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Whether you're designing a legacy home, creating a wellness-focused retreat, exploring development opportunities, or searching for the perfect property, AV Architects + Builders provides the guidance, expertise, and experience to help you move forward with confidence.
ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN-BUILD, DEVELOPMENT, & CONSULTING
AV Architects + Builders is a multidisciplinary firm providing architecture, design-build, development, consulting, and real estate services for homeowners, investors, developers, and landowners. Guided by our Vacation Style Living® philosophy, we help clients transform ideas into meaningful places, from custom legacy homes and wellness-focused retreats to residential communities and development opportunities. By bringing together architecture, construction, real estate, and strategic planning under one roof, we provide the expertise needed to guide projects from vision through completion, creating places that support wellness, strengthen connections, and enhance the way people live, gather, and thrive.
Services:
Architecture
Whether you're starting with a dream, a piece of land, or a rough sketch on a napkin, our architectural services help transform ideas into a clear plan for the future. Our architect-led process is designed to help clients create homes that support wellness, family connection, and the lifestyle they want to enjoy for years to come.
Building Guide
Define your goals, budget, timeline, and project requirements before making major decisions. The Building Guide is the strategic first step toward designing a dream home built around your lifestyle.
Vision
The Vision service turns your ideas into a complete architectural concept with schematic floor plans, 3D massing model, and your personalized roadmap for your custom home.
Design
A comprehensive architectural package including construction drawings and specifications tailored to your property, lifestyle, and project goals.
Design-Build
For clients building in Virginia and Maryland, our architect-led design-build process combines architecture, engineering, construction, and project management under one roof. This fully integrated approach creates a seamless experience while ensuring your vision remains intact from the first sketch through final construction. Building Outside Virginia or Maryland? We can still provide architectural services nationwide and collaborate with qualified local builders through our partner network.
Development
We partner with developers, investors, resort operators, and landowners to create wellness-focused residential communities, lifestyle neighborhoods, and housing concepts designed for today's affluent empty nesters and retirees. From feasibility studies and site planning to architectural design and master planning, we help transform land and ideas into market-ready opportunities.
Consulting
Sometimes you simply need experienced professionals to help evaluate options, review plans, assess a property, or provide strategic direction. Our consulting services provide access to decades of experience in architecture, construction, development, and real estate.
Real Estate
As a licensed Realtor®, Francisca Alonso helps clients identify properties that align with their lifestyle goals, building plans, and long-term vision. Whether you're searching for land, relocating, selling a current residence, or evaluating development opportunities, our real estate services help simplify the process.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Every successful project begins with a conversation.
Whether you're planning a custom legacy home, exploring a development opportunity, or searching for the right property, we'll help you determine the best next step.