Firm Profile

Our architecture draws inspiration from the unique context of New England’s villages and seacoast.

Joseph W. Dick Architecture has provided elegant residential designs for a discerning client base for 31 years. We work on all residential projects, from new homes to historic restoration and renovation of existing houses, to salvaging and transforming existing but inadequate buildings.

Our body of work is extensive. From large houses to the smallest of garden sheds, in locations as diverse as Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod, to East Aurora in upstate NY, to Miami’s Fisher Island, to midtown Manhattan, to Louisburg Square on Boston’s Beacon Hill, we provide our clients with houses that are tailored to their specific needs, to their particular site. No project is too big or too small. No project is alike either; we have no interest in repeating a design repeatedly; rather, we are energized by the challenge presented by each new project.

Much of our work is either by the coast on waterfront sites, in historic districts, or adjacent to wetlands, so we are adept at working with and getting approvals from town boards such as conservation, zoning, historical commissions, etc.

We have kept our firm small, on purpose, to provide our clients with a direct one-on-one line of communication. We listen to our clients. Our firm consists of two partners; Joseph Dick is a graduate of Columbia College and also has a Master’s in Architecture from Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, and Michele Maykel was trained as an artist and is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Art. Joseph provides all aspects of architectural services, from conceptual design to interior architecture to construction observation to site design and obtaining town board approvals. Michele focuses on interior art, from carpet design to color selection, stained glass design to interior finishes selection. Above all, we collaborate, bounce ideas off each other, and create together.

Portrait Photography: Charlie Utz