HOLT Architects, located in Ithaca and Syracuse, NY is seeking highly creative, motivated, and team-oriented Architectural Designers for our Syracuse office. The Architectural Designer will help develop projects from early concept through construction and will be a trusted critical member of highly collaborative design teams. ALL HOLT project team members are an integral part of the firm’s innovative and exciting … Read More

HOLT Architects was recently honored with its 7th Best Places to Work Award — citing the firm’s focus on flexibility and quality of work as most impactful!! HOLT is a 40-person architecture and design firm and holds employee happiness, wellness, and growth as paramount. The firm offers every employee mentoring, flexible work hours, professional development, access to the latest technologies, … Read More

Congratulations to CFCU Community Credit Union on “cutting the ribbon” for its new Ithaca Commons Transformation Center! The local HOLT team, including Architects Quay Thompson and Cindy Kaufman, is proud to have been a part this exciting project that renovates 14,000sf and two stories of an historic bank building into a vibrant Transformation Center incorporating retail banking and administrative offices … Read More

The Barbara J. Burger iZone, in the University of Rochester’s historic Rush Rhees Library, was one of 13 libraries recognized across the United States and Canada in the American Libraries Association (ALA) 2019 Library Design Showcase.  Read more in the September/October online edition of American Libraries  magazine (page 38).  The showcase honors innovative architectural feats that address library user needs … Read More

We are excited and proud to announce that Kelly Maher, a healthcare architect at HOLT, just earned her architectural license! To become a registered architect, Kelly had to pass seven exams, have a professional degree from an NAAB-accredited program, and complete a multi-year, on-the-job Intern Development Program encompassing on 16 different categories, such as programming, site and environmental analysis, construction … Read More

Congratulations to HOLT and our clients for receiving design awards from the American Institute of Architects Southern New York Chapter! University of Rochester, iZone   |   Cornell Univ. College of Veterinary Medicine Community Practice Building       SUNY Buffalo State, Alumni and Visitor Center   |   Tompkins Financial Corporation, New Headquarters  “These awards acknowledge not only architectural innovation, but also each client’s commitment to creating the … Read More

Le Moyne College just received a 2018 Award of Excellence from the Town of Dewitt for recent campus renovations — including the newly renovated Noreen Reale Falcone Library. Working with the campus, HOLT Architects (led by Steve Hugo and Nathan Brown) helped  modernize the Library and manifest the Le Moyne vision of a active campus center. The renovation transformed the existing Library into a bright … Read More

We are excited to announce that Rob Shutts has joined the HOLT team! As a Project Manager, Rob will be leading College & University projects out of the firm’s Syracuse office. “Rob Shutts has been an integral part of the New York State design and construction industry for 15 years. His background as an architect, a contractor, and an owner, … Read More

Cayuga Medical Center’s newly renovated and expanded Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit showcases the positive impact of evidence-based design. As healthcare architects, our goal is to help hospitals and providers achieve the best possible outcomes  for patients, families, and staff. We can attain this by using evidence-based design and implementing specific elements that aid in the treatment of patients. The nexus of … Read More