Clawson Architects

Architecture with Quiet Authority

Timeless residential architecture for discerning lives in the New York metropolitan area. At Clawson Architects, we believe the most compelling residential architecture is defined by judgment rather than gesture. Each project is shaped by proportion, context, and restraint—resulting in homes that feel inevitable rather than imposed. Click the images to explore our Before & After Stories below.

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AIA Gold Medal Award Winner, Re-Envisioned Foursquare Home Renovation: Ridgewood, NJ

AIA Silver Medal Award Winner, Pool House: Short Hills, NJ

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AIA Honorable Mention Winner Connection Family Compound: Short Hills, NJ

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AIA Silver Medal Winner From Classic to Cool, Modern Home Renovation-South Orange, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner Mediterranean Home Renovation & Addition: Summit, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner, Family Room & Primary Suite Addition: Maplewood, Nj

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AIA Silver Medal Award, NJ State AIA Merit Award & People's Choice Award: Maplewood, NJ

AIA Bronze Medal Award Winner, Elegant Infill: Maplewood, NJ

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2023 Historic Preservation Award Winner: Summit, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner - Re-Envisioned Stair Hall: Ridgewood, NJ

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Restoration, Renovation and Alterations to Historical Gem - Montrose, South Orange, NJ

Mid Century Modern: Restoration + Renovation Maplewood, NJ

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AIA Gold Medal Winner Suburban Transformation Bloomfield, NJ

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Tudor Home Addition and Renovation: Maplewood, NJ

AIA Silver Medal Award Winner, Cheerful Cottage Addition & Renovation: Essex County, NJ

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Home Renovation and Addition, Shingle Style: Chatham NJ

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Shingle Transformation to Period Perfect Home: Chatham, NJ

English Arts & Crafts Home Renovation: Summit, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner, Hilltop Barn and Garage: Summit, NJ

AIA Gold Medal Award Winner: Seamen's Church Institute, Port of NY &NJ, Export St Newark, NJ

Beth Ephraim Maplewood Jewish Center & Kindergan Pre-School: Maplewood, New Jersey

Re-Envisioned Rural Georgian Stair Hall II: Ridgewood, NJ

Greenwich Village Loft Apartment Renovation: New York City

Period Georgian Style Home- Foyer Renovation: Summit, NJ

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Llewellyn Park Renovation: West Orange, NJ

Ranch Style Home Re-Envisioned as Period Home: Maplewood, NJ

PERIOD HOME ADDITION: MAPLEWOOD, NJ

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Historic Gildersleeve House Addition: Maplewood, NJ

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Victorian Home Kitchen and Bath Renovation: Maplewood, NJ

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AIA Gold Medal + State Montclair, NJ

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Whole House Renovation: Summit, NJ

Timeless White Kitchen Renovation+Addition: Westfield, NJ

Kitchen Renovation and Mudroom Addition: Maplewood, NJ

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AIA BRONZE MEDAL WINNER: Un-built Category Suburban Retrofits: South Orange, NJ

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Kitchen Renovation and Mudroom Addition: Montclair, NJ

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Historical Preservation Review, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Community Review

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Modern Hillside House: Millburn, NJ

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Concept for Consideration- Cape Cod Expansion: Short Hills, NJ

CONNECTION - Family Compound "On the Boards" Short Hills, NJ

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Porch, Pool, Pool House: Millburn, NJ

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Beach House Addition and Renovation: Asbury Park, New Jersey

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Period Home Renovation and Addition: Short Hills, NJ

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Bucks County, PA Homes

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Historic Italianate Home, Historic Lewisburg, PA

Clawson Architects: The Quiet Authority in Residential Architecture

In an era when residential architecture often chases spectacle, Clawson Architects has built its reputation on something rarer: judgment.

Serving a discreet clientele throughout the New York metropolitan area, the firm is best known for highly calibrated renovations, estate-scale residences, and historically sensitive transformations—projects in which the best outcome is not novelty, but inevitability. The goal is never to overwrite a home’s character, but to refine it so seamlessly that change feels original.

Over the past 26 years, Clawson Architects has completed more than 600 residential projects, earning consistent recognition from the American Institute of Architects and Best of Houzz for Design and Service. Yet awards tell only part of the story. More revealing is the firm’s long-standing relationships with generational families and repeat clients, many of whom view architecture as stewardship rather than indulgence.

The practice is particularly sought after for transformational renovations and additions, where zoning constraints, historic districts, or dense urban sites require architectural restraint as much as creativity. Kitchens and interiors are approached with the same rigor, often in close collaboration with Clawson Cabinets, LLC and consultants, ensuring cohesion from structure to detail.

Architecturally, the firm demonstrates fluency across Classical and vernacular American traditions—Georgian and Colonial Revival, Shingle‑Style and Arts & Crafts, Mid‑Century Modern and understated contemporary work—always guided by proportion, material integrity, and longevity.

Above all, Clawson Architects operates with an understanding shared by its clients: the most enduring luxury is discretion, and the most compelling architecture whispers rather than announces itself.