WE HAVE MOVED OUR NANTUCKET OFFICE

Come visit our new in-town location at 2 Union Street

Lyman Perry/Hutker Architects

Nantucket Studio

2 Union Street   – Nantucket, MA  02554

508-228-3340

www.hutkerarchitects.com

HA-LPA is proud to sponsor the 39th Annual Opera House Cup Regatta by hosting the Skippers’ Party at our Nantucket Studio

Explore the shores of Nantucket with architect Lyman Perry aboard the Great Harbor Yacht Club motor launch as this historical retrospective of the architecture of good living on Nantucket provides a unique and educational experience. Host Lyman Perry’s lifetime relationship as both a homeowner/summer resident and architect of many of the island’s finest homes and establishments promises a memorable event. Enjoy assorted cheeses from Kerrygold Cheeses and Butters from Ireland and beautiful Pinot Noir and Chardonnay provided by one of California’s oldest wineries, Frei Brothers. As a special treat, viticulturalist Jim Collins of Frei Brothers will be on board during the first tour.

Saturday, May 21, at 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

and Sunday, May 22, at 2:00 p.m. at the White Elephant Dock

Team Rooster – left to right: Cali Giglio, Eivar Marrero, Lyman Perry and Lauren Giglio

Lyman Perry proudly displays this year’s Honorable Mention Ribbon!

Ha-Lpa picnic

The Rooster en -route to Sconset.

The new partnership will help expand and strengthen Hutker’s reach to Nantucket.

By: Stephani L. Miller

After 35-plus years of leading a thriving residential architecture firm designing award-winning traditional and not-so-traditional homes and other structures on Nantucket, Mass., and throughout the Northeast, Lyman Perry, AIA, is scaling back a bit. At age 72, he’s beginning to think about his future and life transitions.

To eliminate the managerial burden of running a 20-person practice, he’s cut back on his design and support staff and is now operating his studios in Berwyn, Pa., and Nantucket with a handful of employees and is hiring former staff designers on an as-needed basis.

Currently, Perry is working on four projects as Lyman Perry Architect, but he’s also embarking on a newly formed partnership with the slightly younger, but no less accomplished firm of Hutker Architects.

Perry and Hutker founder and principal Mark Hutker, AIA, had known of each other’s work for years before they met, and after a few meetings they found they had a lot in common.

“We came to mutually respect each other’s point of view,” Hutker says. “We noticed that we thought a lot alike about how to work with our clients, the aspect of design we want to pursue, and the level of quality.”

Hutker’s firm, which has been strategically positioning itself for growth once the new-home market rebounds, gains from the partnership by expanding and strengthening its presence on Nantucket through Perry’s studio. “It’s a market that Lyman’s been in for years, so it’s old hat for him and a new opportunity for us. It’s a win-win all around.”

The partnership is a natural move on all fronts. Both firms are adept at turning out warm, beautiful, and highly livable homes in the New England coast’s multitude of vernacular styles, but both also have an affinity for more modern and sculptural work as well. And while demand for residential design on Nantucket has dropped off in the past six months, Perry is seeing some confidence returning to the market.

Perry’s and Hutker’s mutual admiration and the parallels between their individual aesthetic visions and their approach to design makes theirs a logical collaboration.

“[Mark] is on the upward swing with his firm and his practice, and I’m facing thinking about my future, which means I don’t want to be encumbered,” Perry says. “For me it’s rejuvenating and heartening to see someone who can envision the advantages of a partnership like this.”

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Daffodil Festival Weekend - April 29 – May 1, 2011
Daffodil Festival

Highlights from Daffodil Day 2010

Lyman Perry transformed his 1974 Volkswagon into a spring time lady bug for Daffodil Day.

Lyman’s Love Bug wins Honorable Mention 2010.

Nantucket Wine Festival – May 18 – 22 2011
NantucketWineFestival.com