Specializing in distinctive single- family residential design in PA
Custom Home Design and Drafting Services in Pennsylvania
Office and Fax: (215) 249-4640
Welcome to Welbourne
About Us
Our Services
Our Services
Welbourne Building Design Company, LLC is a residential design and illustration firm that creates and produces drawings and design documents for new single- family residential buildings. WBDC, LLC specializes in distinctive residential homes and historic preservation consultation.
We provide conceptual, environmental, ready-to-be-built ho
Welbourne Building Design Company, LLC is a residential design and illustration firm that creates and produces drawings and design documents for new single- family residential buildings. WBDC, LLC specializes in distinctive residential homes and historic preservation consultation.
We provide conceptual, environmental, ready-to-be-built house designs and drafting services for clients who are interested in custom building design strategies for homes, farms, and greenhouses. WBDC, LLC works with or under the direct supervision of licensed and registered architects and engineers in Pennsylvania when required.
Our Services
Our Services
Our Services
Our primary service is the preparation of drawings and design documents for detached single- family dwellings, accessory structures, and greenhouses for homes and farms in Pennsylvania.
We design single- family residential buildings for those who desire old- world beauty with modern conveniences and health conscious technologies. We offer
Our primary service is the preparation of drawings and design documents for detached single- family dwellings, accessory structures, and greenhouses for homes and farms in Pennsylvania.
We design single- family residential buildings for those who desire old- world beauty with modern conveniences and health conscious technologies. We offer several traditional or period house designs that can fit within your dream home realization. We design within your financial plan, collaborate with the owner and/or builder to produce a design that best joins viable concepts of all involved. We ensure compatible planning strategies combined with the client's visions that work with the specific building site.
Our discipline comes from the perspective that its better to plan well and understand the project program from the beginning. This contributes to attentive and mindful solutions for the project and its overall outcome.
Our Projects
Our Services
Our Projects
Our office produces designs for clients that offer permanence and continuity, balanced with nature and the expression of modern living.
Over 25 years in the building design and construction trades, Lawrence Owen has shown his ability to communicate his ideas and design buildings with integrity and ingenuity, giving each project significan
Our office produces designs for clients that offer permanence and continuity, balanced with nature and the expression of modern living.
Over 25 years in the building design and construction trades, Lawrence Owen has shown his ability to communicate his ideas and design buildings with integrity and ingenuity, giving each project significance in style and uniqueness.
Our mission is to bring quality design and fine detailing to our homes. We want to enrich the lives of our clients with refined living spaces. The design of our homes and buildings focus on how living and working spaces can function together efficiently; saving time, and producing creative and harmonious environments.
Who we are and What we do
Experience:
Chief Executive Officer, Lawrence Owen
- Master of Architecture (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies (The University of the Arts)
- Associate Member, A.I.A. (since 2015)
- 25+ years in the design and construction of buildings
- Served as junior architect & chief building designer for firms in the US and USVI
- Restoration and reconstruction of numerous historic homes, barns & buildings
- Consultant for the Historical Society of Hilltown Township in Pennsylvania
Professional Services:
- Residential design and illustration firm that creates plans for single- family homes
- Specializing in distinctive residential homes and historic preservation consultation
- Custom building design drafting services for homes, farms, and greenhouses
- Collaborates with licensed architects and engineers in PA when required
Testimonials:
"Mr. Lawrence Owen is a highly skilled designer who brought to bear his many talents on a challenging project-- the complete rehab of a large eight bedroom house. The task we gave him was: to retain the original character of the one hundred year old structure but with the addition of all modern conveniences.
Mr. Owen did this to our entire satisfaction. He brings along an extensive knowledge of available products and systems, a good taste for product and color coordination and, yes, a sense of flair. He is familiar with the latest technologies and is sensitive to environmental issues. If I were to take on another challenging project, I would want Lawrence Owen on my team."
- Mr. Philip Rizik
Eleven Hundred Connecticut Avenue Associates, LLC.
Washington D.C.
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"Lawrence is a talented and ingenious designer. There are many traits Lawrence offers that make working with him a delight. First of all, he has true character. A man of his word and honors it. That should really say it all, but I will go on about our past work partnerships.
As a designer, Lawrence sees the project as a whole, no matter a renovation or a new home application. He does not act in haste but absorbs the original character of the home and compliments it with his design. In the event there is an issue with a project, he is never in a rush to blame, but always looks to solve. Not a common trait in today’s world. Lawrence is a great listener, therefore, when you tell him your desires for a design or space he will make every effort to include all of that in his design and not just push his agenda.
In our many projects together, I found Lawrence to be very knowledgeable with regards to products, finishes and how it actually all goes together physically. I would recommend Lawrence for any design project that desires well thought- out, timely and creative characteristics. In fact, I still do today. Lawrence Owen is a stand- up guy."
- Dan Poley, President
D.F. Poley Construction, Inc.
