Suncoast Architects

Suncoast Architect is a Florida architecturally licensed design corporation located in the historic Olde Englewood Village on Dearborn Street. Our commitment to both Charlotte and Sarasota counties, our primary markets, is at the core of our mission statement. Through our work and volunteer involvements, we have established credibility, knowledge, teamwork, and excellence amongst county, state, and federal jurisdictional agencies, non-profit organizations, community and citizen groups, private sector development companies, and private homeowners.

Our team has experience in data collection, pre-design analysis, feasibility, special studies, design, construction documents, permitting, and supervision during construction. We grasp technical management and coordination issues sensitive to typical project settings; we have the ability to pursue work in a skillful and timely manner; we utilize cost control techniques and adhere to time and budget constraints.

As our team members have worked with large firms during our careers, we have purposely skewed the bland "bigger is better" focus towards "personal inclusiveness." It is the quality of our professional skills and timely attentiveness that facilitate effective client relationships, budget consciousness, and schedule adherence. The firm's partners are involved in each and every phone call, meeting, decision, and construction inspection.

Established in 2005, Suncoast Architect has had the pleasure of working on many successful projects with homeowners, developers, business owners, non-profits, and local governments. In addition to the single and multi-family residential projects that they have completed, noteworthy projects include; Englewood FL Chamber of Commerce, West Dearborn Veteran Memorial, Venice SKY Academy, WannaB Inn Resort, Palm Island Resort Event Venue, Howard's Restaurant, Charlotte County Airport Rental Car Facility, and The Lighthouse Grill at Stump Pass.

Design Style Diversity

The firm does not limit their practice to one specialty architectural style and they pride themselves on design style diversity. Often times the project's architectural style is Client Driven, Location Driven or driven by Site Conditions. Our project styles range from British West Indies, Florida Cracker, Old Florida, Mediterranean, Contemporary, Key West, Southern Colonial, and Modern architectural styles. Additionally, we often mix architectural styles as Florida is known for its vernacular architecture, which characteristically does not fall into a single design genre.

Meet Our Team

Elaine A. Miller, President and Co-Founding Partner, has over 30 years of experience, having performed design, development, general contracting, consulting, and/or project management in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, Louisiana, Texas, and Florida. She has worked as a team member on multiple-year, complex projects and as lead Architect for AIA-award winning projects. She has the ability to assimilate complex client needs into reality, as evidenced by her diverse project types such as the Chicago Hospitals, Federal Reserve Bank, Board of Trade, Betawest Communication, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and Delta Airlines. Elaine was valedictorian of her class at the internationally recognized Illinois Institute of Technology, founded by Mies Van Der Rohe of the Bauhaus School of Design. The mantra "Form follows Function" is even more relevant today, with the integration of not only Green building technology into structures but more expansively the inclusion of site development into Low Impact Design methodologies.