Architecting Insights

The journey to bring The Landmark to life has been a long but rewarding one. The Landmark opened its doors to residents in the early Fall.

With school fully back in session, we’re excited to spotlight the newly constructed South Hunterdon Regional Middle School in Lambertville! Earlier this month, the school welcomed 220 students for the 2025–2026 school year.

Peron Development and USA Architects have teamed to work towards a multi-year revitalization of the former U.S. Pipe campus in Burlington, New Jersey. Taking full advantage of the waterfront and the blossoming revitalization of the downtown region, the U.S. Pipe Site promises to make a grand impact and symbolize a new age of revitalization for City of Burlington.

Associate and Project Manager, Marlene Borruso AIA, discusses in detail the everlasting impact the Children's Home Society of New Jersey's New Early Childhood Center will have on its community.

USA Architects’ CEO, Paul Swartz, was interviewed by LancasterOnline over the summer regarding the potential of a new Lancaster County correctional facility. 

USA Architects has one of the most accomplished Building Envelope Studios in the region from having managed and designed hundreds of millions of dollars in building envelope repair and replacement projects over the past 30 years.

Architect Doug Margaretta reviews a recent course that offered an engaging and practical overview of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), Health Product Declarations (HPDs), and the importance of these documents in the new LEED v4 rating system scheduled to go into effect this fall.

Allow me to describe to all of you what is currently occurring on several of our projects, regarding slate roofing, as food for thought on your next project if it has a place for slate.  When Shyam had to specify slate roofing on the Schaefer Auditorium @ Kutztown University he contacted the Evergreen Slate Co. in Granville New York.  They own and operate a huge slate quarry that straddles the New York /Vermont border and several smaller satellite quarries in the area.  The Sales Rep. gave us a Lunch & Learn on slate which piqued my interest, even though we have never used much of it in this office due to the high cost associated with it.

Light colored (reflective) roof tops, solar panel installations, and roof top gardens, are three viable green energy-saving solutions for businesses and homeowners to consider, that help reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Too much greenhouse gas traps heat in the atmosphere which causes gradual global warming.