Our mission is to create enduring architecture which grows more beautiful with time, harbors delightful memories, and shelters the spirit.
At Hudson Design, we serve as advisors and collaborators, assembling a team of like-minded individuals willing to focus our training and creative collaboration on the architectural dilemmas and aspirations of others.
Upstate Regency Revival
Exposed brick passages and archways create dramatic transitions between the historic home and new construction, celebrating the union of period craftsmanship and contemporary living. We collaborated closely with regional artisans throughout this historical revovation project, carefully matching woodwork between old and new wings.
Castle Rock
For more than a century, Castle Rock has stood as an iconic landmark in the Hudson Highlands, admired for its historic architecture, copper-topped tower, and original granite carriage trails. Hudson Design is proud to lead Phase I of a multi-year historic renovation and preservation master plan.
Garrison Landing
For the renovation of 19 Garrison Landing, our goal was to restore the unique exterior details—such as the “cloverleaf” vergeboards and Doric columns—while transforming the interior into a modern, two-bedroom home. The new open-plan living space and full-width deck were designed to maximize views of the Hudson River.
Valeria
Built in 1924 as a corporate retreat, this 9,000 sq.ft. historic stone clubhouse was restored to its original grandeur. The clubhouse includes a 2,240 sq.ft. grand ballroom, full catering kitchen, fitness center, fitness classrooms, locker rooms with showers and saunas, recreational game room, reading lounge, and a swimming pool with sundeck overlooking the lake. Hudson Design provided the Master Plan of improvements and guided the residents and developer through the design and construction process.
Visitor Center at Sterling Forest
The Sterling Forest Visitor Center serves as the gateway to a 15,800 acre wildlife preserve, an historic iron mine and foundry site and the largest bloc of unbroken deep forest habitat in the Hudson Valley region. The design program for the Visitor Center building called for a form and material palette reminiscent of State Park structures built in the 1930’s and consistent with Park Agency goals for resource conservation and responsible environmental design.
South Orange Family YMCA
Phase 2: The South Orange Family YMCA is growing and expanding at their current location. With the extension comes the long awaited Olympic length pool, full court gym, hot tub and locker rooms for the new aquatic amenities. The extension connects off the celebrated lobby and brings the members through a corridor with long sight lines to and through all the new spaces. The pool boosts a kiddie area with water features and walk in edges and garage style doors to the sun bathing deck.
Bear Creek Dining Hall
A central “Commons” was established as the main organizing element for the camp center. The segmented form of the Dining Hall design visually links the Gym and future Rec Hall and reduces the relative sizes of the larger structures. By orienting the window wall of the dining area to the northeast across the main floor from the stage, we maximize the benefit of natural morning light and orient views to the commons and the lake beyond. The structure of the Dining Hall incorporates an open scissor truss with maximum height in front of the stage for an optimal acoustic shape.
Hudson Fisheries Barge
The Hudson Fisheries Trust, based in Upper Nyack, NY, preserves the history, skills, and traditions of Hudson River commercial fishing families. Its centerpiece, the Hudson Fisheries Barge Museum, is a replica turn-of-the-century fishing barge featuring a fishing camp, interactive exhibits, gallery, and media center. Traveling along the Hudson, the museum brings traditional boatbuilding, netmaking, and fishing methods to riverfront communities, transforming local waterfronts into immersive Hudson River fishing villages. This mobile museum celebrates cultural heritage, educates the public, and ensures the legacy of the region’s commercial fishery continues for future generations.
Garrison Yacht Club Pavillion
The Garrison Yacht Club is planning to build a pavilion at its current dock and harbor facilities across the Hudson River from West Point Military Academy. The new pavilion will provide for dining and entertainment functions and will give members and their guests unobstructed views of the River and Harbor. The pavilion is designed to incorporate the existing earth and masonry causeway and the club’s ceremonial flagstaff. The project became possible when the existing aging piers needed to be replaced. The newer, longer piers allow for the new dock and 2nd floor to be built in the same location as the existing dock. The Pavilion’s design is suggestive of a yacht’s design with elements such as an aft deck located in the entrance of the pavilion’s first floor, the bridge at the 2nd floor rear and the stern pointing toward the river.
Monticello Motor Club Autominiums
From Monticello Motor Club Website : “Monticello Motor Club, North America’s Premier Automotive Resort and Private Racetrack, features 4.1 miles of billiard-smooth twisty asphalt dedicated to the driving pleasure of its members – individuals who are passionate about automobiles, who relish the driving experience, and who seek a place of belonging among like-minded people.”
Valatie Free Library
As in many small communities, the local Library in Valatie, NY, is a clearing house of information and a sort of “pub” for intellectual stimulation. Our charge was to relocate this important resource from a former two bedroom house into a historic railway warehouse. Our design utilized the two story interior by introducing a mezzanine and restoring the exposed wood trusses. Other features included a media room, computer lab, sound deadening and private meeting rooms as well as 16′ high stack areas for books