GuernseyTingle Earns Architectural Design Award for illy Caffè in Merchants Square
The GuernseyTingle team enjoyed another successful event at the 2022 Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate Excellence (HRACRE) Excellence in Development Design Awards Program in Norfolk. The firm received an Award of Merit in the Best Restaurant/Eatery/Bar category in the annual awards program for design work at illy Caffè in Williamsburg’s Merchants Square.
The GuernseyTingle team enjoyed another successful event at the 2022 Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate Excellence (HRACRE) Excellence in Development Design Awards program in Norfolk. The firm received an Award of Merit in the Best Restaurant/Eatery/Bar category of the annual awards for design work at illy Caffè in Williamsburg’s Merchants Square.
For the illy Caffè project, GuernseyTingle delivered on a critical client need, bringing to life the style and customer experience of the globally recognized illy Caffè brand while also keeping the historic feel of the Colonial Williamsburg surroundings. The HRACRE award recognized how the GuernseyTingle design team, working in close collaboration with the client, contractors and local architectural review board, successfully met those twin requirements to create one of the most unique illy Caffè locations in the world.
Other partners on the design and construction team included David A. Nice Builders, Inc., Infinity Design Group, TAM Consultants, Inc., and Jamie Homard, NCIDQ, with Beaut Interiors.
GuernseyTingle is a frequent recipient of HRACRE awards. At the 2021 HRACRE awards, GuernseyTingle received three honors including the coveted Juror’s Choice Award and an Award of Excellence for its design role in a $3 million top-to-bottom renovation of The Estate at Kingsmill. GuernseyTingle was also recognized for its design work at Kiln Creek’s NEST Kitchen & Taphouse, receiving an Award of Merit for Best Recreation/Entertainment/Hospitality Project.
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