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Eco-Cottage
This compact, air-conditioned cottage is highly energy efficient. Using the principles of Florida Vernacular Architecture, the cottage is designed to take advantage of prevailing breezes, with cross-ventilation in each central .
Flynn Residence
The Michael Flynn residence was designed using one of the prefabricated modular units (MOD Unit) produced in Sebastian, Florida. The MOD Units were intended as affordable housing units to be built in clusters of six or twelve. .
Fernandez Residence Remodeling
Mr. Fernandez was an import/export entrepreneur who, in the early 1970’s, purchased an existing home on Gables Estates. The renovation encompassed the entire house, including the pool, kitchen, master bath, and bar area.
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Branches
In a classic example of building reuse and recycling, this abandoned church was renovated into a vibrant facility focused on youth in the community.
Cutler Ridge United Methodist Church
In the late 1970’s, the congregation of Cutler Ridge United Methodist Church in South Miami-Dade County commissioned a design for a Fellowship Hall which would unite the existing disconnected buildings and provide a protected .
First United Methodist Church of South Miami
One of many projects for the First United Methodist Church of South Miami was the installation of a Tiffany stained-glass window, originally created for the Brian Memorial Methodist Church in Coconut Grove, Florida. When Brian .
Trinity United Methodist Church
This project involves renovating an existing memorial garden on the south side of the Sanctuary. The brick flooring with the names of those memorialized was laid out in a manner that did not align with the garden's enclosing .
Hatian United Methodist Church of Dade County
The Pastor and members of the Haitian United Methodist Church requested a design for a Sanctuary, Fellowship Hall, and Classrooms for their site in South Miami-Dade County.
Cocoplum
Twenty single-family living units designed for a leisurely living style on the Atlantic Ocean in the Keys at Marathon, Florida. Site amenities include a tennis court, a pool, and multiple landscaped gathering points to enhance .
Jupiter
The planning and design work on this unbuilt project was performed while Tom Cooper was a partner in Chael, Cooper and Associates, in affiliation with Dover, Kohl and Partners, Town Planning. The project was planned for an .
Cocoplum Beach
Twenty single-family living units designed for a leisurely living style on the Atlantic Ocean in the Keys at Marathon, Florida. Site amenities include a tennis court, a pool, and multiple landscaped gathering points to enhance .
Hialeah HUD
This project is for 60 elderly housing units in Hialeah, Florida, for which Giddens-Cooper served as both the architect of record and a partner in the development aspects of the Turn-Key Project. We purchased the land, financed .
Miami-Dade Housing for the Elderly
This project is for 83 elderly housing units in Miami-Dade County, for which Giddens-Cooper served as both the architect of record and a partner in the development aspects of the Turn-Key Project. We purchased the land, financed .
Cherry Hill NY Family and Eldrly Housing
As Director of Design and Research for Housing Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Alcoa Aluminum, and working under the direction of architect Kenneth Triester, AIA, we produced this turnkey project for the Urban Development .
Syracuse JFK Plaza Housing
As Director of Design and Research for Housing Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Alcoa Aluminum, and working under the direction of architect Kenneth Triester, AIA, we produced this turnkey project for the Urban Development .
Acceleration Academy St. Lucie
This commercial renovation was the first of four repeat projects for the same client, based in Chicago. The Acceleration Academy provides tutorial and counseling services for high school students in need of help. They provide .
Boyd Panciera Funeral Home
This renovation of the funeral home was the second project we have performed for this client. The first was a crematorium addition for a funeral home in Vero Beach, Florida.
Clarage Properties Master Plan
In 1967, a client approached our firm with a request to develop a decision-making tool for his successor to help make informed decisions about the use of potential properties they might own. In 1967, the computers available were .
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South Miami Bank Retail
The First National Bank of South Miami asked Chael, Cooper and Associates to redesign a building the bank owned adjacent to its own. This one-story building was originally part of the urban fabric of the downtown of South Miami .
Amster Historic Preservation
Chael, Cooper and Associates provided architectural design services to many local businesses in the South Miami Hometown District in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. One repeat client was Harvey Amster, who owned a block of the .
Amster Mixed-Use Bldg
A commercial property owner who had an almost fully developed block in South Miami approached our firm to design a building to complete his existing complex. The site was small, and there were many zoning and planning issues that .
Unbuilt Commercial
Chael, Cooper and Associates provided architectural design services to many local businesses in the South Miami Hometown District in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. One repeat client was Harvey Amster, who owned a block of the .
Iori Residence
In the early 1970’s, I designed renovations for several local tomato farmers in South Dade County. The farmers get together every week to play cards. Mr. Iori liked the designs I had done for two of the other farmers, and he .
