Hive Architects is an award winning architectural practice based in Sarasota, Florida. Principal architects, Joe Kelly AIA and Gwen Leroy-Kelly AIA, a husband and wife team, share responsibility for developing the vision of the practice. Influenced by architectural concepts engendered by the Sarasota School of Architecture movement, their designs include simple volumes and lines with a strong emph
asis on the expression of the structural systems, as well as, site specific planning strategies and architectural components that respond to Florida’s subtropical climate. Hive Architects is a full service Architectural and Interior Design firm offering professional design services for a diverse range of project types, but is best known for its private houses. To obtain a deeper meaning in the experience of each project, the work of Hive Architects focuses on concept driven design. The Firm’s philosophy and approach to modernism is based on an analysis of the regional and climatic aspects of the site, the client's programmatic and functional desires, and the crafted selection of materials and building systems. Through this investigation and the distillation of all project aspects, hive endeavors to develop a concept, or organizing idea, that continues to influence and inspire the design process. With no preconceived notions of form, the resulting architecture embodies the character of its local environment, culture, and ultimately the human experience of its inhabitants. From concept to completion, the work of Hive Architects is based upon a symbiotic interdisciplinary collaboration that includes their clients and consultants. The team’s continued interaction and communication of various perspectives results in a refined architectural solution.
