Architecture Services

Our Approach to Architecture

At HDJ, it’s all about our clients. Our team of architects combines creativity, experience, resourcefulness, and collaboration to efficiently plan and design spaces that achieve our clients’ project objectives, maximize value within their budget, and result in savings to their bottom line.

Our full range of Architecture services includes site selection assistance, pre-project planning, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bid negotiation, and construction administration. HDJ has the capacity of a talent base to deliver complex projects in a timely manner.

We design with people in mind, placing our focus not only on aesthetics but on purpose and function. Sustainability is another important aspect of our design culture. Sustainable design provides a balance between environmental, economic, and social concerns and benefits both our clients and our own firm. To support this mission, HDJ has staff architects and engineers that are LEED AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professionals) through the USGBC (US Green Building Council).

National Experience in Diverse Building Types

HDJ has supported more than $1.2 Billion in construction value in the last four years alone, including projects in:

Our Process

Supporting projects throughout the United States, HDJ places a tremendous amount of importance on managing costs on behalf of our clients. HDJ has created strategies and processes to work closely with our clients as trusted advisors to provide efficiently-planned and designed projects that maximize value within a budget.

Join the Team

HDJ is continuously seeking passionate architectural professionals to share our vision and join our team to help us improve lives through design. 

Our Expertise in Architecture

Our in-house team of commercial architects specializes in A/E projects nationwide across many sectors.

Aerial view of a group of affordable housing apartment buildings, called Grand View Place, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Affordable Housing

HDJ knows affordable housing. Whether your financing comes from LIHTC, HUD 221d(4), USDA RA, HOME, CDBG, TIF, AHP, or any other product, we keep your project within budget with our streamlined process. Our architecture expertise includes adaptive reuse, low- mid- and high-rise apartments, new construction, RAD, and more.

White apartment building with nine black balconies in view.

Market Rate Multifamily

Our philosophy behind market-rate properties is to balance resident experience with long-term operational needs. Our architecture expertise encompasses new construction, adaptive reuse, renovation, capital expenditure, and additions.

Grand River Bank, a brown brick two-story building under an overcast sky.

Commercial Retail

Our architecture expertise in commercial retail includes new store construction, core and shell design, existing building renovations, tenant improvements and remodels, entitlement planning and design support, and prototype management.

Side exterior view of Provision senior living building with front landscape

Senior Living

We aspire to design living spaces that offer the best residential care for seniors. Our senior living architecture expertise includes immersion in care trends, operational strategies, industry metrics, financial models, and more.

HDJ Cassapolis Healthcare Exterior building entrance.

Healthcare

HDJ’s architecture expertise in the healthcare field spans several decades, with project types including pediatric, geriatric, OB/GYN, dental, pharmacy, laboratory spaces, and more. We strive to design spaces that provide a world-class experience for all types of patients.

Grand Valley State University aerial view of water resource building located on mini peninsula

Government & Education

Our experience in government and educational architecture spans more than 80 years, with project types including public safety stations, healthcare facilities, courthouses, airport facilities, civic buildings, libraries, and more.

Architecture Case Studies

Texas, HDJ

State Spotlight: Texas

HDJ’s Texas portfolio includes a range of multifamily and commercial development projects across Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Humble, Lancaster, Levelland, and Grand Prairie. Completed projects include affordable and multifamily communities developed with DevCo, Fairstead, and Domera, as well as a completed Sprouts Farmers Market project in Grand Prairie.

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Bridgeview Village Apartments

State Spotlight: South Carolina

Explore South Carolina development and redevelopment case studies featuring affordable housing, multifamily communities, and commercial-retail projects across Charleston, Columbia, Summerville, Rock Hill, Walterboro, and Duncan. Discover projects by leading developers including Standard Communities, American Community Developers, Forward Housing, and Cason Development Group, from design and permitting through active construction and completed renovations.

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Springs at Five & Main, Commerce, Michigan

Springs at Five & Main | Commerce, MI

Springs at Five & Main in Commerce Township, Michigan, is a 284-home multifamily community designed by HDJ and developed by Continental Properties, offering modern residences, amenities, and thoughtfully designed spaces.

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State Spotlight: Texas

HDJ’s Texas portfolio includes a range of multifamily and commercial development projects across Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Humble, Lancaster, Levelland, and Grand Prairie. Completed projects include affordable and multifamily communities developed with DevCo, Fairstead, and Domera, as well as a completed Sprouts Farmers Market project in Grand Prairie.

State Spotlight: South Carolina

Explore South Carolina development and redevelopment case studies featuring affordable housing, multifamily communities, and commercial-retail projects across Charleston, Columbia, Summerville, Rock Hill, Walterboro, and Duncan. Discover projects by leading developers including Standard Communities, American Community Developers, Forward Housing, and Cason Development Group, from design and permitting through active construction and completed renovations.

Nationwide Architecture Services

The HDJ team of commercial architects supports projects nationwide, through both offices and distributed workforce locations. Team up with our architects for projects throughout the United States. Contact us at any one of our offices, including:

Atlanta, GA

Chicago, IL

Cleveland, OH

Detroit, MI

Grand Rapids, MI

Los Angeles, CA

Muskegon, MI

Phoenix, AZ

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