangeloassociates.com
vcolangelo@gmail.com
Main Contact: Vincent Colangelo
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Collaborative, service-driven high-end architecture

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Many clients trust Vincent Colangelo's sense of style so openly that they simply tell the architect what they don't want and give him creative control from there. Sources agree this kind of trust isn't given, it's earned--and Colangelo's 30 years of experience is the clincher. His styles are wide-ranging, as clients say he's just as capable of the historically sensitive renovation of an Elizabethan-style home as he is designing a contemporary house from scratch. We're told he "builds homes that are intimate with the site."

Colangelo, an architecture graduate of Kent State, started the four-person firm in 1979 after training at New York City firms for several years. Colangelo takes on twice as many ground-up designs as renovation projects, but sources say he is void of any pretense and will take on smaller renovation projects of $125,000 all the way up to massive homes that carry construction budgets of $7 million. And as for detail, it's not uncommon for Colangelo to "burrow in" for a year or two on a large scale project "to get the details just right." And that means everything right down to the hardware.

Clients say "he always watches out for you, especially with the contractor" and is very mindful of budgets. The bulk of his work comes from "cocktail party chats" yet he remains very grounded and accessible--we're told he returns phone calls in a matter of minutes. We hear he'll even follow up with a client years later just to see how the home is holding up. The firm charges a slightly lower than standard percentage of construction costs.

Representative Client Comments:
"I had a very normal Colonial house and he transformed it into a spectacular house." "He listened to what I wanted and just took it to another level." "I'd challenge you to find a better kitchen--even in a $5 million house." "The details, moldings were magnificent." "I would only work with him. He's my architect for life. I love him."

 
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