Lowell Cooper Residence
This home was designed for a family of five, two adults and three children, on a heavily forested lot with many oak trees on the highest ground in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The site is near Biscayne Bay but not within sight of .
Thomas Fraiser Residence
This residence was designed for Thomas Frasier in the early 1970’s for Tom and his growing family in South Miami-Dade County, Florida. Tom wanted a house he could build himself after his work hours on the maintenance crew at .
Tom and Polly Residence
The project is a single-family, custom-designed, energy-efficient retirement home located on the Treasure Coast of Florida. The three-story, hurricane-hardened structure is situated on ¾’s of an acre at the crest of the secondary .
Wither_s Residence Renovation and Addition
Chip Wither was the owner of Wither’s Moving Company and City Commissioner in the City of Coral Gables. Chip had outgrown his original home on a heavily wooded lot in Coral Gables.
Arthur and Nancy Cooper Residence
On September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma hit the Florida Keys with high winds and rising tides. Arthur and Nancy’s house was destroyed. We were able to salvage the existing garage and design a new home for the same property.
Parsonage for Key West United Methodist Church
The local Methodist church in Key West needed to expand its existing Parsonage. The site is in the old section of downtown Key West. Historically, the lot sizes are petite, with a 37-foot width.
Ruiz Residence, Sebastian, FL
Nicholas Ruiz, a professional boat captain, and his wife have purchased a small but ideal waterfront lot in Sebastian, Florida. The city is small, and reminiscent of Florida towns in the 1960’s and 70’s. The lt is very narrow by .
Tom Utterback Residence
Tom Utterback, at the time of the design, was a Miami-Dade County Fireman who later retired and developed a company that insulated buildings. The design included a complete overhaul of their house, adding a pool and enclosed .
St. Marks, Vinice, Italy Unbuilt
This student project program assumed that the foundations of the Cathedral of St. Mark's were in a rapidly deteriorating condition and that the cathedral needed to be replaced. We were challenged to use contemporary materials and .
Vertical Church-Palm Bay, FL
In reviewing the church's written materials, e-mails, and notes from our initial meeting, I was impressed by the mission-driven aspects of thier ministry: providing food, produce, counseling, and activities for underserved people .
Quadraplex Housing
As Director of Design and Research for Housing Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Alcoa Aluminum, and working under the direction of architect Kenneth Triester, AIA, we developed many different approaches to providing .
MOD Unit
This Mod Living Unit was factory-produced in Sebastian, Florida, primarily of steel construction, and shipped to construction sites on flatbed trucks for erection with cranes and hydraulic lifts.
Governmental
The Naranja Neighborhood Facility was designed to help fill the social service needs of the Naranja neighborhood, a lower-income area of South Miami-Dade County.
Riverview
As a Senior Designer with Smith, Hinchman and Grills, a Detroit, Michigan architectural and engineering firm, designed a city hall complex for the town of Riverview, Michigan, located south of Detroit and north of Toledo, Ohio.
Westmoreland Park
The City of Port St. Lucie asked the American Institute of Architects Treasure Coast (AIATC) to conduct a Charrette (a public, live, hands-on design process that involves all the members of the community). The AIATC provided .
Amster and DeSoto
Harvey Amster, in the 1990’s, owned a block of commercial buildings originally built in the early 1900’s and that formed the heart of the small, developing town of South Miami. The Amster block was located on the main road from .
Fort Dallas Barracks 1849
In 1849, William English built slave quarters on his plantation on the Miami River. It was later converted to barracks for the U.S. Army, with the site being renamed Fort Dallas as part of the Seminole Indian Wars.
San Carlos
The Naranja Neighborhood Facility was designed to help fill the social service needs of the Naranja neighborhood, a lower-income area of South Miami-Dade County.
DPMMR Rehab
Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responders is the only provider in the Florida Keys dedicated to rescuing stranded marine mammals in need of rehabilitation. The facility was designed on a unique property in mid-Key Largo, Florida, on .
Grant Center
In 1975, Lee Grant, owner of Grant Center, approached me to design a 100-bed pediatric psychiatric hospital in South Miami-Dade County, Florida. This was envisioned as the largest residential, children’s psychiatric facility .
Marine Mammal HospitalMarine Mammal Hospital
The Dolphin Protect Center in Islamorada, Florida, was built in 2025 and features a classroom, a museum, and a 40-foot-diameter rehabilitation pool. The classroom, museum, administrative offices, veterinary offices and labs, and .
Rollins College
Rollins College entry gates straddle the main entry road into the campus. The gates were designed to be a strong statement of the definition of campus life. After the gates were created on paper, the College administrator .
Unbuilt Institutional - Governmental
This student project was designed for one of the Greek Islands in the Mediterranean. The project used indigenous materials and construction methods commonly used in this area. The project included both interior and exterior .
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