| Madison Spencer Architects was founded upon the premise that great architecture
results from collaboration. The collaboration between client and architect,
architect and builder, craft and design. Our goal is to design projects
that solve a particular client brief in as elegant yet practical a fashion
as possible. To that extent our relationships with clients tend to be
extensive, and our drawings comprehensive. Only with this effort from
the outset can well conceived and detailed results be assured.
Our field of practice and experience is broad, encompassing projects
as large as a master plan for a Caribbean resort village as well as
individual furnishings to suit a client's specific needs. Our work is
rooted in a classical aesthetic even when circumstances necessitate
a more modern approach. Proportion, balance, and a sound knowledge of
craft and materials - these fundamental notions of the building arts
guide us in all that we accomplish.
Madison Spencer, AIA, architect and planner, began his career writing
the guidelines for the redevelopment of the Miller Park District in
historic Chattanooga, Tennessee while in the office of Koetter Kim Associates
in Boston. In 1986 he joined Eisenman Robertson Architects in New York
directing and assisting in the design of several award winning architectural
competitions in the United States and abroad. Two of these were featured
in the 1988 Museum of Modern Art exhibit of "New Architecture".
In 1991 Mr. Spencer founded Train & Spencer Architects and went on to
establish Madison Spencer Architects in 2001. In that year alone he
received two preservation awards and two American Institute of Architecture
awards for his designs. In 2002, Mr. Spencer was selected as one of
the "Classicist 100".
He has lectured most recently at the University of Colorado and has
served as a guest critic and juror at Columbia University, Princeton
University and The Cooper Union. Licensed to practice in New York, Rhode
Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, he has built as well
in Florida, the Caribbean, Germany and Japan. Mr. Spencer currently
serves on the State Review Board of the Department of Historic Resources
for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Mr. Spencer received his B.A. from Washington & Lee University, studied
at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, and completed his
M.A. at the University of Virginia where he was a Governor's Fellow.
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