David Murray Architect

David Murray Architect will be your ally and guide through the myriad steps from finding the right piece of land, through the design process, negotiating with the builder and to finally commissioning your most valuable asset. We will help you through this process with decades of experience to draw upon.

David Murray is a NYS licensed Architect based in New Paltz, New York. His practice consists of both Residential and Commercial projects in both Traditional and Contemporary Styles. The designs utilize Green strategies and products with super insulated, energy efficient design a priority. This is a small firm with great ideas and excellent client service.

In between two great meadows complete with flocks of sheep with the brilliant clients we designed this true modern farmhouse. The house is super-insulated with a SIP (structural insulated panel) roof and R-8 triple glazed Sublime windows. We incorporated some massive and ancient hand hewn Chestnut timbers salvaged from a barn on the site.

This collection of small house designs by David Murray Architect were conceived to meet the need for high performance but modestly scaled and priced homes with style and grace fully intact. Efficient and elegant floor plans with high "R" wall and roof sections and in some cases with integrated photovoltaic arrays allow them to easily reach "zero net energy".

We work closely with Commercial and Institutional clients to define their needs and goals and are their key ally through the entire design and construction process. This current project for a bakery / cafe has an Alice in Wonderland theme and we are proposing to reproduce at an appropriately out scale the original John Tenniel illustrations including the grinning Cheshire Cat.