ABOUT US
We are a national award-winning architecture firm offering exceptional custom residential, commercial, and retail design services.
Our portfolio includes one-of-a-kind homes that showcase a diverse architectural repertoire, reflecting our ability to transcend singular artistic styles. With a footprint spanning 23 countries and 49 states, our offices in Michigan, Florida, and Costa Rica serve as hubs for innovative design solutions.
From initial sketches and blueprints to tangible structures, we are dedicated to enhancing the human experience through sophisticated, functional design.
About Visbeen Architects
OUR APPROACH
Enhancing people’s lives through architectural innovation and efficiency.
At the core of our ethos is a pursuit of design excellence tailored precisely to our clients’ preferences, lifestyles, properties, and aspirations.
We create environments that inspire and enrich the human experience while delivering refined, functional designs. Our distinctive plans integrate elegance with practicality, ensuring every project bears our hallmark of beauty that is buildable.
OUR DESIGN PROCESS
We engage clients in a collaborative journey from conceptualization to realization, starting with pen and paper during the initial consultation. This live-design methodology sets us apart in a world otherwise dominated by digital.
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Attend an initial consultation with our principal architect, Wayne Visbeen, to discuss your project and see your vision come to life in real-time. During this meeting, hand-drawn sketches of your project’s exterior and floor plan will be completed with your input.
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After the initial consultation, your project drawings will be converted into digital floor plans, site plans, exterior drawings, and full 3D models in CAD.
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After review, revisions, and approvals, final digital designs will be submitted.
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Detailed site plans, design footprints, exterior elevations, floor plans, and construction plans will be created for use by your builder. This phase includes full construction documents for wall and floor framing, the foundation, and all the extra details necessary to make your vision a reality.
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Visbeen Architects has the unique ability to conceptualize interior spaces as part of our full-service design agreement.
OUR DESIGN PROCESS
Discover our unique architectural design process, where you provide input in real time.
We engage clients in a collaborative journey from conceptualization to realization, starting with pen and paper during the initial consultation. This live-design methodology sets us apart in a world otherwise dominated by digital.
OUR PEOPLE
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![Wayne Visbeen, Founder & Principal, Visbeen Architects]()
Wayne E. Visbeen, AIA
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT
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![Jeff Segard, President, Visbeen Architects]()
Jeff Segard
President
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![Angela Visbeen, Director of Sales & Marketig]()
Angela Visbeen
Director of Sales & Marketing
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![Matthew Gerard, Senior Designer & Architect, Visbeen Architects]()
Matthew Gerard, AIA
Senior Designer & Architect
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![Michael Gibbs, Senior Designer & Architect, Visbeen Architects]()
Michael Gibbs, NCARB
Senior Designer & Architect
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![Marco Castro, Senior Designer & Architect, Visbeen Architects]()
Marco Castro, AIA
SENIOR DESIGNER & ARCHITECT
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![Rhyse Altman, Senior Project Designer, Visbeen Architects]()
Rhyse Altman, NCARB, MiCNU
Senior Project Designer
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![Bruce Arendsen, Project Designer, Visbeen Architects]()
Bruce Arendsen
Project Designer
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![Jason Westhouse, Project Designer, Visbeen Architects]()
Jason Westhouse
Project Designer
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![Ellianne Huizinga, Project Designer, Visbeen Architects]()
Ellianne Huizinga
Project Designer
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![Matt Everitt, Digital Content, Visbeen Architects]()
Matthew Everitt
DIGITAL CONTENT & SOCIAL MEDIA
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![Holly Kuck, Business Coordinator, Visbeen Architects]()
Holly Kuck
BUSINESS COORDINATOR
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![Denise Gerard, Controller, Visbeen Architects]()
Denise Gerard
Controller
OUR HISTORY
Visbeen Architects was founded in 1992 by Principal Wayne Visbeen in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
With a background in retail design and merchandising, Wayne’s first projects under the new company name included stores for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sears, and Disney.
By the late 1990s, Visbeen Architects was beginning its foray into custom residential. Since then, our firm has designed over 2,500 homes and received numerous awards for architectural excellence.
HONORS
Our firm has garnered hundreds of national awards for residential designs, reflecting our commitment to innovation and excellence in architecture. These honors highlight our ability to seamlessly blend aesthetic appeal with functional living spaces, setting a high standard in the field of residential architecture.
American Residential Design Awards (ARDA)
Best in American Living Awards (BALA)
Detroit Home Design Awards (DHDA)
Parade of Homes
