Lott3 Becomes Lott3Metz Architecture, LLC
Ted Lott, AIA and Greg Metz, AIA join forces to create Lott3Metz Architecture, LLC.

Lott3 becomes Lott3Metz Architecture, LLC Finalizing a long discussed partnership in January, 2004, Greg Metz and Ted Lott have become Lott3Metz Architecture, LLC. Located on Oakes street in their newly completed Donovan Building storefront space, the new firm picks up where Lott3 left off in the Urban Design and Healthcare arenas while pursuing and integrating Greg's considerable sustainable design expertise into the existing skill set of the firm. The new partnership expands both the reach and expertise of the firm propelling it towards future growth and leading edge design. To learn more about Greg, please visit his bio page

Amy Ver Hoef joins Lott3Metz Architecture, LLC
Interior designer brings her wealth of talents to the Lott3Metz team.

Amy Ver Hoef joins the Lott3Metz team. Further expanding the services and expertise of Lott3Metz Architecture, LLC into interior design, Amy Ver Hoef brings a dynamic design sensibility and a wealth of talents to her new position of Director of Interior Design. Her past work includes significant projects for Steelcase and Herman Miller as well as ground breaking efforts in sustainable design. In her short time with the firm, she has distinguished herself with her talent and become an indispensable member of Lott3Metz Architecture, LLC. To learn more about Amy, please visit her bio page.

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My Healthy Green Home
Lott3Metz partners with the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and the Inner City Christian Federation to create a new kind of urban housing.

In the spring of 2003 Lott3Metz Architecture, LLC was selected by a fledgeling partnership between The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum (WMSBF) and the Inner City Christian Federation to steward their new My Health Green Home project. The project dovetails the sustainable business practices of the WMSBF and the social mission of the ICCF to design and build affordable, sustainable housing in the Wealthy-Jefferson district of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Lott3Metz has acted as a facilitator between groups guiding the project to a written set of sustainable design standards and a schematic design for sustainable, multi-family housing. Construction is scheduled to begin in late 2004 with the structures completed for spring 2005 occupancy. To learn more about My Healthy Green Home, please visit the My Healthy Green Home project page.

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The Donovan Building completed and occupied.
Fully leased at opening, the historically accurate rehabilitation of The Donovan Building is an unqualified success.

The Donovan Building Located at 71 S. Division, The Donovan Building was originally designed by Benjamin & Son Architects of Detroit, Michigan for The Donovan Clothing Company also of Detroit. In more recent years it housed Wepman's Formal Wear. Purchased from the Wepman family in 1998 by Eric English, the subsequent development and reconstruction of the project, completed in the spring of 2004, shows a unique commitment by the developer to Grand Rapids' urban fabric. Contrary to most prognostication, The Donovan Building was fully leased - market rate leases - at the time of opening. The project includes twelve one- and two- bedroom apartments and three commercial/retail spaces. One of which is the new Lott3Metz office. To learn more about the Donovan Building, please visit the Donovan Building project page. To learn more about the new Lott3Metz office, please visit the Lott3Metz office page.

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Lott3Metz Architecture joins United States Green Building Council & Greg Metz, AIA becomes a LEED Accredited Professional.
Lott3Metz & Greg Metz signified their commitment to sustainable design practices by joining the USGBC and finalizing his LEED accreditation.

With his USGBC membership and LEED accreditation Greg Metz is leading Lott3Metz to the forefront of sustainable design. His recent professional ascension to a LEED Accredited Professional and Lott3Metz active USGBC membership clearly state Lott3Metz intent to amalgamate the principals of sustainable design in all of its work. To learn more about Greg, please visit his bio page.

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Belmont Dental Offices Complete Dr. John Frey and Dr. Eric English are moved in and doing business in their new office in Belmont, Michigan

Icon Properties, McGraw Construction, and Lott3Metz Architecture completed the offices of Dr. John Frey and Dr. Eric English in June of 2004. Through a stressful construction and move-in period the doctors are fully functional in their new spaces and happy with the results. Their respective staffs are pleased with their new functional spaces and the patients are excited by their panoramic operatory views of the White Pine Trail. To learn more about the Belmont Dental Offices, please visit the Belmont Dental Offices project page.

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