The Studio
About Us.
Wiemann-Lamphere Architects, Inc. (WLA) has been a leader and innovator in the architectural design community since 1971. We provide our clients with high quality, comprehensive architectural solutions to meet their building needs.
We are dedicated to creating strong and enduring client relationships, always taking our client’s philosophy, programmatic requirements, and specific site characteristics into consideration to shape the basis of our designs, lending each project its own unique identity. Every project is treated as an opportunity to exceed our client’s expectations.
With a 53-year history of successful projects, we are now engaging a fourth generation of principals, with Kelley DesRoches becoming the newest partner in March 2023 and joining native Vermonters and brothers, David and Steven Roy. Together, they are building on a solid foundation of quality projects while focusing on providing leading edge, dynamic and sustainable architecture for today’s world. Our staff of seventeen includes twelve design professionals, five of whom are LEED Accredited.
LEED
Accredited
Award-Winning Sustainable Design: Vermont Public Radio
AIA Vermont’s Merit for Excellence in Architecture, 2017
Efficiency Vermont’s Best of the Best Award, 2017
AGCVT Best Builders Award for Sustainable Green Construction, 2016
Sustainable
Design.
At Wiemann Lamphere, sustainability is a core part of our mission. As a firm, we have adopted the 2030 Challenge: a global initiative to lower energy use in the developed world until reaching 100% carbon neutral buildings by the year 2030.
Eliminating Fossil Fuels
Our approach to sustainability includes eliminating the use of fossil fuels for heating and cooling, reducing the use of oil-based products used in the construction, and utilizing materials which have a lower carbon footprint.
Within the office, we have five LEED Accredited Professionals and have administrated over a dozen LEED projects using our own staff. As leaders of the firm, David and Steven Roy have built net-zero energy homes for themselves and Kelley DesRoches has solar installed at her home as well.
They also all drive electric vehicles and we have an electric vehicle for other staff members to use as needed. We understand sustainability because we live it, and we have made it our focus to help our clients understand why it matters and how they can be part of the solution.
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Efficiency Vermont’s Best of the Best for South Burlington Public Library + City Hall, 2023
Efficiency Vermont’s Best of the Best for Worthen Library, 2020
Efficiency Vermont’s Commercial New Construction Partner of the Year Award, 2018
Efficiency Vermont’s Best of the Best for Vermont Public Radio Renovation and Addition, 2017
AGCVT Best Builders Award for Sustainable Green Construction for Vermont Public Radio, 2016
Sustainable Montpelier 2030 Design Competition Finalist, 2016
Efficiency Vermont’s Best of The Best for Essex Police Headquarters, 2015
Presentation of Vermont Public Radio at Better Buildings by Design Conference
Efficiency Vermont’s Best of the Best Award, 2023
AIA Vermont’s Merit for Excellence in Architecture, 2021
South Burlington Public Library + City Hall
S. Burlington, VT
At Wiemann Lamphere Architects, our mission is to craft visionary and award-winning architecture that strengthens social, economic, and environmental values within our communities through active listening and embracing our clients’ goals and aspirations.