ABOUT

Stillwater Architecture focuses on listening to you and designs homes reflective of your personality, keeping our egos out of the process.

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The origin story of Stillwater Architecture officially began in 2003, when longtime friends and former colleagues joined forces to create a boutique, full-service architecture firm for homeowners in mountain towns and resort communities across the country. 

A Stillwater Architecture home is different because the design process begins, progresses, and ends with one of the two principals personally designing and detailing every aspect of your residence.

We separate ourselves from other firms through our ability to listen, and the result is a reflection of you and your family.

Robert and Michael have over 65 years of combined architectural experience and have been in business over twenty years, providing custom architectural services spanning Massachusetts to Washington, Texas to Montana.

We are happy to work anywhere a client would like us to and are currently licensed in multiple states nationwide.

We are architects because we have never wanted to be anything else since our first drafting classes in high school.

Testimonials

“We just completed our dream home on a beautiful lake in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. Bob Gilbert and Michael Donohue designed a truly spectacular home. They took pride in every detail of the home. They flew here on many occasions checking the look and quality of the home. The design is perfect, with special details that we would have never thought of but made this house very unique. People are frequently stopping by on the road and lake admiring the house. We are very proud of it and are so thankful that we chose Stillwater to design our home.”
George H., Massachusetts
“We hired Bob Gilbert of Stillwater Architecture to handle a full remodel of our home in Big Sky. It was a large project lasting over 18 months. The results were spectacular and Bob was a complete professional. Easy to deal with, he communicated very effectively and the outcome was spot on target and on budget. Bob is an extremely detail oriented person which serves a key purpose in any high end construction project. I would retain him again without hesitation and recommend him highly to others”
Mark C., Montana
“First, the lead architect on our project, Michael Donohue took the time to understand how we lived, what we wanted in our house, and what our aesthetic preferences were. He then put together concepts matching these almost perfectly. Probably the key decision we made was to let Stillwater manage the entire construction process. It was worth every penny. He helped us select the builder which was perfect for our project. He was consistently on site, worked to resolve the inevitable difficulties that arise, always to our benefit. There were no surprises. We had never built a house before so we were a little nervous about the entire project. Michael sensed this and made sure we were fully informed at every critical juncture along the way. So, when the house was done, and he took us on our first tour of the finished project there was only extreme satisfaction that we got the exact house we imagined and hoped for.”
William D., Chicago
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AWARDS

2018, The Berkshires Residence

Kitchen: CRBRA Best in Building Awards-Best Kitchen Over $120,000 

Master Bath: CRBRA Best in Building Awards-Best Bath Over $40,000

2009, Whitefish Hills Residence, Flathead Valley Parade of Homes Awards

Judge’s Choice Award
Best Architectural Appeal
Best of Class
Best Master Suite
Best Kitchen

2007, Bozeman, Best Building Sign

2007, Wilmette, Historic Preservation Committee, New Construction Award
2005, Wilmette, Historic Preservation Committee, Honorable Mention, New Construction Award
2004, Wilmette, Historic Preservation Committee, New Construction Award