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"Our firm, Village Centre Properties, is in the business of repurposing historic properties for a new use and lease on life. We had the pleasure to work with Lawrence as our lead design firm to take an old, abandoned building and create a new design while retaining the historic character. The magic for us was, and continues to be, Lawrence’s ability to transform our unclear intentions, and often more feelings than ideas, into a reality that we were proud to present to the public and our partner tenants."
- Mr. David Halliday
Village Centre Properties
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"Over the past 18 or so years, I have had the pleasure of working with master designer Lawrence Owen on numerous projects, and I frankly cannot see myself engaging anyone other than Lawrence for any future works. Lawrence has designed an unique office space for my professional practice; transformed our uninteresting sloped back yard into a stunning two-tiered patio-with-vista by designing a terraced retaining wall curving around a spacious stone and slate patio; designed an extraordinarily beautiful addition to our family shore house; and for another family member, fully renovated a Victorian home and added an exquisite wrap- around covered porch. If there is one signature feature that defines Lawrence's works, I would say that each finished project is so seamlessly and superbly integrated into its new environs in terms of design and materials, that it looks native to the site, like it has always been there.
Working with Lawrence is a smooth, deeply satisfying process. To start with, he truly listens and unhurriedly discusses until we are both sure he understands what it is I am after. From his sketches, to the architectural drawings, to the pricing out of the project; each phase is quickly turned around, professionally presented, and meticulously thought out. Lawrence's extensive knowledge of historical architecture, his impeccable sense of design and his total professionalism at every stage of the process makes working with him not only a pleasure, but a richly rewarding collaboration."
- A. Solomon, PhD
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"Lawrence Owen has been an invaluable contributor to the success of the Historical Society of Hilltown Township, both as a Board member and as a historical preservation consultant. Lawrence took initiative in determining what needed to be done with the Society’s buildings to maintain and restore them. Lawrence always volunteered his time and his knowledge in a very professional and collegial manner.
Lawrence led or contributed to many important projects that Historical Society of Hilltown Township needed to achieve in order to be a viable community resource: a) identify and recommend essential repairs and maintenance issues, such as repair dangerous flooring and removal of hazardous material; b) open the Homestead for public events and Society’s use; c) become a more visible contributor to preserving Hilltown’s heritage and sharing it with our community.
The Society’s Rueben and Elizabeth Strassburger Farmstead has recently been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Here are examples of projects led by Lawrence:
· preparation and implementation of CDBG Grant project
· documenting the conditions of the Society’s buildings
· community– business partnership w/Home Depot, Hilltown Twp., Bucks County Technical Rescue Task Force-97, and Hilltown Fire Department's 59, 60, 61
· publicity of Society’s architectural resources
· historical research about the Society’s buildings
Lawrence Owen continues his vital consultation as an Emeritus Board member."
- Ivan J. Jurin
Board member & Past President – Historical Society of Hilltown Township
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"Just had to tell you that your home is amazing- Such great & beautiful work you do. Masterful."
- Dr. Lauren Nappen
Original Medicine
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Upcoming Projects and Events:
January 2024:
- Experimentation with alternative styles of greenhouse buildings and planning methods. Stand- alone structures, which are self- reliant and self- enclosed, have been modeled and utilized. Biomimicry studies and biophyscis (or biological science) drives the experimentation with recent greenhouse- design examples, including the goals achieved and errors.
January 2022:
- Agricultural and food production building- continuation of a self- sufficient greenhouse. Planning, design development and structural system(s).
January 2021:
- Preparation of design and documentation for Lt. Gov. Daniel Owen Homestead monument.
July 2020:
- Continued development of schematics for a greenhouse; aquaponic and bio- dynamic self- sufficient system(s).
January 2020:
- Air- Crete Building Material Specification Review and Interpretation(s).
October 2019:
- Develop c.1750 timber frame cape template plans for single- family residential home.
August 2019:
- Biophilic Design review, and what does it mean to practice "viable" design?
June 2019:
- Research and prepare for statement of purpose and project description for Lt. Gov. Daniel Owen Homestead monument.
April 2019:
- Design development of a self- sufficient greenhouse in the production of food.
March 2019:
- Continue design development for a historic monument for the former site of Lt. Gov. Daniel Owen Homestead.
- Design and structural analysis for a greenhouse.
February 2019:
- Begin design development and historical survey for Lt. Governor Daniel Owen's Homestead and Forge, circa 1760. Develop model for a historic monument for former site.
January 2019:
- Review custom pultrusion shapes and FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Polymers) for structural shapes and panels.
- FRP Concrete Strengthening Applications.
December 2018:
- Review early New England and Rhode Island houses.
- Historical and housing study for Lt. Gov. Daniel J. Owen, circa 1760.
September 2018:
- Dome Gaia and Bio Veda video workshop review
August 2018:
- Dedication of the resident's initiated Welcome to Atlantic City Portal Sign.
Read, See, & Learn About:
Welbourne designs.
Ask us about our traditional and/or period home designs. We are inspired and influenced by our past projects that include early buildings with unique characteristics. We focus on adapting period building techniques into modern residential living.
Our work speaks for itself.
